On Jan 25, 8:16*pm, Krypsis > wrote:
> On 26/01/2010 6:06 AM, blake murphy wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:58:37 +1100, Krypsis wrote:
>
> >> What people see as normal is what they have adapted to over their lives.
> >> 99.9% of "westernised" people wouldn't know "normal" if it smacked them
> >> in the face.
>
> > um, wait. *what 99.9% of westernized people experience is not 'normal'?
>
> Spot on!
>
> > must be a new definition.
>
> The westernised diet is a "redefinition" of normal. What is "normal" is
> what our body is genetically equipped to cope with. Salt laden processed
> foods do not constitute a "normal" diet for humans regardless of whether
> you think it is. Fresh fruit, vegetables and meat, untainted with salt,
> is a normal and natural diet for us. Sure, our taste buds adapt to the
> higher salt levels but our body, in general, does not. If you drop down
> to a natural diet, a raft of modern day health problems disappear.
>
> http://www.saltmatters.org/site/uplo...2025+table.pdf
>
> As the saying goes, "It's your funeral!"
>
> Krypsis

Christ, my grandmother ate all kinds of crap, including a ton of
salt. She
diet of sepsis at 92, and would probably still be alive if she hadn't
made the
fatal error of going to the hospital, where she contracted the
infection.

For most people, eating salt isn't a problem. Just over half of
hypertensive
people are salt-sensitive; about 26% of non-hypertensives are salt-
sensitive.
Almost 1/3 of the population has hypertension. So, if I've done the
math,
and if the figures I googled are correct, about 2/3 of the entire
population is
not salt sensitive.

DON'T PANIC! SALT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO KILL YOU.

Of course, it's prudent to have your blood pressure checked regularly.
I do. Still somewhere between 110/70 and 120/80, depending on whether
some idiot cut me off in traffic on the way to the doctor's.

Cindy Hamilton