Flashback Friday: Big Salt—Getting to the Meat of the Matter
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2021-11-19

Why does the meat industry add salt to its products when millions of lives are at stake?

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You can rejuvenate your taste buds if you cut down on foods with added salt, sugar, and fat. Check out my video Changing Our Taste Buds (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/changing-our-taste-buds/).

Did I say meat glue? If you’ve never heard of it, see my video Is Meat Glue Safe? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-meat-glue-safe/).

The meat industry’s reaction to salt reminds me of its response to the classification of processed meat as a known human carcinogen. See Meat Industry Reaction to New Cancer Guidelines (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-industry-reaction-new-cancer-guidelines/) and The Palatability of Cancer Prevention (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-palatability-of-cancer-prevention/).

Isn’t there controversy as to how bad salt really is for you? Decide for yourself with the science:
• High Blood Pressure May Be a Choice (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/high-blood-pressure-may-be-a-choice)
• Sprinkling Doubt: Taking Sodium Skeptics with a Pinch of Salt (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/sprinkling-doubt:-taking-sodium-skeptics-with-a-pinch-of-salt)
• The Evidence That Salt Raises Blood Pressure (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-evidence-that-salt-raises-blood-pressure)
• Sodium Skeptics Try to Shake Up the Salt Debate (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodium-skeptics-try-to-shake-up-the-salt-debate)
• Shaking the Salt Habit (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/shaking-salt-habit/)
• Sodium and Arterial Function: A-salting Our Endothelium (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/sodium-and-arterial-function-a-salting-our-endothelium)

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