A Salty Tale of Fast Food Nutrition
Many fast foods are overloaded with salt, and of course a lot of people add extra salt. Salt is sodium chloride and it is the sodium that is medically important. Food contains other forms of sodium but for simplicity we have converted all the sodium to salt equivalents. Most Western nation individuals consume 10 grams or two teaspoons of salt each day - about 20 times more than the body needs. The recommended sodium intake for Australian adults is equivalent to six grams or about one teaspoon of salt per day. This does not mean that we can add up to a teaspoon of salt to food because the figure already includes salt used in cooking as well as the natural salt content of fresh food. How much salt is in fast food? Have a look below (from CHOICE Magazine) Salt Content of Fast Foods and Home Cooked Meals
Food Salt content (grams)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (2 pieces of chicken, roll, potato and gravy, coleslaw) 3.0
Pizza Hut meal (ham and pineapple pizza and salad) 6.1
Fish and Chips 3.3
Pork in plum sauce 7.2
BUT
Home-cooked steak and vegetables 0.8
We eat much more salt than we think. Foods like fish fingers, salad dressing, tomato sauce, luncheon meats, cheese, canned vegetables, Vegemite, packet soups, sardines, frankfurts, pickled olives and even soluble aspirin are high in salt. So it's not only the salt which is added to meals when they are served which causes a problem. Salt is prevalent in processed and fast foods. This goes against the National Dietary Guidelines which urge that salt intake be reduced. Excess salt intake can cause a variety of health problems. Already 20% of teh population are susceptible to hypertension. This involves an increase in blood pressure while the kidneys work hard to excrete extra salt and of course hypertension increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney failure. Ian Macdonald as founder and owner of Macdonald's Gourmet Burgers combines his passion and knowledge of food, wine and nutrition with savvy business tactics. He is also the MD of a corporate consulting firm that advises on strategic negotiation, dispute resolution and workplace change. Clients are mainly from top 100 corporations. For lots of free resources from their extensive website go to: http://www.MacdonaldsGourmetBurgers.com This article was compiled with the guidance of Darrell Berg-Smith, CEO, DBS Worldwide Marketing Co., Ltd. For lots of great free low cost marketing resources go to: http://www.darrellberg-smith.com |
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