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Salt is not bad for you
by fenwick67 9y ago
Salt is not bad for you
- uoaei 9y agoToo much of anything can be bad for you.
- votepaunchy 9y agoToo little of anything can be bad for you. By definition.
- tnorthcutt 9y agoArsenic? Cyanide? Mercury?
- Retra 9y agoThey're being pedantic (probably to highlight the complete lack of useful information provided by the post they responded to.) "Too little" means "not enough" and "not enough" is not enough by definition. There's no such thing as "not enough" of those things because none is enough.
- stale2002 9y agoAnd furthermore, the vast majority of people in the USA are not having too little salt. The vast majority of them have way way too much salt in their diet, therefore it is perfectly honest to say that high sodium content in food in the USA is "bad for you", because we live in a context where too much salt is the problem, and not too little.
- KhanMahGretsch 9y agoNot only is it not bad for you, it's essential for a healthy diet. It appears to me that refined-corn and sugar are the two worst culprits for poor nutrition. Edit: Eater always cracks me up with their alarmist headlines and fascination with shoe-horning identity politics into articles. Not to be taken seriously IMO.
- ianai 9y agoTrue, but I shouldn't be maxing out my daily intake on a quarter loaf of French bread.
- stale2002 9y agoIn the context of the American diet, yes, yes it is. Most people's diet contains way too much salt, and therefore it is completely honest to say that salt is "bad for you".