how2-lose-weight.com » salt http://how2-lose-weight.com How to lose weight and enjoy doing it Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Please dont pass the salt http://how2-lose-weight.com/2009/09/please-dont-pass-the-salt/ http://how2-lose-weight.com/2009/09/please-dont-pass-the-salt/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:21:37 +0000 Keith http://how2-lose-weight.com/?p=318 If you eat processed foods you are likely to be eating excessive salt, a cause of high blood pressure and related heart disease and stroke.

It is estimated the average American consumes 1,000 mg more than the recommended 2,300 mg daily intake.  Additional health benefits could occur if total salt intake is reduced to 1,500 mg per day.

The challenge is to reduce the amount of processed food eaten or find low salt processed food (that is also low in refined sugar and bad fat).  Restaurant meals are another potential source of high salt dishes.

K Palar & R Sturm, American Journal of Health Promotion, Sept/Oct, 2009

There you have it.  Restrict your salt from all sources to less than a teaspoon a day.  Regards, Keith

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