Keeping salt on the low side is definitely important for preventing heart attacks and strokes, but that tends to happen automatically if you eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that have been minimally processed.
You still need to pay attention because you can find whole grains even at places like Whole Foods that are extremely high in salt even though they are marketed as healthy. If you go to the processed, packaged route, you run the risk of a high salt intake. But if you prepare your own intact foods, most of the times, your salt intake will be low.
Walter Willett is chair of the Dept. of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He has published over 1,400 scientific articles on diet and disease. Excerpt from Nutrition Action Healthletter
You still need to pay attention because you can find whole grains even at places like Whole Foods that are extremely high in salt even though they are marketed as healthy. If you go to the processed, packaged route, you run the risk of a high salt intake. But if you prepare your own intact foods, most of the times, your salt intake will be low.
Walter Willett is chair of the Dept. of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. He has published over 1,400 scientific articles on diet and disease. Excerpt from Nutrition Action Healthletter
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