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A Follow up to our review of the Kraft South Beach Diet products.

The South Bend Tribune reports on a controversy over the sodium content of these convenience foods.

Quotes:

There are 950 to 1,350 milligrams of sodium per serving in the eight new South Beach Diet frozen entrees and 1,260 milligrams to 1,530 milligrams in the four refrigerated wraps — 50 to 100 percent more in some cases than comparable Healthy Choice, Lean Cuisine and Weight Watchers products.

“That’s very high,” says Dr. Salah Amer, a cardiologist from Miami-Dade, Fla., and board president of the American Heart Association. “You should not have more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium the whole day. This puts you at risk of high blood pressure.”

South Beach Diet author, Dr. Arthur Agatston counters:

“The big health problem in the country today is diabetes and prediabetes obesity,” Agatston said in a telephone interview. “That’s a much bigger health issue than sodium intake as far as most hypertension.

“If you have heart failure, you have to watch some products that are high in sodium. But America is overfed … If you lose the weight and reverse the metabolic syndrome, blood pressure comes down.”

He then adds:

“We’re working on it. … The next generation will have less sodium and taste great.”

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Source:
South Bend Tribune