| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 275 pages) |
| Contents |
Salt, a primer -- The case for eating less salt -- The case against eating less salt -- What all the research means -- The mouse that roared: the Salt Institute -- Less salty diets around the globe -- Policy paralysis in the United States -- Progress at last! -- Next steps for progress -- Protecting your own health |
| Summary |
From the crusader credited with popularizing the phrase "junk food," Salt Wars uncovers the group of scientists who worked with food industry lobbyists and fought all efforts to reduce the dangerous levels of sodium in our food. A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attacks. It's been estimated that excess sodium in the American diet causes as many as 100,000 deaths per year. And yet salt is everywhere in our diets--in packaged food, fast food, and restaurant meals. Why hasn't salt received the sort of attention and regulatory action that sugar and fat have' In Salt Wars, Michael Jacobson explains how the American food industry have fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and resource description page |
| Subject |
Salt-free diet.
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Salt in the body.
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Salt -- Physiological effect.
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Nutrition policy -- United States
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Nutrition policy.
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Sodium Chloride, Dietary -- adverse effects
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Diet, Sodium-Restricted
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Diet -- trends
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Nutrition Policy
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diet & Nutrition -- General.
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Salt -- Physiological effect
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Salt in the body
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Salt-free diet
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Nutrition policy
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Physical fitness -- Health aspects
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Frieden, Tom, writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780262360562 |
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026236056X |
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9780262360555 |
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0262360551 |
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