Today is your day Boomer! Another health blog today Boomers, but an important one! This one has a focus on SALT, which is a key cooking ingrediant and a part of food that makes it taste better! Think of chips and ketchup as examples, and here are some more: Processed meats such as bacon, salami, sausages and ham....Cheeses....Gravy granules, stock cubes, yeast extracts...Olives,pickles and other pickled foods....Salted and dry-roasted nuts and crisps....Salted and smoked meat and fish....Sauces: soy sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise, BBQ sauce. The list is long and the World Health Organization says we are failing badly. WHO recommends that the average person consume no more than five grams, or one teaspoon, of salt per day. However, the global average salt intake is estimated to be more than double, around 10.8 grams! The implementation of policies to reduce sodium intake could save an estimated seven million lives globally by 2030, and in 2013, more than 190 countries, including Canada, committed to reducing population sodium intake by 30 per cent by 2025. Well, only 5% of those nations will make that target....and Canada? WHO states Canada is one of 65 countries that received a two out of four on the score card by having “voluntary measures to reduce sodium.” Oh....disappointing. We need a larger government committment and Boomers, each of us should make an individual effort to cut down on salt. Give your head a shake, instead of the salt shaker. Cheers to good health!