The study also found that 45 percent of the kids meals were high in saturated fat and trans fat, and 86
percent were high in sodium.
Not exact matches
This move has
been decried by many health advocates, including the American Heart Association, which said
in a press release, «Children who eat
high levels of
sodium are about 35
percent more likely to have elevated blood pressure, which can ultimately lead to heart disease or stroke.
Nearly 90
percent of school - age kids today
are consuming excessive amounts of
sodium that
are much
higher the recommended levels, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published
in the November 2016 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Sodium added to food outside the home was the leading source (70.9 percent) and sodium found naturally in food was the next highest (14.2 per
Sodium added to food outside the home
was the leading source (70.9
percent) and
sodium found naturally in food was the next highest (14.2 per
sodium found naturally
in food
was the next
highest (14.2
percent);
In the lowest category of sodium excretion, with an average of 1.9 grams per day, the percentage of subjects that had CVD events was higher (7.2 percent) than that of the second category (6.8 percent), with average excretion of 3 grams per day, even though the average BMI and percentage of high - risk males was lower in the lowest categor
In the lowest category of
sodium excretion, with an average of 1.9 grams per day, the percentage of subjects that had CVD events
was higher (7.2
percent) than that of the second category (6.8
percent), with average excretion of 3 grams per day, even though the average BMI and percentage of
high - risk males
was lower
in the lowest categor
in the lowest category.
The percentage of CKD patients who had cardiovascular events during follow - up
was higher (18.4
percent)
in the lowest quartile of urinary
sodium excretion (average excretion 2.5 grams per day) than the 16.5
percent in the second quartile (average excretion 3.3 grams per day).
It
is noted that a
sodium intake of less than 2 grams per day, which approximates the
sodium intake of the paleo diet with no added salt,
was associated with a 68
percent increase
in cardiovascular disease risk during follow - up of fifty - four months
in the study reviewed
in the Kresser blog.26 Another study, which excluded subjects with cardiovascular disease, hypertension and diabetes, found that after thirty - three months, the cardiovascular risk of those with daily
sodium excretion of 1.9 grams
was 36
percent higher after adjustment for body mass index and sex than the risk of those excreting 3 grams.6
These values
are derived from twenty - four - hour urinary
sodium excretion measurements
in studies involving over one hundred thousand participants.4 Cordain implies that
sodium intake
in «non-westernized people»
is far lower than
in the US, but
in fact the average daily
sodium intake
in Asia, Africa and the Middle East
is about 50
percent higher than the 3.4 grams per day
in the U.S. and Canada.24, 25
Read labels — if a food contains more than 15 to 20
percent of the daily value for
sodium, note that it
is a
high sodium food and should
be eaten
in moderation.
Making your own soup will make it easier to control the amount of
sodium, since all three of these canned options
are high in sodium, containing between 31 and 41
percent of the daily recommended value.
105 calories 76
percent vitamin C (antioxidant and immune booster) 25
percent vitamin A (antioxidant and vision) 11
percent vitamin B6 plus other B vitamins (hormone production
in brain and heart disease prevention) 9
percent healthy probiotic fibre 9
percent copper (copper
is a co-factor for many vital enzymes plus production of red blood cells) 7
percent potassium (to balance out our
high sodium intake) 4
percent magnesium
The product
was acid phosphate containing some 16
percent P 2 0 5, to which,
in the earlier days
were added small quantities of nitrogen carriers, such as guano, slaughterhouse tankage, garbage tankage, fish scrap, and lowanalysis potash salts of foreign origin, to
be replaced gradually
in subsequent years by the
higher grades of nitrogen carriers, ammonium sulfate and
sodium nitrate, for years likewise largely of foreign origin, and the more concentrated potash salts.