Your Children Are in Danger Because of High levels of Salt in Food ,Specifically in Bread

Children's Diets are Seriously  too Salty 

Research  says that bread and cereals contain much salt that children in the UK are eating too .In fact , children should just eat a teaspoon of salt everyday ,however 70% of 340 children eat more than this . 

The authors of the study say that salt increases the risk high blood pressure of children and this leads heart disease and stroke ,so they call for producers of food ,mainly bread that contains salt to reduce it in their products.

It is found that one-third of the came from  breads and cereals .A fifth is in meat and one-tenth in dairy products . 

Lead researcher Prof Graham MacGregor, who is chairman of both the charity Blood Pressure UK and the lobby group Consensus Action on Salt & Health (CASH), said: "It is very difficult for parents to reduce children's salt intake unless they avoid packaged and restaurant foods and prepare each meal from scratch using fresh, natural ingredients."

He said that the reduction of 1g of salt saves thousands of lives from heart strokes and diseases 

A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "On average, we are eating approximately 2g of salt more each day than the recommended amount and it is vital that we address this. This is why we are working with industry through the Responsibility Deal to reduce the amount of salt in foods. We have just finalised new salt targets for 76 categories of food and call on industry to sign up."

Terry Jones of the Food and Drink Federation said that although salt intakes in the UK have reduced significantly in recent years, we recognise that more work must be done to help and encourage people to stay within recommended limits. This is why food manufacturers have a long history of reducing salt in products and providing clear on-pack labelling to help people know what a product contains. 

I advise parents to be aware of their children health.They should prevent their children to eat much bread and food that is existed in restaurants.In fact , producers of bread add extra salt to their products ,so parents should behave in a proper way to save their children's lives by depending on homemade of bread .