Show 1038: Should You Be Cutting the Salt in Your Diet?

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Americans have been admonished to reduce the amount of sodium in our food. In fact, the American Heart Association has said that all of us should be cutting the salt we eat and aiming for 1500 mg of sodium daily, if not less. That is an amount that is achieved by only a few hardy […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.3	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:03.8	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.2	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.0	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:30.9	For decades, we've been told salt is risky and a low-sodium diet is healthy.
0:36.9	What if that advice is wrong? This is the People's
0:40.3	Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. The American Heart Association says all Americans should get
0:54.1	less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium daily.
0:57.4	The FDA is just about to jump on the low salt bandwagon, too.
1:01.8	New research suggests low sodium diets may actually be harmful.
1:05.8	Find out what the latest research shows about the sweet spot for sodium.
1:10.2	Could cell phones increase the risk for cancer?
1:13.0	We'll talk about the latest research.
1:15.1	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, we take your calls and questions about salt, cell phones,
1:21.1	and your summer first aid kit.
1:24.8	First, this news.
1:30.6	In the people's pharmacy health headlines, more Americans than ever are overweight or obese.
1:37.9	A new study in JAMA found that approximately 35% of men and 40% of women are now considered obese. Although men seem to
1:46.2	have plateaued, the latest data suggests that women are gaining weight at unprecedented rates. A
1:52.8	separate study found that 17% of children and teens are now also considered obese.
1:59.3	Extra pounds make people more vulnerable to diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, and some
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