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That's a serious amount of money, but it's the health benefits that are even more stunning. Using data from previous clinical trials on salt intake and blood pressure, the researchers found that reducing sodium by 3 g per day would be as good for the heart as cutting tobacco use by half, lowering one's body mass index 5% or taking statin medications to lower cholesterol. Even more surprising, cutting salt by 3 g per day was as effective in reducing death rates among people with hypertension as taking medication to control blood pressure. (See the 10 worst...
What's needed is a recognition that salt, like fat and trans fats, is not good for you. Currently, the Food and Drug Administration considers sodium to be "generally regarded as safe." That will have to change, says Bibbins-Domingo, if the American population wants to get serious about lowering its sodium intake. "Too much salt is bad for your health, and that should be considered in the way labeling works," she says...
...military," and added that the homeland-security panel he chairs will investigate. The Congressman whose district includes Fort Hood agrees. "The report ignores the elephant in the room - radical Islamic terrorism is the enemy," says Republican Representative John Carter. "We should be able to speak honestly about good and bad without feeling like you've done something offensive to society...
...television reporter in Washington] and I would always notice when she was getting a little too full of herself. My family regularly says, "You know, Dad, do you want us to enlarge the door and open up the double doors so you can come in?" So I have a good check and balance system. We all do as family members, kind of keep an eye on each other...
...tell me, can anyone please tell me, how that is good...