A CNN story reports that a low-salt diet can increase the risk of a fatal heart attack. The study they reference was in the May 4 issue of the mainstream Journal of the American Medical Association.
In fact, says Jan A. Staessen, M.D., the senior author of the study and the head of the hypertension laboratory at the University of Leuven, in Belgium, the findings “do not support the current recommendations of a generalized and indiscriminate reduction of [sodium] intake at the population level.”
This while at least one politician in New York is proposing a complete ban on salt in NYC restaurants.
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That’s really the greatest part of the state: putting all your eggs in a coercive basket \o/
Like any other key nutrient, the goal is to get it within a specific range. Too much or too little of anything is bad for your health. This is something that can’t be regulated or legislated to happen since that optimal level isn’t exactly the same for everyone.
Civilization has brought us the ability to have a healthy diet. Salt is a important part of it. Without it we can die. Without proper amounts of salt children will grow up with stunted mental development as well as other problems.
There were times when salt was difficult to obtain. I believe part of a ancient roman soldier’s wages came in the form of salt.
Our blood is mostly a saline solution.. it’s unimaginably stupid to think that salt is somehow a poison to be regulated.
Of course these are the same people that consider carbon dioxide a potentially deadly pollutant.
Clearly we need regulation to keep people from having different dietary requirements.
Damn, those little salt bags will be bought and sold on the black market at enormous prices, and possession will be cause for arrest…
And after years of attempting to pin you to the crime of selling salt, you’ll eventually be brought up on tax evasion charges.
not long ago, making salt was a punishable offense in India…
There’s a great podcast called the No Agenda Show (noagendashow.com) where the hosts deconstruct the media to find the marketing behind the headlines. In the case of salt, it seems that there are companies waiting in the wings to offer salt substitutes.
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