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Hidden salt may sabotage healthy diets, Consumer Reports study says
Here’s a copy of a story scheduled to run in Tuesday’s (12-2-08) Dayton Daily News:
A study by Consumer Reports magazine has found large amounts of sodium in unexpected foods that could sabotage consumers’ efforts to control high blood pressure and other health risk factors.
The study singled out products such as Kellogg’s Raisin Bran, a cup of which contains 350 milligrams (mg) of sodium, and a single Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain White Bagel, which contains 440 mg sodium. In all, Consumer Reports analyzed 37 supermarket staples and found larger-than-expected levels of sodium lurking in several, including many that were labeled as lower-fat products, the magazine said. Dietary guidelines recommend that healthy adults get no more than 2,300 mg of sodium a day, the amount in just one teaspoon of table salt, Consumer Reports said.
The hidden sodium could derail some people’s efforts to eat healthy and “sets up some of my patients for failure,” said Dr. Susan Williams, assistant professor in Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine and director of the Center for Nutrition and Metabolic Medicine at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia.
“This is a very significant study that should raise the awareness of every physician and medical care-giver to help them guide their patients,” Williams said.
A high-sodium diet might increase a person’s risk of high blood pressure — and subsequent heart attack, kidney disease and stroke — as well as risk of asthma, kidney stones, osteoporosis and stomach cancer, Consumer Reports officials said.
The full report on the study is available in the January 2009 issue of Consumer Reports and online at www.ConsumerReportsHealth.org.
— Mark Fisher, Staff Writer
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By Peter
December 2, 2008 5:16 AM | Link to this
What is even worse is the pumped up chicken and beef being sold these days. I have seen some that have over 4 times the normal amount of sodium for a serving. Do you know anybody who eats what a “serving” is according to the label? And that is before you even season the meat. Do the math.By Wolverine
December 2, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
Sorry, Peter, this is ridiculous. We are all going to die of something. Now? we have a sodium scare? I can’t wait to hear that we have too much oxygen! Quit scaring people over every little thing. I had a nephew who was afraid to eat turkey last week. This is silly, DDN. Quit perpetuating paranoia over the small things.By Meandmyself
December 2, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
I’m not worried, but I don’t eat at Fat-Food Restaurants like the rest of you do. We eat clean at my house.By Peter
December 2, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this
“Wolverine” - This issue is not a small thing. Maybe you are a perfectly healthy person but quite a few of us are not. For those people who need to control their sodium intake it is a critical issue as companies continually change the sodium content in their products. “Meandmyself” - this has nothing to do with Fat-Food places. I would look very carefully at what you buy in the store when making your own meals. They might not be as “clean: as you think.By JJ
December 2, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this
This is a very serious issue for healthy and nonhealthy people. This should definitely be addressed.