Switch to Reduced-Sodium Salt Substitute to Prevent Millions of Deaths a Year
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Now scientists are telling us to switch to a salt substitute to save lives
Its not the salt at fault, its the food manufacturers putting excessive salt in their products
If you dont eat too much processed food then this doesnt affect you that much
They say the switch isnt that expensive, but i will guarantee the price of their foods will increase
Food and Pharma..big swizz all the way in and over. Moderation not denial I'd say.
My father ate no processed food at all. His diet was meat, potatoes and vegetables. However, they cooked the potatoes and vegetables in salt and then he added more to his meal. He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in his 70’s and had a good portion of his stomach removed. The surgeon told him that he believed salt had eroded his stomach and caused the cancer.
MelissaLee1963 sadly, he’s gone now, but managed another 15 years after his operation! He didn’t like the no salt regime though 
gerrykelly25 God Bless. I am hooked on black pepper so able to minimise but couldn't envisage life totally without. Sugar is worse by far methinks.
L , its whats going on in the world
It could help you make a choice about something maybe you didnt know about and help save your life or someone in the family, or at least improve your health
I know everyone knows how harmful salt can be in excess, but if the manufacturers are going to change what they put in your food now and replace salt with another chemical isnt it best to know about it ?
Look how they have messed around with butter, telling you how bad it is for you in the early days and suggesting you use margerine, now we know margerine is a bigger killer with the trans fatty acids they use to make it
Knowledge is power
We all have a choice L, if you want to eat all, you can, but at least if you have information about whats in the food you are eating then you can decide yourself
We are fairly lucky in the UK, they have standards for most foods, other countries there are none, and they put anything they like in it, like China, even the USA have worse standards than ours
The problem is we get a lot of food imported and we havent started getting the chlorinated chickens yet
A little blunt and to the point, thats true L, but i would like to live a little longer if i am allowed to , so I just try to be a little healthier if i can , i dont want to work all my life and not reap the benefits of retirement at the end , what little there are
Leannexxx I am really sorry to hear that L, now i understand why you are saying this about the articles, i hope you are ok now
I am not saying anyone should reduce their intake of food , just have a look at the label maybe and see what might be healthier for you
The example here is salt, i know the manufacturers put too much in their packet foods, so i never sprinkle any extra salt on my food, maybe on chips , with lots of vinegar
That way at least i am trying not to have too much
I love my food, and i think what you say is true, but i would blame dieting and the fads that companies encourage people to go on for eating disorders , and in some way social media for promoting thin as being the fashion
I assume, like most things in our diet, everything in moderation. My mother used to salt the water before boiling veg but I managed to cut that one out. For some reason I always put salt in to cook pasta. Maybe I should stop that too.
Some things you cannot help doing P, if you need it for cooking methods for example its sometimes unavoidable , but as i was saying to L, when you have plenty of it already in processsed foods i would try not to sprinkle it again on the same food when cooked
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