A new Bronx eatery is putting health at the forefront as city officials push for stricter warnings on high-sodium meals.<\/p>\n
\tHealthy Fresh, a Bronx-based chain, recently opened its third location in Morris Park.<\/p>\n
\tThe owner says the restaurant\u2019s mission is to serve clean, nutritious food without the heavy sodium and processed ingredients often found in fast-food meals.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cA lot of this sickness is coming from food \u2014 what we eat,\u201d owner Jaime Baeza said. \u201cProcessed food, sodium, a lot of fatty foods \u2014 it\u2019s all bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tThe Bronx consistently ranks last in overall health outcomes in city data.<\/p>\n
\tLocal officials point to blocks like a plaza in Soundview, where multiple fast-food chains sit within steps of each other, as part of the problem.<\/p>\n
\tThat environment is fueling calls for clearer warnings about sodium levels.<\/p>\n
\tCity Councilmember Oswald Feliz has introduced legislation that would require restaurants to display a red-and-white label on any menu item containing more than 1,800 milligrams of sodium, along with information about associated health risks.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe bill, if passed, would require that high-level sodium meals have a red and white warning,\u201d Feliz said.<\/p>\n
\tCurrently, only items with more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium \u2014 the CDC\u2019s recommended daily limit \u2014 receive a warning icon.<\/p>\n
\tThe proposed bill would lower that threshold to give consumers more information and encourage restaurants to reduce salt content.<\/p>\n
\tCustomers say they welcome the change.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI think it\u2019s good to have more information about what\u2019s in our food,\u201d said Meghan, a customer.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cSo we can make more informed decisions on what we\u2019re eating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tFeliz said he hopes the legislation passes before the end of the year as part of a broader effort to improve New Yorkers\u2019 health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Bronx eatery is putting health at the forefront as city officials push for stricter warnings on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-42646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}