More evidence liberals are trying to kill us

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CDC: Oops, salt is not actually dangerous, and cutting it may be harmful

As with so many bad public health ideas, the idea of cutting salt found its national footing thanks to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose primary public service as head of the largest city in America has been to ban and discourage as many delicious foods as possible. In 2009, Bloomberg started the National Salt Reduction Initiative, led by the New York City health department in an effort to push major food companies into “voluntary” lower-sodium standards. The goal was to reduce sodium intake by 25 percent.

In an anecdotal case, a close friend became very ill and was hospitalized last year. Turns out that he had mistakenly cut out salt from his diet due to all the bad publicity [FROM LIBERALS]!

Why Does Salt Make Hurricane Damage Worse?

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The white stuff can stick around and ruin, well, pretty much everything. That puts the officials trying to fix it on a ticking clock...

The zealous drive by politicians to limit our salt intake has little basis in science

For decades, policy makers have tried and failed to get Americans to eat less salt. In April 2010 the Institute of Medicine urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate the amount of salt that food manufacturers put into products; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already convinced 16 companies to do so voluntarily. But if the U.S. does conquer salt, what will we gain? Bland french fries, for sure. But a healthy nation? Not necessarily.

This week a meta-analysis of seven studies involving a total of 6,250 subjects in the American Journal of Hypertension found no strong evidence that cutting salt intake reduces the risk for heart attacks, strokes or death in people with normal or high blood pressure...

It's Time to End the War on Salt