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The FDA, following in Mike Bloomberg's footsteps, is making plans to force food manufacturers to gradually reduce the amount of salt in their offerings. Salt content went unnoticed until now because it was "generally recognized as safe," but that was back before the average American was eating 3,500 milligrams of it a day. (That's the equivalent of 1.25 Triple Baconators. Which seems a little low!)
People who eat mostly processed foods have way bigger problems than too much salt. How about eliminating ingredients with more than five syllables altogether?
Salt is not bad for you. Just drink more water.
I find it ironic that the same manufacturers pushing most junk foods make decent private label stuff for the likes of Trader Joes. The trick seems to be lightly dusting salty snacks on the outside with salt, rather than saturating them throughout. The CPG industry has been testing this for years, so it's no surprise that the FDA can now declare war on salt.
Yes, by all means, taking the salt out of processed foods will totally and completely help!
You'll get my salt shaker when you pry it from my cold, dead, artery-clogged hand.