{"id":298182,"date":"2010-02-09T12:57:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f20\/new-yorks-nonsensical-attack-salt-39220\/"},"modified":"2010-02-09T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:57:11","slug":"new-yorks-nonsensical-attack-on-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/298182","title":{"rendered":"New York’s nonsensical attack on salt"},"content":{"rendered":"
New York’s nonsensical attack on salt<\/p>\n

<\/b>The New York nanny-staters are at it again — and this time, your taste buds are coming under assault. <\/p>\n

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared war on sodium…but he may as well declare war on skyscrapers, money and the New York Yankees, because none of those things are as essential to his citizens as plain old salt. <\/p>\n

And yet he wants the government to dictate how much of it you should eat. <\/p>\n

Luckily, Mayor Nanny Warbucks is already getting some resistance — especially from his city’s chefs (the ones who really cook, not the minimum-wage workers who flip frozen slime patties). <\/p>\n

Their message is clear: Keep your hands out of my spice rack. But salt isn’t just a tasty addition to your meal — it’s a scientific fact that a low-sodium diet can actually RAISE blood pressure in some people. <\/p>\n

The so-called experts can’t even tell you WHY blood pressure rises in the first place…so you shouldn’t trust them to tell you how to lower it, either. <\/p>\n

If you’re generally healthy and stick to a low-carb, high- protein diet, you have no reason to lose the saltshaker. Shake it ’til your wrist gets sore and you’ll be just fine. <\/p>\n

Just stick with pure sea salt — untreated and unadulterated, it’s actually gray. I don’t care what fancy- schmancy name is on the label — if it’s snowy white, it’s been treated. Toss it out and get the right stuff. <\/p>\n

And if you eat a steady diet of processed foods and other crapola, you’ve got much bigger problems than sodium…and nothing the nanny state does will save you. <\/p>\n

By the way, I hear Mayor Bloomberg is known for always keeping his own saltshaker nearby — he’s been seen adding salt to just about everything he eats, including pizza. He even adds salt to his saltine crackers. <\/p>\n

Typical nanny-stater: Do as I say… <\/p>\n

Always worth my salt,<\/p>\n

William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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