On 03/06/2012 5:45 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
>
> "Proponents of the eat-less-salt campaign tend to deal with this
> contradictory evidence by implying that anyone raising it is a shill for
> the food industry and doesn’t care about saving lives."
>
> Sounds very much like the proponents of global warming/ man made climate
> change when confronted with the fact that there is little or no evidence
> to support their claims.
>
> As for salt, I tend to eat relatively little salt since I don't really
> care for salty food and I have determined that excess salt intake
> aggravates my carpal tunnel issues.


I never used much salt. I add it to cooking water but rarely add it to
cooked food. I don't eat a lot of cold cuts and rarely ate prepared
foods. I also did not eat a lot of fatty foods. My wife OTOH, uses a lot
of extra salt and eats a lot of meat and fat. She has no cholesterol
problems and no PB problems. Her father used to salt everything. He
loved fat. His usual breakfast was two poached eggs with cheese on top,
then salted. He is heart eventual gave out... in his sleep at 95.

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> On 03/06/2012 5:45 PM, Pete C. wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Proponents of the eat-less-salt campaign tend to deal with this
> > contradictory evidence by implying that anyone raising it is a shill for
> > the food industry and doesn’t care about saving lives."
> >
> > Sounds very much like the proponents of global warming/ man made climate
> > change when confronted with the fact that there is little or no evidence
> > to support their claims.
> >
> > As for salt, I tend to eat relatively little salt since I don't really
> > care for salty food and I have determined that excess salt intake
> > aggravates my carpal tunnel issues.
>
> I never used much salt. I add it to cooking water but rarely add it to
> cooked food. I don't eat a lot of cold cuts and rarely ate prepared
> foods. I also did not eat a lot of fatty foods. My wife OTOH, uses a lot
> of extra salt and eats a lot of meat and fat. She has no cholesterol
> problems and no PB problems. Her father used to salt everything. He
> loved fat. His usual breakfast was two poached eggs with cheese on top,
> then salted. He is heart eventual gave out... in his sleep at 95.

I think the underlying truth here is that people are not all the same
and salt has affects them differently. Whodathunkit?

On 03/06/2012 9:22 PM, Pete C. wrote:

>> I never used much salt. I add it to cooking water but rarely add it to
>> cooked food. I don't eat a lot of cold cuts and rarely ate prepared
>> foods. I also did not eat a lot of fatty foods. My wife OTOH, uses a lot
>> of extra salt and eats a lot of meat and fat. She has no cholesterol
>> problems and no PB problems. Her father used to salt everything. He
>> loved fat. His usual breakfast was two poached eggs with cheese on top,
>> then salted. He is heart eventual gave out... in his sleep at 95.
>
> I think the underlying truth here is that people are not all the same
> and salt has affects them differently. Whodathunkit?

Yep. That and fats. There a powerful genetic factor involved. I had an
aunt who died in her early 40s of a cerebral haemmorage and an uncle who
died of a heart attack at 49. I knew that put me at risk. I was almost
relieved when my older brother had a heart attack at 50. I figured that
he was the one who inherited the problem. I should have known that odds
of my arteries clogging up were independent of his situation, but my
problem didn't turn up for another 10 years.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 03/06/2012 9:22 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>
>>> I never used much salt. I add it to cooking water but rarely add it to
>>> cooked food. I don't eat a lot of cold cuts and rarely ate prepared
>>> foods. I also did not eat a lot of fatty foods. My wife OTOH, uses a lot
>>> of extra salt and eats a lot of meat and fat. She has no cholesterol
>>> problems and no PB problems. Her father used to salt everything. He
>>> loved fat. His usual breakfast was two poached eggs with cheese on top,
>>> then salted. He is heart eventual gave out... in his sleep at 95.
>>
>> I think the underlying truth here is that people are not all the same
>> and salt has affects them differently. Whodathunkit?
>
> Yep. That and fats. There a powerful genetic factor involved. I had an
> aunt who died in her early 40s of a cerebral haemmorage and an uncle who
> died of a heart attack at 49. I knew that put me at risk. I was almost
> relieved when my older brother had a heart attack at 50. I figured that
> he was the one who inherited the problem. I should have known that odds
> of my arteries clogging up were independent of his situation, but my
> problem didn't turn up for another 10 years.

Fats. Like lumping all fats together as "bad"?

--
Jean B.

Pete C. wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 03/06/2012 5:45 PM, Pete C. wrote:
>>>
>>> "Proponents of the eat-less-salt campaign tend to deal with this
>>> contradictory evidence by implying that anyone raising it is a shill for
>>> the food industry and doesn’t care about saving lives."
>>>
>>> Sounds very much like the proponents of global warming/ man made climate
>>> change when confronted with the fact that there is little or no evidence
>>> to support their claims.
>>>
>>> As for salt, I tend to eat relatively little salt since I don't really
>>> care for salty food and I have determined that excess salt intake
>>> aggravates my carpal tunnel issues.
>> I never used much salt. I add it to cooking water but rarely add it to
>> cooked food. I don't eat a lot of cold cuts and rarely ate prepared
>> foods. I also did not eat a lot of fatty foods. My wife OTOH, uses a lot
>> of extra salt and eats a lot of meat and fat. She has no cholesterol
>> problems and no PB problems. Her father used to salt everything. He
>> loved fat. His usual breakfast was two poached eggs with cheese on top,
>> then salted. He is heart eventual gave out... in his sleep at 95.
>
> I think the underlying truth here is that people are not all the same
> and salt has affects them differently. Whodathunkit?

I'da thunk it. I looked at my BP readings quite consistently and
noticed NO elevation when I ate very salty foods.

Reduction of sodium in foods seems to be the big thing now. The
only positive thing I can say about it is that it benefits the
folks who really do need to eat less salt for health reasons, and
others can add salt. Of course, the less one relies on
store-bought products, the less of an issue this is.

--
Jean B.