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Submitted by Dr. BT on Mon, 2010-01-11 13:05.

Many American city health officials have battled trans fats and high-calorie fast food. Now, they're taking on salt.

Everyone needs some salt in his or her diet, but experts say Americans now eat about twice as much as they should. That can lead to problems including high blood pressure and an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

The health department released draft guidelines Monday recommending a maximum amount of salt that should be in a wide variety of manufactured and packaged foods, aiming to help reduce the average American's salt intake by 20 percent in five years.

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we don't need salt in our

Submitted by sarategan on Sat, 2010-04-03 05:20.

we don't need salt in our meal at all, you know, it's too harmful, my friend buy essay on that topic and he researched it for the comunity of healthcare

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I heard of (2 Day Diet told

Submitted by xuxinunuon on Sat, 2010-05-29 17:57.

I heard of (2 Day Diet told me)salt may cause cancer.

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Thanks for the great

Submitted by somberionX on Wed, 2010-03-24 06:07.

Thanks for the great guidelines

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Many American city health

Submitted by ouadamantite on Wed, 2010-03-03 04:11.

Many American city health officials have battled trans fats and high-calorie fast food. Now, they're taking on salt but i know people wh ocan't literally touch salt or they die.... dunno retains water like hell. ejaculare

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i cant stop eating

Submitted by crtabelog on Sun, 2010-02-14 19:10.

i cant stop eating salt...food without it dont have taste...help?

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From my childhood I dislike

Submitted by streetkings78 on Thu, 2010-02-04 00:51.

From my childhood I dislike too much salt in food.  It kept me out of some diseases. I have never changed my habit.

 

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