FDA to consider limits, labeling for salt | Science & Health | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it would hold a hearing to consider a consumer group’s petition that the agency tighten regulations and labeling for salt in food.
CSPI calls for tough regulations on salt
The consumer health group is calling for the FDA to revoke the ‘generally recognized as safe’ (GRAS) status of salt in a move to force food manufacturers to reduce sodium levels in processed foods.
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“Magnesium: Magnesium is often overlooked and is essential to your cellular health. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables! Kelp provides a rich source of Magnesium. Look for a supplemental green drink that contains seaweed, especially kelp, at your local health food store.”
Diet experts compare salt to a global plague — chicagotribune.com
Excerpt: Genes? Maybe not. “Contemporary populations, such as the Yanomamo Indians in the Amazon, the bushmen in Botswana and the Eskimos in Alaska, essentially have no hypertension or age-related increases in their blood pressure,” Madias added. “Their common characteristic is that they eat foods rich in potassium and low in salt, much like the diet our ancestors ate.”
It’s about balance. A typical American diet, high in salt and low in potassium-rich foods, can be deadly.
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