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Article: ROAD TO FITNESS; LOW-SODIUM DIETS
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- August 26, 2003
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You're getting more salt than you think
The terms `salt' and `sodium' often are used interchangeably.
Because sodium has been linked to health problems and is most
commonly eaten as salt, measuring salt intake has been the easiest
way to determine how much sodium people consume.
Recent data has suggested that sodium in other forms, such as in
sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), does not directly cause health
problems, but rather that salt itself (as sodium and chloride) is
undesirable in large amounts.
The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences
in Washington, D.C., has determined that the recommended safe minimum
daily amount is about 500 mg of sodium, with an upper ...