Too Much Salt Can Slowly Kill You, TMA Physicians Warn

Texans could unwittingly be eating themselves to death. Texas doctors are sounding the alarm and taking measures to prevent it. The killer, say physician leaders of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), is sodium - known as salt - in our food. People are consuming twice the recommended amount of sodium every day. “This is simply unhealthy for our patients,” says George W. Wharton, MD, chair of TMA’s Council on Scientific Affairs. Doctors are taking action to educate patients.

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Filed under: Primary Care on November 21st, 2008