date:Jul 27, 2012
The report claims that one in seven cases of stomach cancer could be prevented by reducing the intake of dietary salt to current targets of six grams per day.
The cancer charity says a standardised traffic light labelling system for food and beverage packaging could help consumers tackle high levels of salt, fat and sugar consumption. The system tags rising levels of fat, salt, sugar and other nutrients with green, amber and red colours.
Because around three-quarters of the salt we consume is