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[XiaNaphryz]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/02/health/sodium-restaurant-meals/index.html

In recent years, Subway, Olive Garden, McDonald's and others have pledged to reduce the amount of sodium on their menus. To track their progress, the Center for Science in the Public Interest conducted a study analyzing 136 meals from 17 of the top restaurant chains in the United States. It looked at these meals in 2009 and then again in 2013 to see if there had been any change.

There was good and bad news.

The good is that on average, these 17 restaurant chains have reduced the sodium in their meals by 6%. The bad is that a few chains increased the amount of salt on their menus.

"For far too long, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has relied on a voluntary, wait-and-see approach when it comes to reducing sodium in packaged and restaurant food," Michael Jacobson, the advocacy group's executive director, said in a statement.

"If chains like KFC, Jack in the Box and Red Lobster are actually raising sodium levels in some meals, FDA's current approach clearly isn't working."

Subway showed the most dramatic improvements, according to the report, reducing the sodium in every one of the 10 meals that were analyzed. For example, in 2009 a Footlong Ham Sandwich with chips and a soda totaled 2,730 milligrams of sodium. In 2013, the same meal had 1,895 milligrams of sodium.

Burger King, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell also reduced the sodium in all of the meals that researchers analyzed.

On the opposite end of the progress scale were chains such as KFC and Jack in the Box. Researchers evaluated seven meals at KFC -- five showed increases in total sodium. Jack in the Box increased the sodium in the sample meals by an average of 7.2%, according to the report.

KFC and Jack in the Box didn't respond to CNN's request for comments on the report.

 

[jchap]

"Center for Science in the Public Interest"

Done. That's all I needed to see.

 

[MIMIC]

Damn @ Red Lobster and Olive Garden

Spoiler

I'm hungry for that now

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Still not as high as the sodium levels found in most NEO GAF sports/vidya gaem threads.

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

 

[Fatalah]

Go Burger King go!

 

[terrisus]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

lmao

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

damn too soon too soon.....

 

[elrechazado]

"Center for Science in the Public Interest"

Done. That's all I needed to see.

This. Science in their organization's name is a terrible joke.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Why does the coca-cola at Red Lobster have 12 times the amount of sodium that's in a coca-cola at Olive Garden? Did they get 12 refills at Red Lobster? What kind of scientific study is this?

 

[Ponn]

I'm going to have KFC tomorrow in protest. Will post pics and wave it in front of a Prius just to make my point."How you like my Famous Bowl!"

 

[Exotoro]

Dear god they're trying to kill us

 

[Aim_Ed]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

Admiral Bone to Pick
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[Dereck]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

 

[nateeasy]

Sodium is for fun.

 

[lazorexplosion]

Fine. The evidence is that outside of specific medical conditions the supposed health problems with salt is yet another overhyped fad.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

really?

 

[manzoman96]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

This made my night.

 

[JordanN]

"Who wants to live to 90 anyway?"

 

[akira28]

Fine. The evidence is that outside of specific medical conditions the supposed health problems with salt is yet another overhyped fad.

I heard from somewhere, vaguely, that sodium gives you heart disease and high sodium will kill you, and low sodium will...kill...you slower?

I say fuck it. If there's two things I'll not die of, they'll be hunger and boredom.

 

[Zolf]

Thankfully salt isn't bad for you. The only thing worse than "low-sodium" nonsense is "low-fat".

 

[keffri]

I can't give up that chicken parmigiana man... I can't.

 

[reKon]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

Too soon man.

Also, why does Chili's broccoli have 450mg of salt with it? Wtf...

 

[lazorexplosion]

I heard from somewhere, vaguely, that sodium gives you heart disease and high sodium will kill you, and low sodium will...kill...you slower?

I say fuck it. If there's two things I'll not die of, they'll be hunger and boredom.

Outside of specific medical problems the association is somewhere between weak and controversial. Unless your doctor has specifically told you to avoid high salt intake, then salt is a very weak non-issue compared to just plain old overeating.


If you're eating the admiral's feast with caesar salad and lobster topped mash potato with a cheddar bay biscuit and lemonade every day at red lobster the salt content is the least of your concerns.

 

[Roo]

Brazil fans should be on there too.

Oh.. wait.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

If you're eating the admiral's feast with caesar salad and lobster topped mash potato with a cheddar bay biscuit and lemonade every day at red lobster the salt content is the least of your concerns.

 

[akira28]

Outside of specific medical problems the association is somewhere between weak and controversial. Unless your doctor has specifically told you to avoid high salt intake, then salt is a very weak non-issue compared to just plain old overeating.


If you're eating the admiral's feast with caesar salad and lobster topped mash potato with a cheddar bay biscuit and lemonade every day at red lobster the salt content is the least of your concerns.

I couldn't eat all that, but I could certainly eat like 4 cheddar biscuits, which I probably won't do again.

 

[Persona7]

i've never been to chilis or red lobster


or sizzler

 

[todd360]

i've never been to chilis or red lobster


or sizzler

Red lobster is the fanciest restaurant in the world. I'm not even joking. It's my favorite restaurant.

Spoiler

the fancy thing is a running gag with my friends. I always say it's super fancy.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Red lobster is the fanciest restaurant in the world. I'm not even joking. It's my favorite restaurant.

Spoiler

the fancy thing is a running gag with my friends. I always say it's super fancy.

I thought you were referencing the classic 4 course meal GAF thread

Its a GAF inside joke too