Mexico City has encouraged restaurants to remove salt
shakers from their tables. This change
is an effort to decrease the consumption of sodium of their customers. It is estimated that citizens in Mexico
consume three times the amount of salt than the daily recommendation. Their consumption is even higher than the
Americans. City Officials and Mexico
City’s restaurant association had recently signed an agreement called “Less
Salt, More Health.” Armando Ahued,
Mexico City’s health minister said, “We want to raise awareness of the damage
that we do to ourselves when we put salt on our dishes without even tasting the
food first.” Salt would be provided only
if the customer requested for it.
In today’s society, health is declining more rapidly because
of preservatives like salt. Sodium is
one of the major causes in cardio-vascular complications in people today. There should be more social movements like
Mexico City to lower the consumption of salt and bring awareness to people and
educate the risk that higher sodium intake can cause. More awareness and social movements in other
countries could really may large amounts in health improvements around the
world..
Jacqueline Wooten
SOC 202-01 4/15/2013 6:28 PM
SOC 202-01 4/15/2013 6:28 PM
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