The Center for Science in the Public Interest is clamoring for the fed to categorize sodium (salt) as an additive and thus to regulate it. Here’s a Reuters story published on MSNBC.com:
Government should regulate salt, says group
A consumer group sued the federal government, saying that salt is killing tens of thousands of Americans and that regulators have done too little to control salt in food.
I don’t know much about the science, as I’ve never worried about salt intake. It strikes me, however, that the simplest way to avoid ingesting too much sodium is to cook your own food, from fresh ingredients, and avoid all that packaged snack food and prepared stuff that isn’t good for you anyway. Apparently restaurant food is a key contributor to the high sodium content of the American diet. Just one more reason not to eat out.
