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CDC: Americans Consume Too Much Sodium

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    FOXNewshealth.com managing editor Dr. Manny Alvarez on America's addiction to salt.

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Now we're gonna like you.

Stay with this topic of money and and health and this is actually.

So startling health data you -- -- -- the centers for disease controls latest a vital signs report.

Of nine out of ten American adults consume much more than what is the recommended dose of sodium what -- this study -- comment from.

Managing editor for Fox News health dot com stocks.

Yeah.

At a critical about.

I'm still trying to you that we I'm in shock because the what that congressman you said but.

Offered to respond -- vote well -- you don't -- these ridiculous and the question has tried us yet out of course.

Look.

Education is the key to changing people's behavior I have a problem with federal regulations in other words -- there's a law that came down and say you can only put.

Five grams of sugar in serial whatever the case may be.

I get it I don't want anybody regulating a lot of in the industry.

But I certainly you know if you look at everything in health -- that makes a difference today is educating.

The patient the consumer the people -- -- -- tell you don't small because your gonna get lung cancer and this is true.

Thought I'd show you graphic picture of -- lung cancer and you stop smoking.

I gave you a favor that's what.

It's supposed to happen and I think that there's a big misunderstanding.

Between.

Publicly related message vs a regulation of an end my.

Here's my my is that in anyway here's -- I really quickly -- Is be careful what you wish for I don't matter that's -- -- not my point is.

The government will it if it's if this becomes an even bigger problem talking about obesity it's going to provincial government is going to go well beyond some ad campaign -- a little bit at our and that.

That's 200 they had a good job that somebody who gets -- -- -- to do is to protect the the the freedom of American folks here in the US but it.

You know in health -- everything since the beginning of Madison.

Everything you know washing your hands what you wash your hands when you get out of the bathroom you doing because.

I've known because somebody you'll read it somewhere in in in school some bright that it put your principal they have been or that sideways -- -- that topic since I work a little bit pressed for time now about god all the idea to get salt -- -- a lot of coming from Brett right America -- education -- of America is addicted to shall we eat a lot of -- is it constitutional.

Lot of people getting high blood pressure heart disease and things like that which ultimately can kill you.

Sold -- great especially in the fast food industry and what we're finding out that is that on average people having and we would between three and four grams of salt.

It's -- 40% of it is all concentrated all these processed food.

-- speeds this fast foods and all that.

And basically this news surveys show that nine out of ten.

Folks like eating a lot of salt so we telling them look pay attention to it you don't want the government to regulate what yeah.

That's brought ever read you want to read that -- is that.

All my god honey I 810 grams of -- today I'm gonna cut about tomorrow that's what you wanna do -- because as you get older you cannot tolerate a lot of salt.

Here's a tip if you get -- more than and you -- don't see it didn't give us -- -- -- expert Andrea ago.

Thank you doctor -- got to thank you could.

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