This document discusses the dangers of hidden salt in processed foods. It notes that excess salt can increase blood pressure, decrease heart health, weaken bones, and cause weight gain. Processed, packaged, canned, and movie popcorn foods often contain hidden salt as sodium chloride, monosodium glutamate, sodium bicarbonate, or sodium nitrite. Food labels do not always accurately portray sodium content. The document recommends reading labels, avoiding processed foods, choosing options with less than 140mg sodium per serving, and limiting daily salt intake to one teaspoon or less.

1. 7 Scary truths about Hidden salt diet (
India salt story )
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3. What is hidden salt doing to you body?
• Increasing blood pressure
• Decreasing heart health
• Making your bones thinner(result=osteoporosis)
• Making you fat
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4. Where are the hidden salt?
• Processed packaged food
• Even cookies and other baked, packaged food.
• Pickles, sauces,spreads,papads,tinned ,canned, food.
• Movie theatre popcorn,bacon,cheese
• Complete list
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5. The sodium in processed food the main
culprit.It sneaks in as:
• Sodium chloride
• Monosodium glutamate
• Sodium bicarbonate
• Sodium nitrite
• Sodium benzoate(Potential carcinogen ;never use
with Vitamin C)
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6. Salt in food labels
• High salt food:Sodium more than 1.5 g/ 100
gram
• Reduced sodium:25% less sodium than
original product .May not actually have low
sodium.
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7. Salt in food labels
• Lightly salted :50% less sodium than original
product.
• Low sodium: 140 mg of sodium or less per serving
• Very low sodium:35 mg of sodium or less
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8. SCARY FACTS
Locally packaged food in India has no food
labels.
Some food labels can deceive by not giving
amount of sodium.
See image in next slide
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9. Instant masala oats lists
salt among its first 3
ingredients in the
masala
Doesn’t give sodium
content per 100 gram
serving.
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Per 100gram serving sodium
content 1.285g
That’s pretty high.
Children have a lower sodium
rneed.
So multiple packets of this can
overload sodium in their little
bodies`

11. Chocolate chip
cookies mention sodium & calcium
salt .
No mention of sodium content per 100 gram
serving( Why?)
But mentions calcium. ( Why this bias?
)
Calcium good for health
High level of hidden sodium:BAD
Their role is suspected in childhood obesity is
worrying
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How to reduce salt during cooking?
1)Avoid ready made processed food soups. Maybe
occasionally .
2)Don’t marinate with salt.Use mix of spices to marinate.

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3)Have right amount of potassium
More fresh vegetables and fruits naturally high in potassium and
low in sodium.
Less bread, cheese, processed meat,canned food,
processed food
4)Wash and rinse thoroughly, canned veggies to get rid of the salt
solution.
5)Ask for low sodium options in restaurants
6)Buy low sodium salt

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Takeaway
Read food labels
Avoid processed food as far as possible.
Gradually cut down on hidden salt traps.
Choose products with less than 140 mg per serving.
Daily recommendation for adults:1 teaspoon of salt

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