FDA considers limiting sodium

Cybergal · Mar 21, 2008

Learn to shake the salt habit

While the FDA considers limiting sodium, it's up to you to curb your craving

3/21/08

A pinch here, a dash there, could salt really be so bad? Actually, sodium is shaking out to be the next diet villain.

The average American consumes 50 percent more sodium as much as one and a half teaspoons of salt than the maximum recommendation.
Our diets have become so loaded with salt that, in response to a consumer group's urging, the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to set limits on the amount that would be permitted in different types of foods, such as breads.

The American Heart Association and other medical experts want stronger labels on foods with high-salt content and are calling for a 50 percent reduction in the amount of salt in packaged and processed foods. Cutting our sodium intake by half would prevent 150,000 deaths from cardiovascular disease each year, according to estimates from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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buzuki6 · Mar 26, 2008

cutting down or eliminating sodium from your diet will lower your blood pressure, I am 53 years old and it dropped to 130/80 with out taking any drugs

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