May 11, 2009 1:39 pm US/Central
Red Flag Raised Over Sodium At Chain Restaurants
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The watchdog group that told you movie popcorn and take-out Chinese food is bad for you is at it again. (File)
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The watchdog group that told you movie popcorn and take-out Chinese food is bad for you is at it again, CBS station WBBM-TV reported.
This time, the Center for Science in the Public Interest says American restaurants are serving up too much sodium.
For so many of us, when it comes to salty food, ignorance is bliss. But according to CSPI, what we don't know about sodium could certainly kill us.
"The high salt content of the American diet is causing tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year and restaurant food is a big part of the problem," said CSPI's Michael Jacobson.
Lots of sodium can increase the chance of developing hypertension, heart attacks and strokes.
Registered dietician Dawn Jackson Blatner says we should be eating no more than 2300 milligrams, or the equivalent of about a teaspoon of salt a day.
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CSPI looked at 17 chain restaurants and determined that all of them had at least one meal that exceeded the daily recommended amount of sodium.
The group found the following meals to be the worst:
Red Lobster's Admirals' Feast (4662mg)
Chili's Buffalo Chicken Fajitas (5236mg) or Honey Chipotle Ribs (5150mg)
Olive Garden's Tour of Italy (3830mg) and the Chicken Parmigiana (3380mg).
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