{"id":35923,"date":"2010-11-22T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=35923"},"modified":"2010-11-28T21:51:04","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T02:51:04","slug":"americas-silent-killer-salt-on-the-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/americas-silent-killer-salt-on-the-doctors\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Silent Killer \u2013 Salt on The Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"the doctors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/americas-silent-killer-salt-on-the-doctors\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35927\" title=\"the doctors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/the-doctors3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>Tune in this Wednesday, November 24 to <a title=\"the doctors 5 minute health fixes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-doctors-5-minute-health-fixes\/\" target=\"_self\">The Doctors<\/a> when the lid is blown off of America&#8217;s silent killer &#8211; salt.<\/p>\n<p>On the show, you will learn how to take action and join the nationwide movement to Halt the Salt. Plus, The Doctors will reveal what\u00a0 store bought foods contain the greatest amounts of sodium and you will also learn which of your favorite foods contain <a title=\"too much salt on restaurant menus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/too-much-salt-on-restaurant-menus\/\" target=\"_self\">too much salt on restaurant menus<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Eating a diet high in sodium has been linked to a number of health risks.\u00a0Sodium causes your body to hold more water and as a result, you are more susceptible to kidney stones and high blood pressure, among other health problems. This also contributes to water weight and prevents your body from looking, weighing\u00a0and feeling its best.<\/p>\n<p>In a large <a title=\"Brigham and Womens Hospital salt study\" href=\"http:\/\/www.webmd.com\/heart-disease\/news\/20070419\/cut-heart-risk-by-eating-less-salt\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> conducted by Brigham and Women&#8217;s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, following a lower salt diet resulted in a 25 percent reduced risk for heart disease and stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the perils of salt here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"how sodium hides in your diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/sneaky-salt-how-sodium-hides-in-your-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">How Sodium Hides in Your Diet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"reducing salt in your diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/3-simple-ways-to-reduce-salt-in-your-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">3 Simple Ways to Reduce Salt in Your Diet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"low sodium diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Low-Sodium-Diet\/\" target=\"_self\">Low Sodium Diet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tune in this Wednesday, November 24 to The Doctors when the lid is blown off of America&#8217;s silent killer &#8211; salt. On the show, you will learn how to take action and join the nationwide movement to Halt the Salt. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/americas-silent-killer-salt-on-the-doctors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,3695,804,93],"tags":[1769,3688,5153,1217,3303,4521,803,963,2726,733],"class_list":["post-35923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-heart-disease","category-mens-health","tag-blood-pressure","tag-expired","tag-heart-disease-diet","tag-hypertension","tag-low-sodium-diet","tag-salt","tag-sodium","tag-stroke","tag-the-doctors","tag-tune-in"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35923"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36262,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35923\/revisions\/36262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}