Comments on: NYC’s “astonishingly presumptuous” salt plan

By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:47:10 +0000

“Modern medicine thinks you shouldn’t be eating salt, or sodium.”…

Mayor Bloomberg is embarrassing himself again, since “modern medicine” thinks nothing of the sort. More: Overlawyered; Daniel Compton/New York Post…….

By: redplanet

redplanet — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:57:28 +0000

This is not a good move because:
from http://www.drkaslow.com/html/adrenal_insufficiency.html
According to Richard H. Ahrens, Ph.D. of the USDA and an Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of Maryland, salt use does not cause hypertension as is frequently claimed. There should be no salt restrictions during pregnancy and no diuretic use. If there is edema in pregnancy, extra salt brings about diuresis. It can be a serious mistake for an individual to avoid salt for no apparent reason. For any loss of body fluids – excessive perspiration or urination, vomiting or diarrhea – the lost salt must be replaced. A person with undiagnosed adrenal dysfunction (who is therefore a salt loser) on a salt restricted diet may be slowly deteriorating as the result.

By: Mark Biggar

Mark Biggar — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:30:25 +0000

Can someone please explain why the arguments used to justify Roe v Wade don’t also apply to all of these nanny state laws including ObamaCare to make them unconstitutional? Or is this one of the biggest cases of hypocrisy ever?

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:24:55 +0000

First they went for the sodium chloride, then it was the potassium chloride. By the time they got to the iodides, there was no one left…

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:27:40 +0000

Salt is a gateway mineral. It starts with a dash of good ole’ Morton on your fries. Pretty soon, you replace the shaker with a cardboard tube. Before long you’re following municipal snow plows while you gobble up the excess. Then, you move to the major leagues and you just start drinking from The Pacific. Then your head explodes. This is salt. This is your brain on salt.

By: Shopfloor » Blog Archive » Because New York City is So Large, That’s Why

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:17:53 +0000

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