Eventually the nanny state will go too far.
Hearing about this story on today's Rush Limbaugh Show really got my dander up.
I am so glad I don't live in New York, otherwise the mayor would be getting a polite but forceful phone call from me.
Here's a salient quote from the story:
Dr. Thomas Farley, the city health commissioner, doesn't know what he's talking about when he says reducing salt from those sources would save lives. For those of you who don't know this story, I was advised by physicians at Mayo Clinic to add as much salt as I wanted to my food because I wasn't getting enough out of it in the first place. And my blood pressure is perfectly normal, thank you.
The Mayo specialist put it to me this way, "Salt doesn't cause high blood pressure. It just aggravates hypertension if you already have it." I am living proof that is true, and it really irritates me when nanny state politicians want to micromanage every little thing in our lives.
On Fox News Channel tonight, I even heard Suzanne Somers say that ordinary table salt is dangerous for you. Baloney! She actually said that salt producers take all the nutrients out of salt when they process it. That's only true in the sense that table salt eliminates the trace elements that cause minor variations in color and flavor. It is certainly not true that the human body cannot process regular table salt. Again, I'm living proof!
Here are the facts on salt direct from Mayo Clinic's web site.
I am so glad I don't live in New York, otherwise the mayor would be getting a polite but forceful phone call from me.
Here's a salient quote from the story:
"The plan, for which the city claims support from health agencies inother cities and states, sets a goal of reducing the amount of salt inpackaged and restaurant food by 25 percent over the next five years.Yeah, some voluntary program that "allows" companies to cut salt gradually over five years.
"Public health experts say that would reduce the incidence of high blood pressureand should help prevent some of the strokes and heart attacksassociated with that condition. The plan is voluntary for foodcompanies and involves no legislation. It allows companies to cut saltgradually over five years so the change is not so noticeable toconsumers."
Dr. Thomas Farley, the city health commissioner, doesn't know what he's talking about when he says reducing salt from those sources would save lives. For those of you who don't know this story, I was advised by physicians at Mayo Clinic to add as much salt as I wanted to my food because I wasn't getting enough out of it in the first place. And my blood pressure is perfectly normal, thank you.
The Mayo specialist put it to me this way, "Salt doesn't cause high blood pressure. It just aggravates hypertension if you already have it." I am living proof that is true, and it really irritates me when nanny state politicians want to micromanage every little thing in our lives.
On Fox News Channel tonight, I even heard Suzanne Somers say that ordinary table salt is dangerous for you. Baloney! She actually said that salt producers take all the nutrients out of salt when they process it. That's only true in the sense that table salt eliminates the trace elements that cause minor variations in color and flavor. It is certainly not true that the human body cannot process regular table salt. Again, I'm living proof!
Here are the facts on salt direct from Mayo Clinic's web site.
Is sea salt better for your health than table salt?
OK, rant over for now. I'm going to go make some popcorn and put a couple teaspoons of fine popcorn salt on it, and then I'm going to eat it! Good night.
OK, rant over for now. I'm going to go make some popcorn and put a couple teaspoons of fine popcorn salt on it, and then I'm going to eat it! Good night.
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