FDA Explores How To Reduce Sodium Levels In The Food Supply

Today’s average sodium intake is several times what the body requires and its long-term effect on our health is very serious. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects one in three U.S. adults – nearly 75 million people aged 20 or older. An additional 50 million adults suffer from pre-hypertension. High blood pressure can increase the risk for heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and kidney failure. Too much sodium in the daily diet is a major contributor to high blood pressure.

A new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concludes that national action is imperative to reduce the sodium content of foods if we are to make significant progress toward reducing the risk of hypertension and major cardiovascular events for Americans.

The FDA will more thoroughly review the recommendations of the IOM report and build plans for how the FDA can continue to work with other federal agencies, public health and consumer groups, and the food industry to support the reduction of sodium levels in the food supply. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will be establishing an interagency working group on sodium at the Department that will review options and next steps.

I'm pleased to see these efforts. In our household, we don't add salt, and do our best to avoid processed foods, and foods containing way too much sodium salt.

Reference:  FDA Issues Statement on IOM Sodium Report
Consumer Information:  Lowering Salt in Your Diet

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Research Suggests Green Tea Promotes Weight Loss

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This just in, Effects of Catechin Enriched Green Tea on Body Composition.

In a nutshell:

• New research from China has found that regular consumption of green tea - which is rich in naturally-occurring tea actives called catechins - can significantly and positively effect body composition in moderately overweight individuals.
• The authors concluded that regular consumption of green tea with very high catechin content can, over a 90-day period, significantly reduce body weight, body fat mass and waist size in moderately overweight Chinese individuals.

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Swill Coffee To Lower Dementia Risk

Drink coffee and reduce your risk of developing dementia, reports this New York Times article, Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk. The article talks about recent research that found out that the subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less. As a coffee and green tea drinker, I'll have to make sure I drink that extra cup or two of coffee for myself (since my habit is to usually start with one cup of coffee, then transition to green tea). 

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Australian Wine Doctor Says Drink His Wine For Health

Updated October 1, 2025

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Which wines have the most resveratrol? - Wine Spectator:
https://www.winespectator.com/articles/health-q-a-which-wines-have-the-most-resveratrol-090220#

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Wine contains a substance called resveratrol. It's reported to offer some health benefits by cleaning blood vessels and to reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. Dr. Norrie talks about the wine he makes, that contains much more of the substance than most other wines, in this MSNBC News video, "Bottoms up for a healthy heart."

A word of caution, the purported health benefits in people are yet to be definitively proven.

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Log Into Google Health - Patient Assistance - Reduce Drug Costs

Updated June 7, 2025

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Your drugs and medications are way too expensive. Here's one way to cut your costs. Just log into Google Health, then "click on "Explore Online Health Services" in the left column. They can then scroll down and click on "Patient Assistance" and click the "link to profile" button to connect their Google Health profile to the patient assistance programs search from PatientAssistance.com," as reported in this Medical News Today news article, "Google Health Application Helps Users Find Patient Assistance Programs For Medications Using PatientAssistance.com." This is just one of many ways to reduce the costs of your prescriptions, by getting help from these patient assistance programs. 

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EU Says Turn Down MP3 Players Or Risk Hearing Loss

I think this makes a lot of sense. I take the bus and train to work, and pass a lot of folks listening to an MP3 player. Guess what, I can hear their tunes only too well, too! Seems to me most of these players are putting out some decibels. So the European Union (EU) in some wisdom has set out to reduce the volume put out by MP3 players. Read the full story in this Boston Globe news article, "EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players."

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