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WASHORCASHABulgarianmessageinWorldSaltAwarenessWeek(2–8February,2009)eChaldakov,MD,PhDChairman,BulgarianSocietyforCellBiologyDivisionofCellBiology,MedicalUniversity,VarnaThroughstrokesandheartattacks(myocardialinfarctions),thehighbloodpressure(hypertension)isoneofthebiggestcauseofdeathworldwide;,,(WASH)(ConsensusActiononSaltandHealth(CASH)’smembershipincludes80countries,BulgariabeingrepresentedbytheBulgarianSocietyforCellBiology,theVarnaDirectionofPublicHealth,theCARDIART(UniversityCenterforPreventionofAtherosclerosis)(2–8February2009)anizedin28countriesincludingBulgaria,“SaltandEatinginandout”,thusurgingpeopletoaskforlesssaltintheirfoodeateninandoutofthehome,whichrepresentedanextensionofWorldSaltAwarenessWeek’smessage“SaltandEatingout”.Wealsoencouragethefoodindustrytoreducetheamountofsaltitaddstofoods,alsochefsinrestaurantstoaddlesssalttotheirfoodastheycook.“Addlesssaltduringthecookingstageand