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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

Seven million people could die of diseases linked to excessive salt consumption before the decade's end unless governments immediately pass tighter restrictions on salt, a report by the World Health Organization warned this month. Its authors are calling on governments to implement stricter sodium targets for food, mark salt content more clearly on packaging and boost public awareness of the health dangers posed by eating a lot of salty food.

"Excessive sodium intake is the top risk factor for an unhealthy diet, and it is responsible for 1.8 million deaths each year," said Francesco Branca, director of the WHO's Department of Nutrition for Health and Development.

Eating too much salt is one of the causes of cardiovascular disease, which kills an estimated 17.9 million people each year, according to the WHO. It can also lead to strokes, which kill 5 million people each year globally - and other serious medical conditions.

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: food; salt; supply; un; untiednations; who
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To: Newbomb Turk

“...highway processed foods.”


aka “roadkill”


41 posted on 03/15/2023 2:39:38 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Mariner
a report by the World Health Organization

ZERO credibility.

42 posted on 03/15/2023 2:41:58 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: null and void
:smile:

Seriously dealing with someone who's electrolytes are out of balance is no fun. They are off their noodle but are convinced they are fine.

Almost, but not quite, as bad as trying to reason with a democrat.

43 posted on 03/15/2023 2:45:12 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ("EATING... BABIES.... IS NOT.... COOL!" -Rath)
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To: struggle

I look at those packages of ramen at the store and the amount of sodium in them makes my hair stand on end.

Having said that, WHO, stay away and leave us alone, already!


44 posted on 03/15/2023 2:47:58 PM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: Boogieman

I scrub my cast iron skillet out with kosher salt. That’s way more salt than I would ever eat in one day.


45 posted on 03/15/2023 2:50:30 PM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: Mariner

Salt doesn’t hurt. Salt is necessary for pretty much every aspect of life, biologically. It is involved in all thinking and breathing and movement. All. Without it you will die. The threshold for excess is much higher than the government thinks. Remember what they used to say about eggs. Then butter, which gave us margarine and we experienced much greater mortality from margarine than we did from butter. Then they came after our sugar and gave us high fructose corn syrup. That has helped a lot. The food pyramid with its heavy requirements of carbohydrates and avoiding animal fats and protein but animal fats and proteins are much better than carbs which are the cause of being fat. If WHO says salt is bad then I want more salt.


46 posted on 03/15/2023 2:50:53 PM PDT by webheart
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To: Mariner

“Most people in the world consume about 10.8 grams of salt a day,


I suspect total salt, including road salt is in the calculation.

Consumption and ingestion are different things.......


47 posted on 03/15/2023 2:52:29 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Boogieman

“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.”

My grand dad had retired at age 65 and loved his salt. However, his daughters, including my mother nagged him about him taking a salt shaker to work to get salt with his lunch.

They nagged him until he died in his mid 70’s.

My summer before my senior year in college, I lived with my grandmother. She had a great garden and was a good cook. I often bought meat for our dinner and grilled it. I used a lot of salt, and on Friday or Saturday, I made a pizza for dinner with salt. She loved her salt and told me not to tell her daughters/including my mother.

When I got ready to go back to college, my sister was at granny’s for the ride to our college. I took both of them out to dinner, the last night at granny’s..

Our grandmother was the Queen of home fried chicken, and she wanted to go to the KFC. So we went, ate dinner there and bought her a mini bucket to dine on after we went off to college. She told all of her friends and even her daughters how good the KFC chicken was.

One of my male cousins was starting a pizza business. When he came to visit her, he bought a good supply of his pizzas for there and her after he went back to college/work.

She passed in her mid 70’s in 1962. A full life and lots of good food cooked by her and as a thank yous from her GK’s, KFC and pizza.


48 posted on 03/15/2023 2:55:49 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (https://www Democrats Have All ready Won the 2024 Election, Regardless of Whom, Either Party Runs!!!)
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To: Mariner

I totally trust the WHO and the CDC for health advice. I also believe Bill Gates is the best person to listen to when it comes to communicable diseases. And Joe Biden is the greatest president we ever had because the economy is roaring and there is no inflation.


49 posted on 03/15/2023 2:57:32 PM PDT by webheart
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To: StrictConstructionist
...Let us decide what we do and do not want to eat, drink, smoke, or otherwise use!
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We could do that, but you would have to do away with socialized medicine, Medicaid, Medicare, etc.. Almost 70% of healthcare costs are paid by the government now and they need to keep their costs down...same reason for things like helmet laws, seatbelt laws, expensive/mandated car "safety features", etc., etc..
50 posted on 03/15/2023 3:07:13 PM PDT by Drago
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To: Mariner

Who wants all our food to taste like hospital food.

Bland, no salt, no pepper, no spices and over/under cooked mush.

It’s worth leaving a few years on the life table, especially at the end in a nursing home.

Hand me my super sized salt shaker!


51 posted on 03/15/2023 3:08:06 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Mariner

Who wants all our food to taste like hospital food.

Bland, no salt, no pepper, no spices and over/under cooked mush.

It’s worth leaving a few years on the life table, especially at the end in a nursing home.

Hand me my super sized salt shaker!


52 posted on 03/15/2023 3:08:08 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Mariner

Who wants all our food to taste like hospital food.

Bland, no salt, no pepper, no spices and over/under cooked mush.

It’s worth leaving a few years on the life table, especially at the end in a nursing home.

Hand me my super sized salt shaker!


53 posted on 03/15/2023 3:08:09 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Mariner

Who wants all our food to taste like hospital food.

Bland, no salt, no pepper, no spices and over/under cooked mush.

It’s worth leaving a few years on the life table, especially at the end in a nursing home.

Hand me my super sized salt shaker!


54 posted on 03/15/2023 3:08:14 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Mariner

Just use potassium as a salt substitute


55 posted on 03/15/2023 3:08:52 PM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads and Grumpy Grandads.)
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To: RedMonqey

Sorry for the multiple posts 😔


56 posted on 03/15/2023 3:10:02 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: RoosterRedux

“I would suggest that keto and coffee will add about 10-20 points to your IQ.;-)! “

Without our morning coffee, our IQ drops 10-20 points.

We are never hungry on a Med/Keto diet. My wife keeps a small countertop in our kitchen doorway, covered with fresh fruit/veggies, dried almonds and walnuts. If we get hungry between meals we snack on those goodies.

That seems to work for us. My wife will be 83 in a few weeks and is 5 #’s lighter than her wedding weight, 62 years ago.

I still fit in my 20-40 year old dress/sport coat jackets a and slacks.


57 posted on 03/15/2023 3:11:40 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (https://www Democrats Have All ready Won the 2024 Election, Regardless of Whom, Either Party Runs!!!)
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To: RoosterRedux
"I would suggest that keto and coffee will add about 10-20 points to your IQ.;-) That pushes mine up to about 80.

If I start identifying as a minority, I think I can get into medical school."

Why go to medical school? Move to San Francisco, and you'll get paid $97K/yr. for 250 years, a house for $1, AND $5M in Reparations!

Why work?

58 posted on 03/15/2023 3:12:32 PM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: RedMonqey
https://www.amazon.com/Lawrys-Seasoned-Salt-Black-Pepper/dp/B002ACAURO


59 posted on 03/15/2023 3:17:43 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Mariner

They are recycling this from decades ago.

Then, ‘sea salt’ became the go-to because it was, uh, less salty.

The daily pearl-clutches become tiring.

How soon before they warn that the green in broccoli is bad?


60 posted on 03/15/2023 3:21:42 PM PDT by TomGuy
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