Most Americans Get Too Much Salt

Much of it comes from processed foods that don't taste salty, CDC experts say

June 24, 2010 RSS Feed Print

Consumers will be best served by cooking more foods at home. It saves money and helps reduce the intake of dietary sodium, saturated fats, trans fats, refined carbohydrates and excess calories, Heller said.

"Any reduction in dietary sodium is a move in the right direction," she added. "We can help ourselves by increasing our awareness of where sodium is hidden in foods, reading food labels -- look for milligrams of sodium per serving -- ignore the percent on the label -- checking the sodium in the foods served at restaurants we frequent when it is available and taking charge of our health and what we eat by making more of our meals at home."

More information

For more information on limiting salt, visit the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.