| ■ Canadians Consume Too Much Salt: Report | 07.04.16 |
| A new report says that 85 percent of adult males and 60 percent of adult females in Canada eat too much salt, which increases their risk for health problems such as high blood pressure. The new issue of Statistics Canada's Health Reports said that average daily salt intake in 2004 for Canadians ages 19 to 70 was 3,093 mg. Males ages 14 to 30 consumed more than 4,000 mg a day. The maximum daily intake for people aged 9 to 50 should be 1,500 mg, and less for younger and older people, the National Post reported. People in Quebec and British Columbia had the highest salt consumption (more than 3,300 mg per day), while people in Ontario had the lowest (2,871 mg). But it could be worse. A similar study in the United States found that Americans consume an average of about 200 mg more salt a day than Canadians, the Post reported. ----- |