More Than Half Of Food Americans Buy Contains More Than Recommended Amount Of Salt.

“more than half of” the food Americans “buy contains more than the recommended amount of salt for each serving” consumed. In the April issue of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, researchers from the CDC found that “meat and pasta mixed dishes...were the top culprits, with better than 80 percent of each containing too much salt in the three regions of the country examined (Pacific, East North Central, and South Atlantic).” Other foods containing more than the recommended amount of salt include “pizza (better than 70 percent), soups (more than 60 percent) and cold cuts (50 to 60 percent, depending on the region).” http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/04/02/more-than-half-the-packaged-food-you-buy-in-grocery-stores-has-too-much-salt/