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posted by janrinok on Tuesday July 26 2016, @10:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the salty-tale dept.

The FDA is asking food makers and eating establishments to voluntarily reduce salt levels in their products to help reduce Americans' high salt intake.

The draft guidelines target these sources of salt with the goal of reducing Americans' average daily salt intake from 3,400 milligrams (mg) a day to 2,300 mg a day.

[...] Currently, 90 percent of American adults consume more salt than recommended, the FDA pointed out.

[...] The public has until the fall to comment on the FDA's voluntary salt guidelines for food manufacturers and restaurants.

The FDA claims that people can always add more salt to their food, which is true, but they ignore that salt changes how food is cooked and adding salt to the surface of food affects taste differently than when it is evenly distributed.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=197193

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_of_salt


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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday July 27 2016, @01:09AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @01:09AM (#380550) Homepage

    Back in the Air Force during a long march we were made to carry salt packets and mix a little bit with our water during canteen breaks. The reason why is because, before they did that, a trainee had too little sodium and ended up dying as a result of brain swelling.

    As somebody who loooooves salty food (in before cocksuckler nut swallower etc.) it is possible to achieve the same effect using herbs and spices, but as another user pointed out above, it requires a lot more cooking savvy and jacks up the food cost. Fat chicks are good cooks for obvious reasons, so it is difficult to get a low-sodium, well-seasoned meal without boning one.

    I like what V8 juice does with their low-sodium juice - instead of sodium, they use lots of potassium, and it seems people just don't get enough of that nowadays, especially drunks like me who eat more than enough sodium but piss out all their potassium.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday July 27 2016, @03:21AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday July 27 2016, @03:21AM (#380595) Journal

    Hey, ordinary-sized women can cook just as well. Okay, so 6' is bigger than "ordinary" but I love to cook, and will spoil my girlfriend rotten (but healthily!) once we're finally moved in together. In fact, good home cooking is how I manage to maintain a healthy weight.

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @03:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @03:54AM (#380603)

    Go to a restaurant, check whether the cook is fat, eat or don't.

    Why get the cow for free when you can buy the milk?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @07:44AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 27 2016, @07:44AM (#380643)

    Fat chicks are good cooks for obvious reasons, so it is difficult to get a low-sodium, well-seasoned meal without boning one.

    I can understand deboning pork (...mmmm... bacon), but a chicken? Way too much effort.