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Toxicologists later identified the presence of a laboratory preservative called sodium azide in the water tank of a coffee machine at the Medical School’s New Research Building...
...average woman, 7.3 g. The daily recommended amount, according to government nutrition experts, is 6 g. That means that even if most men were to cut 3 g of salt out of their diet each day, they would still be consuming more than the recommended daily allowance of sodium. (See the top 10 new diet books...
Already, a New York City-led effort, the National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI), is promoting a voluntary reduction in sodium content by restaurants and packaged-food companies of 20% over five years. State and local health departments, as well as consumer- and professional-health organizations, have endorsed the effort...
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...
While the NSRI may be promoting only voluntary salt reduction, it's a start for getting people to consider the health effects of sodium as they would those of cholesterol and trans fats, and to keep track of their intake in order to stay healthy...