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Salt.....the industry and food manufacturers are pushing back against the "lower the salt" forces.
On Sun, 30 May 2010 23:50:14 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> wrote:
>On 5/30/2010 10:59 PM, Stu wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 20:25:53 -0400, "J. Clarke"
>> > wrote:
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>>> On 5/30/2010 5:37 PM, Stu wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 30 May 2010 12:52:26 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> Really interesting article in the NY Times
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/he...me&ref=general
>>>>>
>>>>> ".....the industry is working overtly and behind the scenes to fend
>>>>> off these attacks, using a shifting set of tactics that have defeated
>>>>> similar efforts for 30 years, records and interviews show. Industry
>>>>> insiders call the strategy “delay and divert” and say companies have a
>>>>> powerful incentive to fight back: they crave salt as a low-cost way to
>>>>> create tastes and textures. Doing without it risks losing customers,
>>>>> and replacing it with more expensive ingredients risks losing profits.
>>>>> "
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> and that's the bottom line isn't it?.......to heck with public health
>>>>> and welfare, profits uber alles!!
>>>>
>>>> "Cargill and its star chef, Mr. Brown, said they recognized the health
>>>> concerns and recommended “smarter salting.”
>>>>
>>>> As we all know, it's about profits for both Cargill and Mr. Brown.
>>>>
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>>>> “Salt is a pretty amazing compound,” Alton Brown, a Food Network star,
>>>> gushes in a Cargill video called Salt 101. “So make sure you have
>>>> plenty of salt in your kitchen at all times."
>>>>
>>>> Alton Brown should be ashamed about flogging salt, and the Food
>>>> Network should look into his association with Cargill.
>>>> How can you seem to cook healthy, and shill for the salt manufacturer
>>>> in the same breath?
>>>
>>> Do Alton Brown and The Food Network claim to cook _healthy_ or cook
>>> _tasty_? If you don't like salt don't use it. But it is not your place
>>> to tell others how to live their lives.
>>
>> Perhaps you need to heed your own advice
>
>I haven't told you how to live your life, only to leave the rest of us
>the Hell alone.
There you go doing it again. Most don't give a shit what you like, get
over yourself.
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