No Salt, No Free Of Salt

Sodium in the amount of harm that can be found in food that is not effective, such as bread and breakfast cereals, the report said Consumer Reports magazine.

Analysis group made up 37 food products, have a cup Raisin Bran Kellogg containing 350 grams of sodium, one of half a cup of cottage cheese contains 360 milligram, and one bread wheat has a 440 milligram.

U.S. food guides recommend that people consume a healthy adult is not more than 2,300 milligram sodium per day and to control high blood pressure, a person must obtain 1500 milligram or less.

Most Americans consume far more than that, and mostly not from the salt on the food ditaburkan but even from the prepared food products.

"Our analysis found that low-fat products may contain more sodium. That happens in part because when fat is removed from the food full of fat, sodium penyedap sometimes used as a substitute," said Jamie Hirsh, parlormaid health editor at Consumer Reports, in a statement.

In addition to sodium chloride, which is better known as table salt, sodium can be found in foods such as disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, sodium caseinate, sodium benzoate, sodium bicarbonate and sodium nitrite.

Prego 'Heart Smart Traditional' Italian Sauce contains 430 milligram salt in half a cup that is presented, even if it berkadar fat low. Vegetable juice 'Heart Healthy' V8 has 480 milligram of salt in one portion, so the report broadcast on Monday (1 / 12).