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Salt reduction could save 92,000 U.S. lives a year
Reuters ^
| Jan 21, 2010
| Gene Emery
Posted on 01/21/2010 4:41:11 AM PST by decimon
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Read the whole thing. It's short but reveals salt to be a medical devil.
A search on "salt" will yield several articles on BWO (Bloomberg World Order).
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:41:11 AM PST
by
decimon
To: neverdem; DvdMom
The saline solution ping.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:41:48 AM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
Well I guess I have to start hoarding salt now along with gold, ammunition and incandescent bulbs.
It’s only a matter of time before the statist bans it.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:44:36 AM PST
by
jtal
To: jtal
EPA will probably declare it a hazardous substance.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:47:39 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Go away.
Please.
Just go AWAY.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:49:54 AM PST
by
Flintlock
To: decimon
Actually, with today's modern food packaging and refrigerator technology, we don't
NEED so much salt in our foods to start with.
Historically, humans depended a LOT on salt because it was in effect the ONLY way to preserve food for longer shelf life (that's why vegetable pickling and meat jerky have such a very long history). That's why in ancient times, access to salt meant whoever controlled the access to salt would make a fortune. But now, with the food preservation improvements I mentioned above, we can dramatically cut back on the use of salt easily.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:50:02 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: RayChuang88
Agreed.We get twice the amt of salt daily that we need.
There’s even salt in cereal.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:52:34 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Flintlock
What did I do to make you say that?
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:52:56 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: RayChuang88
So you want the federal govt to have control of your salt shaker?
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:53:52 AM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: decimon
Id like to see the studies they used. The whole salt-cardiovascular issue I thought was based on a bad study from years ago at least for people who have decent renal function.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:54:51 AM PST
by
Archon of the East
(Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
To: decimon
This is SUCH BS. Good salt is GREAT for you.
Do not use refined, iodized salt. Use ‘Real Salt’ or some other sea salt that is not refined.
Full of minerals and very very good for you. And drink alot of water.
To: Dr. Ursus
On thing that the Campbell Soup Company has done recently is tremendously expand their line of Hearty Request versions of their soups, which has 50 to 66 percent less salt than their regular soups. The only reason why Campbell could do this is because with modern canning techniques, they can drastically cut the salt in the soup without affecting its shelf life.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:57:43 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Archon of the East
Id like to see the studies they used. The whole salt-cardiovascular issue I thought was based on a bad study from years ago at least for people who have decent renal function is not an issue.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:58:57 AM PST
by
Archon of the East
(Universal Executive Power of the Law of Nature)
To: decimon
Surely everybody knows that too much salt is not good for you.
Surely every food package has mgs of Sodium spelled out, right on the back, along with the percentage of the RDA.
What’s the problem here? People make their own choices. Some of those choices are bad. Some of those choices are fatal.
A box of salt costs two bucks. If you take it out of the food, some people will sprinkle it on top. They like the taste.
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posted on
01/21/2010 4:59:51 AM PST
by
Haiku Guy
("I don't give them Hell / I tell the truth about them / And they think it's Hell" -- Harry Truman)
To: Dr. Ursus
Next time you eat anything “low-fat” check out how much salt is in it.
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posted on
01/21/2010 5:04:24 AM PST
by
jimmyo57
To: decimon
"Even if the federal government were to bear the entire cost of a regulatory program designed to reduce salt consumption, the government would still be expected to realize cost savings for Medicare, saving $6 to $12 in health expenditures for each dollar spent on the regulatory program," the researchers wrote. Get used to this argument.
The government spends X amount on healthcare related to (fill-in-the-blank)
It would cost the government Y amount to eliminate (fill-in-the-blank)
X is greater than Y
Therefore, we must ban (fill-in-the-blank)
----------------
This argument works for a lot of things: Salt, french fries, parachutes, knitting needles, ice cream, breast milk, butter, bread, motorcycles, breathing... Almost anything!
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posted on
01/21/2010 5:05:58 AM PST
by
Haiku Guy
("I don't give them Hell / I tell the truth about them / And they think it's Hell" -- Harry Truman)
To: decimon
We could save about 5 times that number of lives or more a year by banning saline injections.
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posted on
01/21/2010 5:07:00 AM PST
by
Manic_Episode
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: Archon of the East
Id like to see the studies they used. The whole salt-cardiovascular issue I thought was based on a bad study from years ago at least for people who have decent renal function.What's in the article links salt to far more problems than that. Bloomberg's taking a lead in nutritional fascism may leave him seen as the Al Gore or Danny Glover of nutrition.
It's not that overdosing on salt is good for you but that they go way far overboard in demonizing it.
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posted on
01/21/2010 5:07:29 AM PST
by
decimon
To: Haiku Guy
Good point, but don’t call me Shirley.
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posted on
01/21/2010 5:07:30 AM PST
by
1raider1
To: decimon
I come from a family of high blood pressure and back in the early 80’s I cut back on salt. I’m in my early 50’s.
I do not have high blood pressure and I personally cannot stand the taste of high sodium levels in most restaurant foods and pre-packaged foods.
Once you lower your sodium intake, you start to enjoy the real taste of food. Not just the sodium reaction in your mouth.
Just my 2c —to each his own!
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posted on
01/21/2010 5:09:59 AM PST
by
two23
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