Salt Wars: The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet - Softcover

Jacobson, Michael F.; Frieden, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 026254282X ISBN 13: 9780262542821

Publisher: MIT Press, 2021

Synopsis

How food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our food.

A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks. 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. And yet salt is everywhere in our diets--in packaged foods, fast foods, and especially meals at table-service restaurants. 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.

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About the Author

Michael F. Jacobson is Cofounder of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. After serving as Codirector or Executive Director of CSPI for more than four decades, he is now a consultant to the organization. He is the author of Six Arguments for a Greener Diet and other books.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026254282X
• ISBN 13: 9780262542821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296