Comments on: “Denny’s Sued Over Salt Content in Food”

By: The Personal Is Political, And I’m Going To Have Another Doughnut | Popehat

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:09:33 +0000

[…] As penance for her sins, Dr. Benjamin could seek to intervene in the “public interest” lawsuit recently filed against Denny’s, accused of killing its customers with salt. […]

By: The odium of sodium

The odium of sodium — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:33:09 +0000

[…] Hans Bader isn’t impressed by the numbers slung around by the Center for Science in the Public Interest in its lawsuit charging that the food at Denny’s restaurants is too salty. [Washington Examiner, earlier] […]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:29:50 +0000

This is sick… Driving cars can be bad for your health,lets go after the car manufacturers. I’m sure coffee can kill you as well, and we should also sue those who make cell phones without proper warnings to not text when you drive. Better yet, why not sue mobile phone manufacturers who allow their pohones to work in an automobile, or a train.. We all know that somone will use it will driving and kill somone… argghh Great website

By: John David Galt

John David Galt — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:25:47 +0000

CSPI has never been anything but a smear group. See their profile on activistcash.com.

By: Wang Fang

Wang Fang — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:51:16 +0000

“A person should be able to eat a double cheese burger and be healthier because of it;|

Hahaha.. you Americans so funny. I like double cheese burger and the coorly fries, but not good for me.

By: tak

tak — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:56:17 +0000

A news commenter on television said something to the effect- these meals aren’t carrot sticks and celery, don’t people know when they order meals like these, isn’t it their responsibility…in regards to Denny’s meals.
As the family cook, a hamburger can be made nutritious; it is the ingredients that are chosen. There is healthier salts to use;, go to a health food store and look at pink salt or Celtic salt and read up on them, some say they are actually good for blood pressure because of the extra minerals not just sodium/chloride as regular salt. Whole wheat buns or white whole wheat-which is soft;
grape seed mayonnaise; sprouted breads; organic potato and vegetables. Lean organic meats, or buffalo meat.
Meals should be nourishing. A person should be able to eat a double cheese burger and be healthier because of it; which could be the case if the restaurants chose better ingredients.

By: Amy Alkon

Amy Alkon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:27:39 +0000

By: Amy Alkon

Amy Alkon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:25:51 +0000

A little evidence-based science, anyone? Here, from investigative science journo Gary Taubes, in Science:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/288/5470/
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After hearing the DASH-Sodium results at the ASH meeting, those who were skeptical of the wisdom of recommending that an entire nation eat less salt remained resolutely skeptical. David McCarron, for instance, of the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, pointed out that for those with normal blood pressure eating the healthy DASH diet, reducing salt from 8 grams to 4 grams a day made little difference in blood pressure (1.7/1.1 mmHg). “If you are eating the healthy DASH diet and you have normal blood pressure, sodium restriction has almost no effect. … So why should salt reduction be the major message, when it says if you go on a healthy diet, salt reduction is a moot point?”

A stickier issue speaks to the nature of public health recommendations. The better part of the salt controversy centered not on the size of the blood pressure reductions that could be achieved by eating less salt, but on whether it would improve our
health to do so. Over the years, researchers have been unable to demonstrate that reducing salt improves health. The authors of a 1998 comprehensive meta-analysis on salt reduction published in The Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that “The optimum solution to the controversy are long-term trials with hard end points, such as stroke, acute myocardial infarction, and survival.”

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:15:07 +0000

I’ve been pre-hypertensive or hypertensive since I can remember. I choose unprocessed, unsalted or low-sodium foods to avoid damaging my health. I’ve never had the urge to sue anybody about it, let alone try to dicate to other people what they can and should eat. I wonder if nutritional-content suits are the new bogus ADA litigation…

By: VMS

VMS — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:23:39 +0000

Healthy non-hypertensive people adequately excrete excess consumed salt through their kidneys and sweat glands, and too much salt in food is an annoyance (tastes too salty) rather than a health risk. This moron with hypertension had no business being in Denny’s. First Denny’s owes no duty to anyone with respect to the sodium content of their food. But if they did, a hypertensive individual assumed the risk. In any event, eating one meal at Denny’s, even if it were loaded with more than the minimum RDA of sodium would cause no traceable harm.

Denny’s should be worrying about its customer base. A little salt adds flavor. Too much is a real turn-off.