I always understood the salt issue as a public health suggestion. EG if 1 person in a hundred has salt-sensitive hypertension, telling everyone to lower their s

I always understood the salt issue as a public health suggestion. EG if 1 person in a hundred has salt-sensitive hypertension, telling everyone to lower their salt intake will help that 1% of the population. The other 99% are just inconvenienced. Obviously, they could tell people that this is the reason and treat us like adults, but they don't seem to want to.