The problem is that the “snack foods” add so much sodium to the resultant product it is tantamount to drinking sea water. As a parent or anyone that eats meat, you should know about

• mechanically separated meat
• advanced meat recovery systems
• and BSE

When cows are affected by Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy one of the symptoms is that the cows are unable to stand. If you look at the video (beef recall) of the last major meat recall that hit the news, the cows were not able to stand. This meat was sold to the school lunch program…and who knows where.

Eating products high in salt causes in increase in the consumption of sugary beverages. If the salt wasn’t added the products would be inedible because of the lack of taste. However the true issue isn’t taste, these are not healthy foods, or even real food.

It is estimated that reducing the amount of daily salt eaten, causes a corresponding drop in drinking sugary drinks. The result is a reduction in about 250 calories per week, perhaps more. Arriving at a healthier weight is just one of the benefits of eliminating excess salt and processed foods. The article here.