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Science Low-fat foods may mean high salt | Low-fat foods may mean high salt |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Thursday, 04 December 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Among the products surveyed, they found that: Featured Whitepaper
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Science Discussions• one cup of Kellogg’s Raisin Bran had 350 milligrams (other raisin bran cereals has between 230 and 350 milligrams) • one Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain White Bagel has 440 milligrams • one-half cup of Prego "Heart Smart Traditional" Italian Sauce contains 430 milligrams • one serving of “Heart Healthy" V8 vegetable juice has 480 milligrams • one ounce serving of regular potato chips hads180 milligrams • McDonald’s Premium Caesar Salad with grilled chicken (without salad dressing) has 890 milligrams • McDonald’s fries has 350 milligrams • Aunt Jemima Original Pancake and Waffle Mix has 200 milligrams (per pancake) • A leading maple and brown sugar flavored instant oatmeal has over three times more sodium that its original flavored oatmeal. The U.S. National Academies’ Institute of Medicine recommends that most adults should consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day. This guideline amount is about one teaspoon of table salt. For people with high blood pressure (a systolic blood pressure over 120 millimeters of mercury (mm/Hg) or a diastolic pressure over 80 mm/Hg), people over 60 years of age, and those with chronic diseases such as kidney disease or diabetes, the NA Institute of Medicine recommends less than 1,500 milligrams. Jamie Hirsh, an associate health editor for Consumer Reports magazine, stated, “Our analysis found that lower-fat products might be higher in sodium. That's in part because when fat is taken out of full-fat foods, sodium is sometimes used to compensate for flavor.” [EmedicineHealth.com: “Fast Food and Frozen Dinners Are Often High in Sodium, but Pancake Mix and Bagels, Too?”] Hirsh added, "One of the big surprises is that foods that you would think would be really salty, like salted nuts, have less sodium than many processed or packaged foods that don't taste salty at all." The Consumer Reports article was released on Monday, December 1, 2008. Page three lists some types of salt that appear on labels. |
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