Health experts have long promoted one simple, consistent message when it comes to salt intake: cut back. Now, a review from the Institute of Medicine suggests that a diet too low in sodium may actually be unhealthy for those at risk for heart problems.
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The Institute of Medicine said there’s no evidence that cutting well below established guidelines offers any benefit – even though that’s recommended for certain people at high risk of heart disease. There are some suggestions that going way too low might harm certain patients.
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The Mexican capital removes the salt shakers from the tables of city’s eateries to lower the average salt intake, which is double the recommended level
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It’s pretty much what it says on the box: a strip of bacon printed on a strip of three condoms which have a bacon-like design on them, pre-treated with Bacon Lube. “Make your meat look like meat,” declares the tagline.
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Supposedly ten times more than sugary drinks.Somehow I doubt that.
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First time excess salt has been linked to these diseases, say the researchers
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It’s a -trillion industry. I have chapters in the book on the complicity on the part of the Department of Agriculture in promoting increased consumption of both cheese and red meat because of the agency’s commitment and mission to help the agricultural industry. Cheese is now the single largest source of saturated fat in the American diet. Our consumption has tripled to as much as 33 pounds a year.
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Only this morning John Kerry Ketchup, sorry I meant Heinz Ketchup, said it had reduced the amount of salt in their iconic sauce by 15 percent. No coincidence.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg declared a victory against salt on Monday, as 21 companies, from Kraft and Goya to FreshDirect, said they had met the first stage in reductions in salt content in foods.
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Heinz ketchup; minus 15 percent salt. John Kerry must be making a killing by saving on the salt.
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