Posted on 06/01/2016 6:43:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Obama administration is pressuring the food industry to make foods from breads to sliced turkey less salty, proposing long-awaited sodium guidelines in an effort to prevent thousands of deaths each year from heart disease and stroke.
The proposed guidelines released Wednesday are voluntary, so food companies won’t be required to comply. But the idea is to persuade companies and restaurants — many of which have already lowered sodium levels in their products — to take a more consistent approach. […]
Some companies have worried that though the limits will be voluntary, the FDA is at heart a regulatory agency, and the guidelines are more warning than suggestion. …
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Salt has absolutely nothing to do wih heart attack and stroke unless you are genetically predisposed to that. It can also happen with age.
That being said there IS way too much damn salt in food and there is absolutely no excuse for it. This isn’t the 1700s.
Two words that everyone in a “position of power” in government should get tattooed on their forehead (in reverse):
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
However, it would be nice to have less salt in stuff, or at least have the option. Anything that's pre-prepared is going to be far over-salted, at least for my tastes.
Not the gov't job to police that, though.
This article explains it all.
The government,as usual,is wrong.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt/
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Not anymore. Not only do I add salt to my food, there are times I have craved salty foods. For instance, I have never been one to eat potato chips. The other night I found myself eating chips out of the bag simply because I craved something salty.
Now that the feds have fallen in line with the food nazi’s, my salt intake, has increased by God only knows how much.
God, I hate the nanny state.
They don’t put salt in the food for giggles. The stuff costs money and where ever they could cut costs, a company would. Salt is necessary to cause certain chemical reactions to happen to make certain foods, it acts as a preservative in many cases, and it adds flavor. No fun eating just rice cakes and tofu.
“Two words...”
Salt shaker.
Stock up. Here comes nanny again.
Personnel Choice and Taste ,NOT FOR YOU
The science is settled. Salt does not kill you.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt/
But it’s not about science. It’s about control.
Get your adrenals checked..
I was told salt craving was a sign of weak adrenals....and I still believe Himalayan or celtic sea salt is much better for you...(contrary to another Freeper who says they are no better than table salt with its additives after bleaching.)
More evidence the federal bureaucracy needs to be slashed. Over the past 30 years corporate America has been downsizing corporate staffs and administrative overhead, leveraging advances in IT hardware and software. Meanwhile government at all levels (not to mention academia supported by government) has been rapidly expanding administrative overhead. While federal government headcount does not appear to have grown exponentially, government statistics fail to include the armies of highly paid consultants who are permanent parasites and effectively employees.
One of the first acts of the next POTUS should be to require each cabinet head to cut headcount in her/his department by at least 20% and jettison the consultants. Then redefine the roles of the remaining civil servants with an orientation toward “service” and not “control”.
As most corporations have discovered fewer bodies will actually increase productivity by speeding decisions and reducing the number of tasks the organization can accomplish. It forces managers to prioritize projects instead of trying to be all things to all people.
A 20% headcount cut, would not only reduce current and future costs. Properly executed cuts would eliminate unproductive dead wood and hopefully motivate the remaining staff to perform at a higher level.
Eliminating staff and all consultants will significantly reduce the number of projects and programs the departments can support. With CEO type cabinet heads, instead of political hacks, the activity can be prioritized and the wasteful and obsolete programs dropped. The key to eliminating waste is getting rid of programs that failed long ago or are no longer adding value. Huge savings will result.
Sounds like we need a CEO in charge who knows how to prioritize and allocate scarce resources. Any suggestions?
“No fun eating just rice cakes and tofu.”
Which seems to be the real motivation of the diet nazis. Since most of the advice we’ve gotten for years (butter bad, animal fat bad, eggs bad.... etc) has been found to be bogus the “experts” no longer have any credibility.
I agree with personal responsibility but I wish it was the restaurants that would volunteer to be responsible with salt and not have the government make them. Some dishes are clearly loaded with salt.
Salt is essential for life. You need salt to make stomach acid without which you can’t properly digest proteins.
Stop the madness!!!!
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20111108/new-research-calls-salt-guidelines-into-question
There are many other recent medical articles to this effect.
I myself have low blood sodium, which can have adverse effects on one’s nervous system. My kidneys are normal. Adjusting salt intake, water intake, and protein intake can raise my blood sodium to normal levels, without perceptibly raising my blood pressure. And I use the extra protein to grow muscle, via working out with weights.
Yep - my body thrives on salt and my blood pressure, at 63, averages 115 over 65.
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