Reducing Salt Intake Is Easier Said Than Done

So you’ve read that salt consumption is directly correlated to high blood pressure, and you’ve decided to stop salting your food. Good idea. Bad practicality. According to this story from ABC News, the salt that we add to our food constitutes about 10 percent of the salt that we eat. The other 90 percent has already been added to our food by food processors and restaurants that are more interested in making food taste good than making food that is good for you.. What to do? As this piece recommends, we can start by reading labels carefully. That might tell us, as this report does, that
Health Valley Fat-Free Chicken Broth has 390 mg of salt in a one-cup serving, while
Swanson 99 percent Fat-Free Chicken Broth has 960 mg in a one-cup serving. Of course, reading labels only works if there is a label. It’s much harder to learn, as this story tells us, that McDonald’s small fries have 140 mg of salt while Burger King small fries have 410 mg. What else can we do? The piece quotes Dr. Mehmet Oz, co-author of "You: The Owner’s Manual," suggesting that we try substituting herbs for salt.That could work. Read more.