Salt in Processed Food

I hate processed food and I hate the fact that there is so much salt in processed food.

Blunt enough?

Well, it looks like according to this article, the food companies are getting that point as well.



According to the article:

Last week, Kraft Foods Inc. announced it would cut the salt in its North American line by an average of 10 percent in over 1000 products over the next two years. On Monday, PepsiCo unveiled a global nutrition initiative to reduce sodium in food products by an average of 25 percent by 2015. The company also has a 10-year plan to decrease added sugar in beverages by 25 percent and saturated fat in foods by 15 percent. Other companies, such as ConAgra, Sara Lee, and Campbell Soup, already have plans underway to reduce salt in key product categories.

That's great to hear. But this part of the article really blew my mind on how much salt there really is in the food we buy:

Kraft's initiative alone is projected to eliminate more than 10 million pounds of salt from the food supply over the next two years

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10 million pounds of salt will be eliminated in two years, and that's just from ONE food company? That's pretty amazing.

I worry though that they are just going to find another ingredient to add into their products that is going to be just as harmful as salt.

Trust me, they aren't just going to pull the salt out of all those foods that are big sellers because of craving people have for salty food and watch people stop buying them. These companies wouldn't be taking this initiative for the health benefit of the nation if they thought they were going to see a disastrous decline in their profitable products.

Let me live in my little dream world for a moment though.

I don't add any salt to my food. I don't buy products that have salt in them (if they do, it's very minimal).

I haven't died of starvation or deprivation due to no salt.

If you want to truly stay away from salt, stick with these foods:

1. Meat, fish, chicken, turkey, pork etc.
2. Vegetables
3. Fruits
4. Nuts
5. Oils
6. Non-salt spices like garlic and onion powder and a slew of others for taste

Sure, you might go through a little withdrawal of the lack of salt in those foods but, you'll adapt and you'll be surprised how much better you'll feel when you focus on just eating those kinds of foods listed above, 90% of the time.

There's no need to eat all that salt in processed food. There's many other foods out there that can taste just as good and that are much more healthy for you.

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