Sodium and fast food go hand in hand

[wthwyt]

Every fast food as well many of restaurants period menu items have very high sodium levels. Oh and yes those prepare items in the groceries soups, frozen meals etc etc.

Here is an example I can't use the name so here is a link, now look what size they show than double levels for full size.

[wthwyt]

Every fast food as well many of restaurants period menu items have very high sodium levels. Oh and yes those prepare items in the groceries soups, frozen meals etc etc.

Here is an example I can't use the name so here is a link, now look what size they show than double levels for full size.

So for the hell of it I check out restaurant that is in Kelowna again not going mention just a link here kids menu Ouch. Parents I know you would treat your kids out, they are better off with homemade pizza & movie.

[wthwyt]

*Bumped*

Number 1 killer in North America is heart attacks & strokes. 2 of silence contributors (1) is sodium (hypertension...AKA high blood pressure)

(2) sugars which contributes to type 2 diabetes

As you go shopping at your local grocery store check labels on those canned or packaged items.

Daily recommended amounts of sodium 1800 mg (not per/meal)

As for sugars try to keep that as close single digits in gram amounts.

Eating out is fine as long as it is not all the time. Restaurant food can be very high with both sodium & sugars.
(Especially fast food)
Don't believe me check your fast food (or restaurant) of choice & their nutrition facts, be ready for a <<shocker>>.

I'm not interested in Government involvement to reduce the levels, but consumers should be telling manufactures & restaurant/fast food outlets reduce these numbers.

Of course the best way to do this eat at home (not order take-out) by cooking & baking your own food so you know how much to put in.

[mrj222]

Tax fast food like cigarettes putting all money towards healthcare. Also ban fast food from being consumed indoors except in designated fast food areas. That stuff stinks!

Mcdonalds and 'prepared' foods should cost at least 10x as much as real food.

[wthwyt]

High blood pressure + diabetes = big deal
http://www.diabetes.ca/for-professional ... -pressure/

Sodium is the part of salt that increases blood pressure. There is more sodium in salt than any other food that we eat. We eat salt because it makes food taste better. It enhances the flavor of almost everything we eat. Yet eating too much salt is dangerous.

The body needs sodium to hold water in the blood vessls. Sodium also regulates water balance in all parts of the body. If too much water is held in the body, the amount of blood increases. If it increases too much, problems will arise.

The increase in blood makes the heart work harder. The result can be high blood pressure. Other conditions, such as diabetes, can cause high blood pressure. The most common cause is eating too much salt/sodium. When high blood pressure is not controlled, it can lead to a heart attack, stroke or kidney disease.

Source(s):

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/thriftyliving/tl-salt.html

http://www.subliminalsales.com/sublimin ... tloss.html

[grammafreddy]

Tax fast food like cigarettes putting all money towards healthcare. Also ban fast food from being consumed indoors except in designated fast food areas. That stuff stinks!

Mcdonalds and 'prepared' foods should cost at least 10x as much as real food.

I would prefer that people smartened up themselves rather than we had big brother government dictating to us what we can or can't do - and taxing us for making wrong choices.

[Captain Awesome]

These days everything goes hand in hand with sodium.

[wthwyt]

I would prefer that people smartened up themselves rather than we had big brother government dictating to us what we can or can't do - and taxing us for making wrong choices.

I agree with you here GF, ending up with heart disease and/or diabetes is high enough taxes for foolish choices.

[grammafreddy]

[grammafreddy]

Perhaps all foods associated with high sodium and high carbs should come with warning pics and labels just like tobacco has. This would include restaurant meals, groceries, processed foods, prepared meals like TV dinners, fast foods, deli meats and many others.

They could include pics like this cheerful lady ... a triple amputee from not looking after her blood sugar levels ...


This is sexy - a gangrenous foot...


How about a damaged heart?