This is why people hate big business v.salt wars

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Extra sodium is bad for you when your potassium levels aren't in check. As you can imagine most people don't get enough (At least 2:1 ratio) relative to their sodium intake.
 
The trans fat found in beef is the same as that found in processed food. Your body processes it in the same fucking way. But hey, trans fats are bad. Duh hur drr drrr.

Why not let people chose what they eat? I don't eat that kind of crap, but if other people want to, let them.
 
Yes it is. You pay a lot for private insurance, taxes, etc... from other fuckers being unhealthy and fat. The private sector loses countless billions from unhealthy people being unproductive/taking sick time, etc.... They've even had to recalculate fuel for planes because of the increase in weight of it's passengers. One result is less baggage allowed on. These are just a few examples.

I'm not saying the gov't should regulate this at all, but to say that the majority of the population letting themselves go does not affect you is a bit naive.
 
True but there are alternatives. When they get more popular (And they will, because self life seems to be everything nowadays) they will become just as cheap. Entire countries have adopted to a lack of trans fats. Places like KFC were hurting for a while but they found an alternative that doesn't change the consistency or taste and now they're fine. And then new preservatives will enter the market and in a short time frame you won't even miss them.

I'm all for people choosing what to do with their own bodies but unfortunately we live in a society in which their bad choices affects my pocket book, either in a round-a-bout way or directly. Trans fats are replaceable and won't be missed in the future. Salt is not. Guns are not either (Unless you change the purpose of a gun, I don't know any projectile weapon that is similar). Tall buildings are not.

Of course the best course is to give the unhealthy people the full consequences of their lifestyle but that isn't going to happen. So selfishly (And hypocritically), I'm okay in some situations when the gov't comes in and treats people like the babies they are. Our unhealthy habits are setting ourselves up for a huge problem in the future and I don't want to carry others burdens on my back.
 
The NHANES III study is an extension of the original NHANES study that suggested sodium might cause increased blood pressure to begin with...I believe.
 
Because there is absolutely no purpose for it. It doesn't add to the flavor, it doesn't make it better, it's just a heart clogging piece of shit unsaturated fat. It's like the cigarettes of food ingredients.
 
This is what makes you a tool. It's a casual argument move to on topic if you want drawn out responses that thoroughly define every variable.
 
If every restaurant and food manufacturer uses them, then what are you supposed to eat?
 
Tobacco gets taxed and even advertised against, but it still kills half a million people a year.

Salt, something that kills a fraction of the people, has not been as deadly.

In the end, people will still do it, no matter how hard you fight it. Hell, billions of dollars are spent combating drugs, and yet a legal drug kills more people than illegal drugs ever have.

You're wrong to defend the attacks on salt. There's far more dangerous shit going on that is more worthy of your attention.
 
then maybe they shouldn't bulk up food with that water content, THEN there won't be a need for most of the salt they put in .....
 
I'm not down for that. I like that they banned transfat but regulating how much salt you can use is ridiculous
 
are you talking about?

So now you are against campaigns that promote healthy eating? And then you tie that into legalization of marijuana?
 
I'm not wrong to defend anything that affects your health in a bad way. I know there are.
 
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