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How Much Salt Do You Eat A Day
June 29, 2010: 3 comment(s)
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Most Americans are already aware of the dangers of eating too much salt and many take the precaution of avoiding adding salt to their meals. What most Americans are unaware of is that almost all of the extra salt they are eating is coming from packaged foods and restaurants.
David Zinczenko, author of the best-selling book, Eat This, Not That, exposes a few of the saltiest restaurant foods.
*Quizno’s Turkey Bacon Guacamole large sub with cheese and reduced-fat ranch dressing: 4,670mg sodium
*Chili’s Guiltless Grilled Chicken Platter: 2,780 mg sodium
*Papa John’s Cheese sticks with buffalo sauce: 6,700 mg sodium
*Macaroni Grill Chicken Portabella: 7,300 mg sodium
In an article posted on health.yahoo.net, in reference to the Chicken Portabella at the Macaroni Grill, Zinczenko points out, “You would have to eat 32 cups of potassium-rich broccoli to compensate for this sodium avalanche.”
These dishes make the salty Big Mac, weighing in at 1010 mg sodium, look like the lightweight, even though it still contains nearly half the recommended sodium for a full day! And this does not include the salt in the French fries and soda.
The average American eats 3,400mg/day of sodium, while the recommended amount is only 2,300 mg/day or about 1 teaspoon of salt. According to research from the Pardee RAND Graduate School if Americans followed the recommended salt intake 11.1 million less of us would have high blood pressure.
While you may think you’re salt intake is within a safe range, if you eat out regularly you are probably far beyond the one teaspoon a day recommendation. Ilich reported, “On average, individuals get over 70% of their sodium from processed foods. Therefore, there isn’t much leverage in reducing table salt or added salt during cooking.”
The real problem is the hidden salt added in processing or in the restaurant kitchen. Palar suggests, “Policy interventions that target processed and restaurant foods, which account for the majority of average sodium intake in the US, not salt added at the table, may be promising.”
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tkrupert
06/30/10 05:49
I was surprised at how little salt was actually reccomended. This was interesting.
wilt
06/30/10 01:00
Are there resources that say that salt actually causes increased blood pressure in those that don't suffer from hypertension already? I've read several studies that indicate that reduced sodium intake contributes to lower blood pressure in people with hypertension, but I have never read anything that says salt causes high blood pressure in otherwise healthy, well-hydrated people.
As written the article is unconvincing.
maryd
07/01/10 01:09
IS SALT SOMETHING YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT.
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