I'm in favor of education so that we can all voluntarily reduce our intake of these harmful substances. The government should not compel us to do so, however.
The issue is not whether sodium, saturated fat and various sugars are harmful; they are. The issue is the proper role of government, in this case none.
No they are not, but feel free to try and convince thinking people they are.
Sodium, saturated fats and sugars are not as harmful as some meds people are on. Those meds cause obesity. Read some of the side effects of prescription pills. Scary. America is over medicated.
Sodium, saturated fats and sugars are not as harmful as GMO foods or cattle fed antibiotics. Those would cause obesity even in a person eating healthy.
The government can stop the the production of GMO foods. But then, what would Monsanto do?
Actually they aren't.
If you don't believe me try a one month diet in which you consume none of those things.
I will send flowers to your funeral.
The issue is not whether sodium, saturated fat and various sugars are harmful; they are. The issue is the proper role of government, in this case none.
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Reports keep coming out that seem to indicate that in and of themselves, none of these are harmful. Perhaps in some people and in some large amounts, especially if they replace other nutrients, but not per se.
I am 71. I eat whatever I want, including sodium, saturated fat and various sugars. I am healthy. I am not obese. I do not “have” a cardiologist. The same is true of my 63-year-old husband. To go further, all my dogs over the past 40 years have participated in our diet and all lived to or beyond their normal lifespan. They were all the canine equivalent of 100 years old or more.
The very few health problems my husband has had were eliminated when he slowly and naturally lost some excess weight through moderate, low-impact exercise and then also eliminated a prescription medication. The medication was causing the secondary health problems.
I have watched the definition of obese change over the past ten years, based on the faulty BMI paradigm. Over the same time period, the metrics for acceptable BP and acceptable cholesterol levels have also been tightened.
People live much longer today and are more active while the nannies are still decrying their weight levels. These health regimes have about the same amount of reliability as the AGW regime and I suspect the same will to power on the part of the *professionals* to be behind both.
Without salt, you die.