Salt Week - (Media Release)

A Week Dedicated To Salt Awareness

Salt Week Is A Health Based Program That Will Bring Awareness To The Health Concerns Of Salt Run By The Red Cross.

December 10th til 17th, 2014

Events & Features:

• Salt-less cook off in Sydney Square
• Representation of the harm salt can do that will involve local school children
• People taking surveys about salty lifestyles
• Salt ads on TV and newspapers

Many people now know that eating too much salt is bad for their health and are looking to cut down. However, whilst you can take control of your salt intake when preparing food at home by reading the labels and not adding salt, when eating out out of the home it can be difficult to know where to start. It is much harder to eat less salt when eating food prepared by other people, such as chefs in restaurants, cafes, canteens, takeaway and fast food venues – not to mention recipe suggestions in cook books. These foods can contain a lot of hidden salt, and without labels on these products, it is very hard to make a healthier choice. 

In this years National Salt Awareness Week, we showed you how to take control of the salt in your own food preparation, by simply using less salty and more tasty ingredients, as well as adding less salt during cooking and at the table. We highlighted to the catering industry, chefs and others involved, the importance of adding less salt to our food and the long-term health implications of eating a high salt diet.

For more information please call:

Gwen Harrington at the Red Cross

ph: 555-764-586