The salt assault
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
Less than 10 percent of Americans keep their sodium levels - mostly from salt - to where they should be. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewed survey data on people's eating patterns and the sodium content in our food supply. At the CDC, Janelle Peralez-Gunn:
"Sodium is found all throughout our food supply. One restaurant meal can exceed a whole day's worth of sodium. When you think about processed food, like in the grocery store, foods that come in boxes, and food that come in cans, like canned vegetables and beans, can be high in sodium." (13 seconds)
Peralez-Gunn advises people to look for "no salt added" foods, and fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables. Eating out, they can ask the kitchen to hold the salt.
The study was in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. I'm Ira Dreyfuss.