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Re: Too Much is Never Enough for NYC Food Nannies

Sabayon — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:21:43 -0000

Recent studies indicate that eating too much salt is actually no big deal at all, provided you drink enough (which you will be inclined to do naturally when you've eaten too much salt through a newly discovered internal mechanism called "thirst"). You'll then just pee out the excess salt, so unless you have hypertension, eating too much salt...makes you pee more. Oooh, scary. However not getting enough salt relative to your water intake can cause dizziness and fainting because without sodium your body can not absorb water. But god forbid actual facts and research get in the way of our moral panic over food.

Re: Too Much is Never Enough for NYC Food Nannies

teqjack — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:40:27 -0000

In the UK, some areas have started searching scholchildren's lunch boxes and, if not always outright confiscating stuff, writing nasty notes to the parents.

Salt... harmful IF preexisting condition exists. Known to "cause" hypertension? Well, yes - in the subset of the population with the corresponding genetic condition.

Re: Too Much is Never Enough for NYC Food Nannies

Jessica Lee — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:37:17 -0000

Dawdy, so good to hear from you. I miss you.

Re: Too Much is Never Enough for NYC Food Nannies

Philip Dawdy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:34:46 -0000

jessice, i've been saying for a long time that once the nannies get done with smoking they are going to go batshit over food of every kind and they'll be policing peoples' homes over additives and such. i can't wait!