Sun, 01 Feb 2009

Throwing the Book at Salt

I've blogged about the "salt obsession" before, but wasn't sure it was still on the radar. Apparently, I was wrong. The most telling item in this piece:

But public health officials say there is a strong consensus that salt leads to higher rates of heart attacks and strokes.

That consensus alarms Dr. Michael Alderman, editor in chief of the American Journal of Hypertension, who thinks more clinical studies need to be done. And, he says, wild swings in dietary regulation haven’t always worked out.

We've replaced science with political consensus ... which kinda explains a whole lot of what's wrong with this society, if you think about it.

The last two times Dr. Frieden stepped into the nutrition wars, he gave muscle to nationwide moves to ban trans fats and post calorie counts on restaurant menus. That means you could soon be hearing more about salt than you have in a long time.

(link) [New York Times]

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On 2/1/2009 16:05:35
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