Mmmm...Salt

A recent study found that salt is not the main culprit behind our unhealthy American diet, the true blame is placed on, surprise surprise, fat.  The reason we have so much salt in our food is because it is a taste enhancer, without it our food would taste something like dishwater.  Only about 5% of people have salt to blame for their hypertension.  For people at a healthy weight salt is by no means a bad thing, but when you consider that 65% of Americans are overweight it’s no wonder people are linking salt to hypertension, obesity, and hear problems.  Salt is easy to take out of their diets, the fatty foods aren’t.

I am a big salt lover, I can eat the stuff plain, so when I heard it wasn’t healthy for me I admit to being a bit disappointed that something I enjoyed so much was so unhealthy for me.  But thanks to this article I see it’s just one reason of many Americans are unhealthy, and a small one at that.  Salt is essentially a scapegoat taking the fall so people can feel good about cutting down on salty foods but continue to eat the fatty foods that are making them so unhealthy.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43171460/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/