date:Apr 28, 2012
ocessed foods,wrote Matthew Rietberg, Drick Rousseau, and Lisa Duizer.
Salt
Salt is of course vital and is necessary for the body to function, but the average daily salt consumption in the western world, between 10 and 12g, vastly exceeds recommendations from WHO/FAO of 5 grams per day to control blood pressure levels and reduce hypertension prevalence and related health risks in populations.
And with 80 per cent of salt intake coming from processed foods, many countries have initiated salt redu