Tag: salt
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Pinched: Salt Supplies Dwindle After Endless Storms
from nbcnews.com: As if traffic snarls, scrubbed flights and power outages weren’t enough misery, the latest bit of winter savagery to hit the Midwest and the East is an extreme shortage of the salt used to clear snow and ice off roadways. Many cities have been forced to ration salt after weeks of above-average snowfall…
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‘Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us’
New York Times journalist Michael Moss spent three-and-a-half years working out how big food companies get away with churning out products that undermine the health of those who eat them.
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Bread Beats Out Chips As Biggest Salt Source
Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips. That surprising finding comes in a government report released Tuesday that includes a list of the top 10 sources of sodium.
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giving salty food to babies may create a lifelong preference
from latimes: Feeding young babies solid foods such as crackers, cereals and bread, which tend to be high in salt, may set them up for a lifelong preference for salt, researchers reported Tuesday. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests that efforts to reduce salt intake among Americans should begin early…