Politicians vs Science; the Surreal War on Salt

[Koga No Goshi]

But but but you don't understand your wrong. I have friends who are doctors and they said salt is bad for you. Why do you keep listening to these "other legitimate scientists"? I know i'm right so you need to listen to me.

If you're going to troll at least do it well.

I'm fairly convinced at this point that in the time since I've left a great number of Orgers have developed rather severe reading comprehension problems. I find myself repeatedly having to respond to posts where people reply to points I did not make-- for example, I made absolutely NO mention whatsoever of support for or against ordinances where cities or counties or states require reduced salt in foods. None whatsoever. Yet Adrian II twice yells me down about how he wants his free choice when I never said *anything* about supporting laws to take away salt out of his food.

However, this thread hardly spent any time on the actual ordinance itself and directly went into deconstructing that you can trust virtually anything anyone says about what you eat, when, despite sharing a few links from the net (and as we very well know you could find "scientific studies" stating virtually anything you want, including that carbon emissions are good for you or Ann Coulter even went on television during the Fukushima meltdown citing studies and research about how radiation may actually be good for you in greater amounts than experts say is safe) and I was commenting only on that. Talking about how you can find mixed results in studies is one thing, what people should actually do with regards to their health, particularly if heart or blood pressure or medical concerns are part of the equation, isn't in my view something people should just cherry pick the most lax study they can find and go "ooh let's go with that."

Of course if you aren't worried and don't care and don't have any family history issues, do whatever you want.

So with all due respect Centurion... you can cite armchair internet research, I will listen to the medical community. I'm sorry if that offends your ego to the point where you get hostile over it.