How much salt is in yours?

How much salt is in yours?

Takeaway pizzas could have your entire recommended daily allowance of salt, according to a health charity.

They have been found to have up to 10g of salt in them - a lot more than the 6g advised by the government.

The survey analysed 199 margherita and pepperoni pizzas, from takeaways, pizza chains and supermarkets across the country.

Half of all takeaway pizzas surveyed contained the entire maximum daily recommendation of salt.

The survey by Consensus Action on Salt and Health and the Association of London Environmental Health Managers is released at the start of the annual Salt Awareness Week.

Prof Graham MacGregor, chairman of Cash and professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine said: "The government is not taking enough action to reduce the amount of salt in the takeaway sector. Salt puts up our blood pressure – the highest risk factor for stroke. Reducing our intake would save thousands of people suffering and dying from a stroke."


by for www.femalefirst.co.uk
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