jmcquown wrote:
> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7427AG20110503
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>> What a shame!
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>> James Silverton, Potomac
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> AFAIK salt has never been definitively linked to heart problems or
> high blood pressure.
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> For years (I'm talking back in the 1980's) I was cooking low-salt
> food for my mother because the doctors said salt would raise her
> blood pressure. False! Okay, it taught me to use herbs and spices in
> creative ways. That's a good thing But the salt itself wasn't
> bad for her. And all the herbs in the world won't make otherwise
> bland food (think potatoes and pasta) taste good without a little
> sprinkling of salt.
> Jill

IMHO, the evil is processed food. Such food often contains high amounts
of salt, but I suspect (note: I don't claim, I suspect) that there are
other factors at work in highly processed foods. A real study of this
issue would have to take two groups of people on healthy diets that
included sufficient fresh fruits and vegetables and wild-caught meat,
fish, and fowl. Under such circumstances, I suspect that what you found
to be true would continue to be true - higher salt consumption is not
evil.

-S-