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We have a huge salt problem. Millions will die without action, WHO warns.
WASHINGTON POST VIA YAHOO ^ | March 15th, 2023 | Leo Sands

Posted on 03/15/2023 2:07:34 PM PDT by Mariner

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"Most people in the world consume about 10.8 grams of salt a day, more than double the level recommended by both the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which suggests consuming no more than a teaspoon of salt a day. While salt is an essential nutrient, sodium - which constitutes 40 percent of it - narrows and stiffens blood vessels."

NOBODY adds 10gams of salt to their food daily.

This is ALL processed foods.

TEN GRAMS is average. Crazy.

1 posted on 03/15/2023 2:07:34 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

How much salt will bugs need?


2 posted on 03/15/2023 2:10:30 PM PDT by alternatives?
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Leave people alone! Let us decide what we do and do not want to eat, drink, smoke, or otherwise use!


3 posted on 03/15/2023 2:11:20 PM PDT by StrictConstructionist
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They’re monsters. They never stop.


4 posted on 03/15/2023 2:11:24 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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Not everyone agrees that salt is truly bad for everyone.

I’d like to see a global map of where salt is killing people. Salt intake in Asia is huge. Is that where the deaths are? Or is salt really just killing people in America? Because if that’s the case, it’s not the salt.


5 posted on 03/15/2023 2:12:47 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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Nobody presumes to tell you how much salt to eat.


6 posted on 03/15/2023 2:12:51 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Then go to Japan and stop it. The sodium in one cup ramen is like %150 daily intake.


7 posted on 03/15/2023 2:13:39 PM PDT by struggle
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It would be beneficial for people to consume less than 10 mg of salt per day.

But they make everything sound like it’s the apocalypse. Millions will die! The undead roaming the streets in search of human brains! AAAAHHHHH!!

I’m frankly bored by it all.


8 posted on 03/15/2023 2:13:44 PM PDT by DarrellZero
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Meat and Salt are the two approved food groups.


9 posted on 03/15/2023 2:14:32 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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You know anyone who eats 10-11 Grams per day?

I didn’t know ANYONE ate that much salt.

I stay under 2grams per day due to hypertension. And it’s EASY if you cook your own food.


10 posted on 03/15/2023 2:14:36 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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From my cold briny hands!


11 posted on 03/15/2023 2:14:50 PM PDT by Bobalu (Unrepentant communists, NAZI’s and totalitarians of all stripe are bowing toward Davos)
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I don’t believe a thing WHO says.


12 posted on 03/15/2023 2:15:28 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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They put too much salt on the roads. That’s my gripe. Seems they have to use it up least not getting as much next year. Terrible for the car etc.


13 posted on 03/15/2023 2:15:44 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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The CCP captured WHO is not worth its salt.


14 posted on 03/15/2023 2:15:56 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ClearCase_guy

Is MSG a salt?


15 posted on 03/15/2023 2:17:17 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Processed food/poison, you bet. They’re lying again.


16 posted on 03/15/2023 2:18:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“diseases linked to excessive salt consumption”

Well, yeah, they say that, then they usually change their tune every five years or so. So excuse me if I don’t take it too seriously.

Plus, I watched my grandparents live to a ripe old age eating bland low salt food on their doctor’s orders and I think I’d rather go out a decade earlier and enjoy some flavor in the meantime.

“NOBODY adds 10gams of salt to their food daily.”

What about sailors on the high seas in the age of adventure? :P


17 posted on 03/15/2023 2:18:39 PM PDT by Boogieman
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Seven million people could die . . . unless governments immediately pass tighter restrictions

Same old, same old.

18 posted on 03/15/2023 2:18:49 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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Keto often solves the salt problem. Keto reduces water retention and that causes a quick loss of salt.

I occasionally have to drink a glass of salt water to bring my blood pressure UP.

If I stop the keto diet, within a few weeks my blood pressure jumps back up into the high range.

Keto may not be for everyone, but it is worth considering if you have a salt problem, high blood pressure, obesity, or high cholesterol.

Carbs are sugar and sugar is a killer.

19 posted on 03/15/2023 2:18:51 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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You just did.

Not eating enough salt can result in memory loss and dementia like symptoms.

20 posted on 03/15/2023 2:19:00 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ("EATING... BABIES.... IS NOT.... COOL!" -Rath)
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