A diet high in salt (sodium chloride) is a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Despite pleas from government and other health experts over the last quarter-century to reduce salt consumption, Americans are consuming more—not less—salt.

Resources

• Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director: FDA Public Hearing on Sodium Reduction
   
• Are Your Children Overdosing on Salt?: What Every Parent Needs to Know
   
• Salt: the Forgotten Killer (2007 Fact Sheet)
   
• Salt: the Forgotten Killer (2005 Report)
   
• Sources of Sodium in the America Diet
   
• Americans' Average Sodium Consumption
   
• Salt Assault - Brand Name Comparisons of Processed Foods
   
• CSPI Salt Lawsuit - CSPI Sues the FDA
   
• Salt Petition - Petition to revoke FDA's "Generally Recognized As Safe" status of salt
   
• Letter to HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt urging the Secretary to take steps to lower sodium consumption