Quite a few newspapers reported the following today. This is what Yahoo News wrote:

Just six of the 270 salad and pasta bowls surveyed by Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) contained less salt than a packet of crisps.

A tenth had more than the 2.1g contained in a Big Mac burger.

The worst offender, a Spicy Crayfish Noodles salad from Eat, contained 3.51g of salt - making it more than 17 times saltier than a Pret A Manger No Bread Tricolore with 0.2g of salt.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends adults eat no more than 6g of salt a day - about a teaspoonful - to minimise the risk of high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease.

The other saltiest salads from high street cafes and fast food outlets were Pret's Super (Duper) Humous Salad (3.2g), KFC's Zinger Salad with dressing (3.1g) and its Original Recipe Chicken salad with dressing (2.9g), and the McDonald's Crispy Chicken and Bacon Salad with dressing (2.6g).

Among the supermarkets, Marks & Spencer had seven of the 10 saltiest salads.

The saltiest was its Taste of Asia salad (2.83g), containing almost as much salt as six packets of crisps, Cash said.

The other saltiest supermarket salads were the M&S Pasta with British Chicken, Bacon and Sweetcorn (2.65g), the M&S Avocado and Feta (2.40g), the Tesco Prawn Layered Salad (2.3g), and the Waitrose Special Edition King Prawn Thai Rice Salad (2.25g).

Just 22% of the salads branded as "healthy" would get a green traffic light label, the study revealed.

So when you go and buy a salad, please do check the salt content in it. And be careful. Some are full of salt, some are full of mayonnaise. Do also check the calorie content. you will be surprised by some of them. Ideally, prepare your own salad in the morning and take it with you. Your heart and blood pressure will thank you for making the effort.

If you need any help with your diet, do contact me, Anne Iarchy, Personal Trainer North London, on 07880627944 or email me on anne@barnetpersonaltrainer.co.uk

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