Too Much Salt Can Slowly Kill You, TMA Physicians Warn
Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationPrimary Care
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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