Nine in 10 Americans eat too much salt: CDC

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 6/24/10 | Julie Steenhuysen

[NormsRevenge]

Amen!

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Rats are trying to relieve you of all that destructive “freedom”. Don’t worry, your chains will be custom made and you’ll hardly even notice them after awhile.

[EGPWS]

Now wait a minute ... aren't they telling us to eat more whole grains?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJMIu18I8Y

Eulle Gibbons died of an Aortic dissection at age 64.

All that healthy food kept him alive that long..../s

[rsobin]

To he** with the CDC and all the Ivy Leaguers who run the place.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

According to MY research, 9 out of 10 people are eating the right amount of salt, one out of 10 is salt deprived. LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!

[CapnJack]

"...too much sex..."

Where ever that is Beavis, we're there Dude!

[Raider Sam]

Plus, they would register you as a dem and let you vote 3 or 4 times.

[Big Giant Air Head]

"Sodium has become so pervasive in our food supply that it's difficult for the vast majority of Americans to stay within recommended limits,"

If we stayed within their recommended limits on salt, fat, sugar, etc, fast food and restaurants would be no more, what we could eat would be extremely limited and we would be dead or sickly and unable to produce/do anything.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist or anything but this is ridiculous.

[Big Giant Air Head]

Am I being redundant here?

[OneWingedShark]

The CDC isn't about just any disease, it's [supposedly] about infectious diseases, hence the Control in the name.

[ichabod1]

fucdc. biter meg.

[ichabod1]

They’ll regulate it until people are dropping dead of hyponatremia, and then say “Americans must increase their salt intake.” Or, “Never mind” and then off to the next crusade.

[OldDeckHand]

"The CDC isn't about just any disease, it's [supposedly] about infectious diseases, hence the Control in the name. "

I have no earthly idea why you believe that. The name of the organization is, "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention". Do you see the word "infectious" in there, anywhere.

It's mission from Congress is to research, educate and develop prevention and treatment programs for all diseases, including heart disease.

[ichabod1]

One word: Jimm Fixx.

[OneWingedShark]

By that logic they should be tackling mental diseases, you know things like: PTSD, Conservative-, and rational-thought.
{Remember who is in charge of defining what a disease is...}

[OldDeckHand]

'By that logic they should be tackling mental diseases"

They do "tackle" mental illness in the form of a research forum where mental health practitioners and researches exchange best practice ideas and theory. Their parent organization, the National Institute of Health has more robust mental health research programs and of course the FDA, approves medications for mental illness.

[OldDeckHand]

'Eulle Gibbons died of an Aortic dissection at age 64."

Good idea, just because a healthy living advocate died of a pre-existing physiological abnormality, you want people to ignore reasonable diet advice. Smart.

Hopefully, you haven't had children yet. It would be upsetting if you're circumventing the laws of natural selection.

[Duke Nukum]

My body is smarter than the CDC.

[Secret Agent Man]

When will conservatives use this CDC report to finally go after all the free breakfast, lunch and dinner programs from public schools? They are obviously the places giving the nation’s kids too much salt.

/not really sarc

[Auntie Mame]

What’s gonna happen with this is if everyone cuts their salt intake, then their iodine intake will become too low with whatever associated problems that will entail.