Just last week UK salt nannies were boasting about a 20% reduction in salt contained in bread. Continue reading
Category Archives: Salt
UN: Advertising food that children will eat has been ‘disastrously effective’
Although that headline was originally meant as sarcasm, on second thought, it may be entirely accurate. Continue reading
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Food for thought: Cutting back on salt may cause you to eat more
And doesn’t that thought just ruin a food nanny’s day. Continue reading
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Salt Nannies: Cookies with salt could cause children to develop high blood pressure as adults
Uh… it’s not really known that salt in later life — or at any time, really — causes high blood pressure, let alone decades later. Continue reading
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NYTimes Food Columnist Offers Deadly Advice: ‘Insufficient consumption of sodium is hardly a public health threat’
Wow. Continue reading
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UN food nannies agree to ignore blockbuster U.S. report on salt
Even though the Institute of Medicine recently reported that there is no scientific evidence warranting dramatic cuts in dietary salt intake, the World Health Organization just called for a 30% reduction. Continue reading
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Food nanny Marion Nestle silent on blockbuster salt report
It’s been more than a week, Marion. I guess we know what you mean by “Food Politics.” Continue reading
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Food Police admit no evidence for low-sodium recommendation
The Center for Science in the Public Interest Michael Jacobson’s head is spinning after the Institute of Medicine exposed the junk science behind his call for dramatically reduced sodium intake. Continue reading
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Salt Guru: Current dietary guideline on salt ‘a lie’
“I know scientists, and I know how they think: if there is no evidence, they made it up.” Continue reading
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Food police forced to admit call for drastic salt reduction not supported by evidence
In the wake of the new Institute of Medicine report, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (AKA the “Food Police”) admits its drastic dietary salt recommendations are baseless. Continue reading
Anti-salt activists silent in wake of major report debunking anti-salt campaign
Yesterday’s Institute of Medicine report exposing the lack of evidence behind calls to reduce sodium intake has dumbfounded the activists into silence. Continue reading
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Institute of Medicine Panel Chairman: ‘Lowering sodium intake too much may actually increase a person’s risk of some health problems’
How many people have suffered needlessly because of the junk science-based food nanny jihad against salt? Continue reading
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Medical expert on IOM salt report: ‘Earth-shattering,’ ‘Changed the paradigm’
A very bad day for salt nannies continues. Continue reading
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Food Police join dead-enders on salt: “It would be a shame if this [expert] report convinced people that salt doesn’t matter”
What can one expect? The Center for Science in the Public Interest has been attacking dietary salt since its inception in the 1970s. Continue reading
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Bad Day for Salt Nannies: NYTimes headline — ‘No Benefit in Sharply Restricting Salt, Panel Finds’
“In a report that undercuts years of public health warnings, a prestigious group convened by the government says there is no good reason based on health outcomes for many Americans to drive their sodium consumption down to the very low levels recommended in national dietary guidelines.” Continue reading
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NBC: Heart Association, Institute of Medicine disagreement over dietary salt an ‘unusual medical brawl’
“An unusual medical brawl erupted on Tuesday when the influential Institute of Medicine issued a report questioning the basis of years of advice for Americans to cut their salt intake in half.” Continue reading
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Junk Science Dead-Ender: American Heart Association vows to defy new salt report
An expert committee of the National Institute of Medicine concluded today that there is no evidence supporting drastic reductions in dietary salt intake. But the dead-enders at the American heart Association don’t care. Continue reading
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Food Nanny Earthquake: Institute of Medicine admits no evidence for reducing sodium intake below 2300 mg/day
Keep sharp objects away from food nannies today! Devastating for 1500 mg/day nanny recommendation. Continue reading
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No need to stress out over salt; guidelines too strict, Creighton University prof says
“Many Americans worry needlessly about their salt intake because national sodium guidelines are too strict, a Creighton University scientist said Monday.” Continue reading
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NYTimes health columnist slammed for knee-jerk anti-salt column
“There’s just one problem with this rosy forecast that Brody neglects to mention: There has never been a study that’s definitively proven that we can save any lives – let alone a million of them – by reducing our intake of sodium from current levels.” Continue reading
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