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Reduce Sodium Intake by Using Mountain High Yoghurt

Mountain High Yoghurt is an excellent ingredient to help reduce sodium intake when used in recipes to replace high-sodium prepared foods. Using yoghurt as an ingredient to reduce sodium intake affords home cooks many tasty and wholesome options. 

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 07, 2010 All natural yoghurt is a great ingredient to help Americans reduce their sodium intake when used in home-made alternatives to prepared foods and condiments with high sodium counts. In the United States, reducing sodium intake is of national concern because excessive consumption can lead to long-term health problems that are now reaching epidemic proportions. Currently 32% of US adults have hypertension (high blood pressure) and another third struggle with pre-hypertension. In April 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that the US Food Drug Administration (FDA) set mandatory national standards for sodium levels in processed foods in an effort to reduce sodium consumption and its consequent health

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