Health Tip: Cut Down on Sodium
Many foods and recipes include lots of salt (sodium), which can raise your blood pressure. The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute suggests how to cut down on sodium in your diet
October 14, 2010
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July 8, 2010
SUGAR, NOT JUST SALT, LINKED to HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Eating too much sodium can push your blood pressure into the danger zone. Now, researchers are reporting that eating too many sweets—or drinking too much soda—may have a similar effect.
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May 20, 2010
FDA Calls for Salt Cutbacks
The Food and Drug Administration, saying Americans consume too much sodium, will seek voluntary reductions by the food industry. An Institute of Medicine report calls for more expeditious action.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced a gradual but potentially far-reaching effort to reduce the amount of salt Americans consume in a bid to combat high blood pressure, heart disease, strokes and other health problems that have soared to near-epidemic proportions.
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April 14, 2010
Salty Diet Tied to Stomach Cancer in Korean Study
A salty diet may increase the risk of stomach cancer by 10 percent, South Korean researchers found in a study of more than 2 million people.
They found a “weak but positive” association between a preference for salt and an increased risk of stomach cancer.
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March 24, 2010
Industry Crackdown on Salt Could Save U.S. Billions
Reuters — Working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. government $32 billion in healthcare costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Eating too much salt is a major cause of high blood pressure, which the Institute of Medicine, one of the National Academies of Sciences, last week declared a “neglected disease” that costs the U.S. health system $73 billion a year.
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October 21, 2009
Fewer Schools Selling Candy and Soda According to CDC
ATLANTA (AP) — A new government report finds that fewer U.S. high schools and middle schools are selling candy and salty snacks to students.
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October 18, 2009
Shoppers Unaware Salty Foods Include Breakfast Cereals and Bread
Over three quarters of people (77%) are not aware that bread and breakfast cereals are among the top salt-contributing foods in our diet, reveals a new Food Standards Agency survey. About 75% of the salt we eat comes from everyday foods. Foods that contribute the most salt to our diets are not necessarily the saltiest, but the ones we eat most often. The top three salt-contributing foods are bread, followed by meat products, then breakfast cereals.
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September 28, 2009
Decreasing Salt Intake Could Save US $18 Billion Annually in Health Costs, Study Finds
Reducing Americans’ average intake of sodium to the amount recommended by health officials could save the nation as much as $18 billion annually in avoided health care costs and improve the quality of life for millions of people, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The study estimates that meeting national sodium guidelines could eliminate 11 million cases of high blood pressure nationally and extend the lives of thousands of people each year.
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September 25, 2009
Most Americans Would Benefit From Lower Sodium Intake
Most Americans consume too much salt, contributing to the risk of heart disease and stroke, reports the September issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource. “Many people probably are aware that too much sodium can cause or aggravate hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke,” says Gary Schwartz, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hypertension specialist.
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July 7, 2007
Sea Kelp Is Worth Its Salt
Excerpt from Bragg’s Healthy Heart Book — Chapter 12.
In our expeditions over the world we have met many primitive tribes in the tropics that use no salt. And while they are not bothered by the heat, salt-eating white people invariably complain about the hot weather. This seems to indicate that some commercial motive lies behind the eat more salt in hot weather campaign. People undoubtedly would not add inorganic salt to their food if they were never taught to do so in the first place. The taste for salt is an acquired one.The craving for salt ceases a short time after it is eliminated from the diet. It is only during the first few weeks after the use of table salt is discontinued that it is really missed. After the initial period of abstinence there is little difficulty. In fact, many of our health students who have broken the deadly salt habit write us to say that now they cannot stand salted foods! When someone serves them salted foods, it gives them an abnormal thirst for liquids!
What Table Salt Does to Your Stomach
An important objection to table salt is the fact that it interferes with the normal digestion of food. Pepsin, an enzyme found in the hydrochloric acid of the stomach, is essential for the digestion of proteins. Only 50% as much pepsin is secreted as would otherwise be the case when salt is used. Obviously the digestion of protein foods will be incomplete or too slow under such conditions. The results are excessive putrefaction of protein, bloating, gas and digestive distress, which effects millions.
Sea Kelp is an Excellent Salt Substitute. It’s a Tasty, Healthy, Organic Sodium.
Many outstanding heart specialists heartily endorse a no-salt diet. There are some excellent seasoning substitutes available to satisfy an acquired craving for salt. In the Bragg home we use sea kelp granulars, herbs, garlic, vegetable seasonings and Bragg Liquid Aminos. In our opinion, sea kelp is an ideal salt substitute. It gives all foods — salads, vegetables, etc. — a tangy taste as Bragg Aminos does. The Bragg Products and sea kelp granulars (rich in folate, calcium and magnesium to build new blood cells) are available at health food stores. Fresh and powdered garlic, lemon juice and Braggs organic, raw apple cider vinegar are excellent seasoners, also, Italian and French herbs add delicious flavors to foods. Take a lesson from world famous French chefs! The marvelous flavor of French dishes is achieved by the skillful use of garlic, onions, mushrooms, herbs — not with salt! French cooking is called rich — but it’s a richness of taste and not of content. The best French chefs use very little fat and most use no salt at all!
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