consensus action on salt and health

Sea salt no healthier than table salt


November 17th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Sea salt, which can be 19 times as expensive as its humbler cousin table salt, is no healthier because both kinds are overwhelmingly sodium chloride and ... Read more...

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Kids risk ill health, shorter life with too much salt


July 2nd, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 2 (IANS) Health experts in Britain have warned that the processed foods and sauces at the heart of the nation's diet are actually fuelling a dangerous daily overdose ... Read more...

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Salt in a single meal can affect blood flow


March 2nd, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 2 (IANS) It takes a mere 30 minutes for a single salty meal to constrict the blood flow in your arteries. Scientists tested how quickly salt had a ... Read more...

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High levels of salt in Sunday roasts put Brits at risk of heart disease, stroke


December 6th, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6 (ANI): A study by health campaigners has found that the high level of salt in Sunday roasts is putting Britons at risk of suffering from deadly heart disease and ... Read more...

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‘Cutting salt in diet can prevent thousands of deaths’


June 23rd, 2010 - 2:32 am ICT by IANS
London, June 23 (IANS) Cutting the amount of salt in food can prevent thousands of deaths from heart disease, say British researchers. Britain's National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has called on the ... Read more...

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Balti cuisine has ‘outrageous’ levels of salt


April 29th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 29 (IANS) Balti cuisine, spicy curries of Asian origin that are loved by Britons, have been found to contain salt nearly three times the recommended levels, and health experts ... Read more...

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Celeb cook Delia Smith slammed for putting too much salt in her new recipes


April 7th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by admin
London , Apr 7 (ANI): Celebrity cook Delia Smiths television series How To Cheat At Cooking has been slammed by dietary experts, who say that the recipes created on the show ... Read more...

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Pizza Hut, KFC and McDonald’s fast food ‘almost as salty as the sea’


November 14th, 2007 - 2:30 am ICT by admin
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