Salt and sugar tax for England to be ruled out
Proposal not expected to be adopted when government unveils its food strategy for England next week. Source link
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Does Cutting Back on Salt Help Improve Heart Failure?
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, April 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If you have heart failure, there’s good news and bad news on how much it would help you to cut back on salt. New research finds that while it doesn’t prevent death or hospitalization among patients, it does appear to improve their quality … Read more
China, U.S. Lead World in Saltiest Processed Meats, Fish
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — China and the United States are super powers of salt consumption. The two world leaders emerged with the highest salt levels in processed meat and fish products among five countries assessed in a new study. High salt levels in food is … Read more
National Food Strategy: Prescribe vegetables, tax sugar and salt, says report
The global food system is the single biggest contributor to biodiversity loss, deforestation, drought, freshwater pollution and the collapse of aquatic wildlife, says the review. It is also the second-biggest contributor to climate change, after the energy industry. Source link
Plant-Based Diet Best for Your Heart
WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Want to be good to your ticker? Load up on veggies — especially beans, Italian researchers recommend. They’ve published a comprehensive review of research on eating habits and heart disease that provides consistent evidence that eating less salt and animal proteins and more plant-based foods is … Read more
Foods to Avoid With Congestive Heart Failure
If you have heart failure, you’ll quickly learn that to feel your best, the food and beverages you don’t consume may be as important as those you do. Heart failure, sometimes called congestive heart failure, means your heart continues to pump blood and push oxygen throughout your body. But it doesn’t work at … Read more