Cutting Salt Can Help Cut Soda
Reducing your children's salt intake could help you cut the amount of sugar-sweetened soft drinks they consume, say scientists at St. George's University of London. The researchers looked at the habits of more than 1,600 British boys and girls, aged 4 to 18, and (perhaps unsurprisingly) found that those who ate less salt diet drank less fluid. They estimate that cutting a gram of salt could reduce fluid intake by 100 grams daily and reduce intake of sugary soda by 27 grams. Researchers suggest that reducing salt intake and soda consumption might reduce risk of obesity, high blood pressure and other health problems later in life. The study is published in Hypertension.

Posted 04/21/2008 | Permalink

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