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CDC: Breads top list of salt sources in U.S. diets

Bread is No. 1 on the CDC's list

Bread is No. 1 on the CDC's list of the top 10 sources of salt in the American diet.

Nine out of 10 American adults consume too much salt and the leading culprit is not potato chips or popcorn but slices of bread and dinner rolls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.

Forty-four percent of salt consumed can be linked to 10 types of foods, CDC said. Bread and rolls lead the list followed by cold cuts and cured meat, pizza, poultry, soups, sandwiches,...

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