Recent Press Releases
Vegetarian Sausages and Burgers are Not a Lower Salt Option
• People seeking ‘healthier' meat-free alternatives need to choose carefully
Research carried out by Consensus Action on Salt and Health ahead of National Vegetarian Week has found that vegetarian sausages and burgers can be just as salty as their meat equivalent products and some are even higher in salt. The saltiest burger in the survey contained more salt than three packets of crisps and the saltiest sausage contained more salt than five packets of crisps.
Delia's “Cheat” recipes full of salt –
• Some meals contain more than a whole day's limit
Consensus Action on Salt and Health ( CASH ) has added up the salt content of some of Delia Smith's latest recipes and has found that several have very high salt levels.
In Delia's new ‘How to Cheat at Cooking' television series and recipe book she encourages people to mix together ready-made foods rather than cook from scratch with fresh ingredients if they are short of time. Unfortunately, many of these ready- made products are already high in salt and many of the “Cheat” ingredients that she adds contain large amounts of salt. On top of this, in many recipes she advises adding extra salt.
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Salt intake is related to soft drink consumption in children and adolescents - a link to obesity?
Children who eat less salt drink fewer sugar-sweetened soft drinks and may significantly lower their risks for obesity, elevated blood pressure and later-in-life heart attack and stroke, researchers reported in the print and online issue of Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Previous studies have shown that dietary salt intake increases fluid consumption in adults. But researchers at St. George's University of London , England , are the first to examine whether the same is true in children.
“If children aged 4 to 18 years cut their salt intake by half (i.e., an average reduction of 3 grams a day), there would be a decrease of approximately two sugar-sweetened soft drinks per week per child, so each child would decrease calorie intake by almost 250 kcal per week,” said Dr. He, one of the authors. “Not only would reducing salt intake lower blood pressure in children, but it could also play a role in helping to reduce obesity.”
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Research shows kids' food still full of salt
- Lack of labelling confusing to parents
- Next generation risking high blood pressure
New research published today (28 th January 2008) by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) shows that many foods eaten by UK children still contain large amounts of salt, in some cases more than half the daily maximum limit for a 6 year old in a single serving. Research carried out with Netmums, a leading parenting website, also shows that many parents are confused about which foods contain salt.