By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – You should eat less salt, the government says. A lot less.
It won’t be easy. Consumers will need help from food companies if they are going to meet the government’s ambitious new goals, announced Monday, for half of Americans to reduce the amount of salt they eat by more than half. Most salt intake doesn’t come from the shaker on the table; it’s hidden in foods such as breads, chicken and pasta.
Many of the rest of us need to cut back on sodium, too, the government said. And we still need to just plain eat less, especially fats.