Panel members participated in a workshop session entitled, "Health Risks of Sodium (Salt) Intake: Too Much or Too Little?" Presenters talked at length about a recent meta-analysis that suggested that salt reduction teneded to increase the levels of hormones, cholesterol and triglycerides, which are all thought to be risks factors for heart disease. They noted that there have been recent scientific debates upon whether "excess" sodium in our diet has any adverse effect at all on healthy individuals and whether the last 50 years of scientific research that strongly correlates salt intake and hypertension might just be a well intentioned misinterpretation of the scientific data. They noted that other population studies suggest that people on low sodium diets have less morbidity or mortality than people on normal sodium diets. These studies show a trend towards increases in all causes of mortality among individuals on low sodium diets. Presenters suggest that an integrative approach is needed to demonstrate the multifactorial and organ system functions that are involved in the overall systemic homeostatic system to regulate sodium status. The session was well attended and panelists and attendees engaged in a lively Q&A session following the presentations.