'Hidden' dangers of high-salt food.(Family Life)

From: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) | Date: March 16, 2004 | Copyright information

Salt is widely recognised as dangerous to our health and yet nine out of ten of us eat too much.

Perhaps that's hardly surprising because so much salt is effectively "hidden" within our foods without our being aware of it - a fact highlighted recently when one well-known brand of soup was revealed to contain as much salt as sea water.

Yet the risks from high consumption are enormous. A medical expert from ...

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