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Shake salt from your diet: but beware, the stuff hides in strange places.(Brief article)
ON AVERAGE, Americans consume far more sodium than the recommended daily limit. That's unfortunate, since a high-sodium diet might increase a person's risk of high blood pressure (and subsequent heart attack, kidney disease, and stroke) and might also boost the risk of asthma, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and stomach cancer.
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But cutting back isn't easy. Adding sodium is a theap way to improve the taste and texture of countless processed and prepared foods, which are where Americans get three-fourths of the sodium in their diets.
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