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Article: Salt may be removed from GRAS list: FDA considering drastic move.(Food and Drug Administration)(Generally Recognized As Safe)
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- Gerson Healing Newsletter
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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Items on the GRAS list are those "Generally Recognized As Safe." But, the executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Michael Jacobson, states that "Salt is the single most harmful element in the food supply, worse even than saturated and trans fats."
This statement is made in an article that appeared in the the Wellness section of the San Diego Union on February 19th, subtitled "All the news that's fit," and goes on to report that "the folks at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon agree."
It is amazing that it has been some 70 years since Dr. Gerson discovered the serious health problems caused by salt and ...