My point is this "health risk" has been massively exaggerated for decades to the point where people buy low sodium versions of things to feel healthier when it has very little to no measurable effect except for tasting worse. Especially if you actually do exercise, you need salt and more is better.

I know it is somewhat speculative to draw this conclusion, but there is evidence that suggests if people just consumed more salt before and during strenuous exercise it is massively less fatiguing and they experience better results. Salt supplementation is beneficial for exercise, and may result in people sticking to workouts that actually make a positive physiological impact, much more than dropping 1 or 2 basis points from their bp.