Wall Street Journal Current U.S. dietary guidelines recommend that Americans limit their sodium intake to no more than 2,300 milligrams daily—or about a teaspoon of s...
The Star Online “The Government should launch a massive awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of high sodium intake,” he said at the CAP office in Jalan Masjid Negeri in conjunction with World Hypertension Day yesterday. He said stroke had become Malaysia's ...
USA TODAY Americans need to lower their excessive salt intake for their health's sake, but it may be harmful to cut back too far, says a new report out today. Adults in the USA consume an average of 3,400 milligrams (about 1½ teaspoons) of sodium a day, mostly ...
Medical Daily American adults consume on average 3,400 mg of sodium (1.5 teaspoons) each day, mostly from processed foods and restaurants. 97 percent of children and adolescents eat too much salt , according to the American Heart Association (AHA). The government ...
Omaha World-Herald Along with calories and fat, sodium is one of the top three reasons why consumers look at food nutrition labels. But today's consumers are focused less on what to cut from their diets as on what healthful options to add in, he said, and cutting salt is ...
First Coast News (USA TODAY) -- Americans need to lower their excessive salt intake for their health's sake, but it may be harmful to cut back too far, says a new report out today. Adults in the USA consume an average of 3,400 milligrams (about 1½ teaspoons) of sodium ...
UPI.com (blog) Processed foods and fast foods still contain dangerously high levels of salt despite calls from health experts to reduce sodium voluntarily. A new study, conducted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest and Northwestern University and ...
ABC7Chicago.com Make no mistake: Most Americans eat way too much, not just from salt shakers but because of sodium hidden inside processed foods and restaurant meals. Tuesday's report stresses that, overall, the nation needs to ease back on the sodium for better heart ...
NPR (blog) Some groups of Americans, including older adults and African-Americans, are especially sensitive to the blood-pressure lowering effects of cutting sodium , Appel says. So the strategy of aiming for low- salt diets has "tremendous potential to reduce ...
