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Omelet[_7_]

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> J. Clarke > wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> This would be valid if Americans were more careful with their
> health, got their blood pressure checked regularly and any
> hypertension treated. In Europe everybody does that but not
> here. A fraction of the untreated hypertensives in the U.S.
> are sodium-sensitive. Therefore, it will save taxpayer money to
> have an industry-wide salt reduction.
>
> So while I generally believe in peace, love, freedom and
> libertarianism, since it will save me money to regulate salt,
> I'm for it.
>
> Steve

And sugar reduction (especially those who are addicted to soft drinks)
might reduce the national diabetes epidemic...
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