12/07/2025
The number one source of sodium for kids and teens is pizza. For adults over 51, it’s bread.
But the greatest contributor of sodium to the diet of people aged 20 to 50 isn’t canned soups, pretzels, or potato chips, but chicken—because of all of the salt and other additives that are injected into the meat.
➡️ Reducing salt consumption by just 15% could save millions of lives.
🧂 If we cut our salt intake by just ½ teaspoon a day, which can be achieved simply by avoiding salty foods and not adding salt to what we’re eating, we might prevent:
22% of stroke deaths
16% of fatal heart attacks
➡️ That’s potentially more than if we were able to successfully treat people with blood pressure pills!
An intervention in our kitchen may be more powerful than an intervention in our pharmacy. One little dietary tweak might help us more than billions of dollars worth of drugs.
Pre-order a copy of the revised and updated tenth anniversary edition of How Not to Die today. Learn more at https://see.nf/3RtYuWK.
Watch the video "Salt of the Earth: Sodium and Plant-Based Diets" at http://bit.ly/2O0lLgg to learn more.
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