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Oh No! The Salt Police?
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The U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend keeping salt intake at 2,300 mg or less daily, but for those people that are at a higher risk, like blacks, middle-aged or elderly people and those with hypertension, the recommendation can be 1,000 mg or less daily. This is true for half the population!
FDA officials have opened a debate about what is considered too much salt in the processed foods that we eat. This was put together in response to an advocacy group that would like to see some limits imposed on the amount of salt added to processed foods and warnings about the sodium content on food labels.
Fortunately, there is a consensus among experts and advocacy groups that Americans consume too much salt and that deaths associated to excessive salt consumption are taking a huge toll. However, some experts think that we should encourage the industry to slowly and gradually lessen the amount of salt added to foods. Other countries do it, why not us?
All that said, regardless of the outcome on this debate, we all know that it's our dietary habits that need to change.
Renee Brunetti LD/N, NSCA-CPT, ACSM
“If you had one car to get around in your lifetime, how would you treat it?”
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