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The US is on a slippery slope

Tam

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Brooklyn Assemblyman Felix Ortiz has introduced legislation to eliminate the use of salt "in any form" in preparing food in every restaurant in the state -- a move similar to Mayor Bloomberg's efforts to change people's eating habits, including reducing salt intake. Ortiz bill calls for a ban on salt

One NY Assemblyman's father has a heartattack and now that Assemblyman is introducing a bill to ban salt in prepared foods so NOBODY can have it. :shock: :roll: He just told FOX it was because the government needs to stop skyrocketing health care costs. This is a NANNY STATE mentaility and they will use raising healthcare cost to control every aspect of your life, if they get Obamacare passed. :roll:
 

Steve

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No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of any food for consumption by customers of such restaurant, including food prepared to be consumed on the premises of such restaurant or off of such premises," the bill, A. 10129 , states in part.

The legislation, which Assemblyman Felix Ortiz , D-Brooklyn, introduced on March 5, would fine restaurants $1,000 for each violation.

Your body needs only a couple hundred milligrams (mg) a day to stay healthy, Salt is a dietary mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride that is essential for animal life,
Chloride and sodium ions, the two major components of salt, are necessary for the survival of all known living creatures, including humans. Salt is involved in regulating the water content (fluid balance) of the body

Iodized salt (BrE: iodised salt) is table salt mixed with a minute amount of potassium iodide, sodium iodide, or sodium iodate. Iodized salt is used to help reduce the incidence of iodine deficiency in humans. Iodine deficiency commonly leads to thyroid gland problems, specifically endemic goiter, a disease characterized by a swelling of the thyroid gland, usually resulting in a bulbous protrusion on the neck. While only tiny quantities of iodine are required in the diet to prevent goiter, the United States Food and Drug Administration recommends (21 CFR 101.9 (c)(8)(iv)) 150 micrograms of iodine per day for both men and women. Iodized table salt has significantly reduced disorders of iodine deficiency in countries where it is used.[35] Iodine is important to prevent the insufficient production of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism), which can cause goitre, cretinism in children, and myxedema in adults.

Sodium is one of the primary electrolytes in the body.

so if it is banned will there be an unforeseen consequence of a no salt diet?

Meta-analysis in 2009 found that the sodium consumption of 19,151 individuals from 33 countries fit into the narrow range of 2,700 to 4,900 mg/day. The small range across many cultures, together with animal studies, suggest that sodium intake is tightly controlled by feedback loops in the body, making recommendations to reduce sodium consumption below 2,700 mg/day potentially futile.

seems our body self regulates... but then what does a bunch of doctors and scientists know, (that a politician can't understand?) [/b]
 
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