Cutting Salt Could Save the U.S. Billions

Ironically, salt is put into a lot of food to increase self life by decreasing spoilage, which reduces waste, and saves money.

But cutting salt out of Americans’ diets could save $24 billion in healthcare costs each year.

It boils down to preventing heart disease.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that removing just three grams of salt per day would lower the number of heart disease cases in the U.S. by 11%.

When you break it down, results show heart attacks will be cut by 13%, stroke 8%, and the number of deaths by 4%.

The problem is a lot of this salt is being consumed as additives to food, not from the salt shaker, so food producers need to make the biggest changes.

Via Food Navigator.

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