There is a growing chorus to have the Food and Drug Administration look into regulating the amount of sodium food items contain. Advisory groups, including the American Medical Association, think the study, and any payday advances needed to conduct it, would be worth it. Sodium is implicated as being far too present in the American diet. The biggest killer within the US is heart disease, which can arise from high blood pressure of which sodium is known cause.

FDA Sodium study could take years

FDA trials can take a long time. Sodium is a vital part of nutrition in the proper amounts. A division of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, has requested the FDA regulate the amount of sodium in food. A recently published Institute of Medicine report states that Americans have too much sodium in their diets. Congress requested the study in 2008.

Sodium is vital in proper proportion

The maintaining and regulation of bodily fluids, from the Health Canada page, requires a certain intake of sodium each day. High blood pressure can be brought on by too much sodium, along with hypertension and heart disease, which is the largest killer of U.S. adults. According to the IOM brief, the main source of sodium in the American diet is through added salt.

Key ingredient in foods not exactly Weight Watchers approved

Many high fat foods, such as french fries, pizza and many preserved and processed foods, a maligned mainstay of the American diet, use more salt than the IOM or American Medical Association would like. The American Medical Association has asserted, according to USA Today, that if restaurants and other food companies were to reduce sodium content by half over the next 10 years, about 150,000 fewer individuals would die as a result. The IOM states that normal intake is 3,400 milligrams daily, over twice the recommended 1,500 milligrams.

Heart disease is the number one killer within the US

The number one killer of Americans is known to be heart disease. Our diet is considered the prime culprit. The insurance of Croesus and no fax loans couldn't cover a heart transplant, and sodium is a known cause of high blood pressure which leads to heart disease. If there is merit, this might be worth pursuing.

Resources

http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Strategies-to-Reduce-Sodium-Intake-in-the-United-States/Report-Brief-Strategies-to-Reduce-Sodium-Intake-in-the-United-States.aspx

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/sodium-eng.php

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-20-fda-salt-cutback_N.htm