How food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food.
He is the author of Six Arguments for a Greener Diet and other books..
After serving as Codirector or Executive Director of CSPI for more than four decades, he is now a consultant to the organization.
Jacobson is Cofounder of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
About author(s): Michael F.
Why hasn\'t Salt received the sort of public attention and regulatory action that sugar and fat have? In Salt Wars , Michael Jacobson explains how the American food industry and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food.
And yet Salt is everywhere in our diets--in packaged foods, fast foods, and especially meals at table-service restaurants.
It\'s been estimated that excess sodium in the American Diet causes as many as 100,000 deaths and many billions of dollars in avoidable health-care costs each year.
A high-sodium Diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks.
How food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food
