A Helping of Salt with Pork-Barrel Spending
Despite the fact that research — now more than decade old — shows that the alleged health detriment of salt is overblown, England’s government is buying up bacon sandwiches — known as butties or sarnies — so it can sound the alarm about how much salt they contain.
[T]rading standard inspectors… discovered customers at certain roadside vans in York were eating more than their entire daily quota of salt by munching through just one bacon sarnie.
The shock revelation was made during a survey of salt levels in the bacon and sausage sandwiches sold in catering vans across Yorkshire.
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Professor Graham MacGregor, of the campaign group Consensus Action on Salt and Health, said: “This research demonstrates just how much salt may be lurking in take-away foods.”
More on that here. MacGregor’s group is pushing a Salt Awareness Week — coincidentally running right now! Ignore them, and take this literally sound advice on building a better bacon buttie. (”Sound” like on the decibel level , as the bacon should reach when you crunch into it.)
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