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Sodium Health

The New York Times Bungles the Latest Salt Report

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 05.20.2013 | Healthy Living
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Michael F. Jacobson

The Times not only fanned unfounded fears that cutting sodium is risky, but it failed to inform readers that vanishingly few Americans consume the very-low-sodium levels that the IOM considered.

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We're Eating Way Too Much Salt

Posted 03.21.2013 | Healthy Living
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We are eating way too much salt. And it's killing us. That's the message from two new studies released Thursday, examining the amount of global ...

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Confused About Salt?

Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 10.08.2012 | Healthy Living
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Michael F. Jacobson

The world's leading health authorities -- from the American Heart Association to the World Health Organization -- have urged people to cut back on salt (sodium). There simply is no controversy: Medical experts are nearly unanimous that we're eating too much salt.

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