Denny's is sued over high-salt food

[Bossy Monkey]

By Jerry Hirsch

July 24, 2009

Doctors recommend against eating more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day. Order a Denny's double cheeseburger and you'll consume 3,880 milligrams in one sitting, almost double the suggested daily allowance of salt.

Denny's meals "are dangerously high in sodium," according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by a New Jersey man with the support of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nonprofit group active in nutrition and food safety issues.

Nutrition advocates have won legislative and corporate lobbying battles to rid most of the food industry of artery-clogging trans fats and to compel restaurant chains in some cities and states to reveal the calorie counts of their foods. Now, they're turning their guns on salt.

"We have clear and convincing evidence that sodium is associated with high blood pressure, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor for stroke -- and it is pretty consistent across populations and ethnic groups," said Dr. David Katz, a preventive medicine specialist at Yale University Medical School. "It is unconscionable that a single meal would have 2,000 milligrams or more of sodium," Katz said.
more:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-denny24-2009jul24,0,734556.story
Or you can just read the original press release, which is more detailed:
http://www.drinksmediawire.com/afficher_cdp.asp?rssid=5220-2

I'd like to see the sodium information on menus; I suspect that this is all CSPI is aiming for.

The article is 3 weeks old. I'm temporarily starless, but searched via Google and didn't find any previous threads. Mods: feel free to lock if I'm mistaken.

[Gabi Hayes]

1. most of Trader Joe's prepared stuff is very very high in sodium, too.

[tabatha]

2. Yep, and they have other bad stuff in their prepared food

- a reason I stop buying that kind of food from them.

(eg. modified cornstarch, soy, etc)

[surrealAmerican]

4. It's a problem that is all too common in prepared foods ...

... from most sources.

[lame54]

6. because they don't use many other (if any) preservatives

[loyalkydem]

3. Wow

I didn't know that. But then again, I rarely eat at Denny's any more.

[CreekDog]

5. I agree but reading a story like this I can' t help but

crave one of those cheeseburgers. :P

I'm sorry, even when reading Fast Food Nation, I had to stop by McDonalds to buy some of those fries. :P

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