High levels of salt in fast food

We often discuss in food safety circles the difference between acute and chronic food safety and health issues. We may all be familiar with the acute symptoms of food poisoning or food borne disease, but increasingly there are concerns over food ingredients that overtime can cause illness or a deterioration in health i.e. chronic issues. One of these ingredients is salt. Excess salt can cause stroke and heart disease and has been estimated to kill thousands of Britons every year.

Cash (Consensus Action on Salt and Health) surveyed 346 food and drink items and stated in the resultant report that some fast food meals contained more than twice the daily recommended amount of salt for an adult. In other cases, family meals could give a child more than four times the daily recommended salt amount. For further details follow the link:
http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3075675.ece#2007-10-19T00:00:01-00:00