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Salt.....the industry and food manufacturers are pushing back against the "lower the salt" forces.
In article >,
brooklyn1 > wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 07:41:52 -0500, Omelet >
> wrote:
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> >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...
>
> The biggest cost to society is over population... let's mandate
> neutering at birth, everyone with the hypertension and obeastie
> gene... 'specially uglis and dummies.
Good luck with that one. <g>
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