Live data from Hacker News

It's Time to End the War on Salt (2011)

71–72 of 72 posts

Re: It's Time to End the War on Salt (2011)

#71

Post by thaumasiotes » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 2:05 AM UTC

areyousure wrote: post #70

thaumasiotes wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looked up a nutrition label online: https://healthyeatingrocks.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/lays-... 1 oz: 150 Calories 180 mg sodium multiply by 20/3: 6.667 oz: 2000 Calories 1.2g sodium The kosher salt in my cupboard (ingredients: salt and an anti-caking agent) is 40% sodium by mass (480 mg sodium per 1.2 grams). Or, going by the atomic mass listed here ( http://www.chemicalelements.com/show/mass.html ), sodium chlo…

150 times 20/3 is 1000

Right you are! Double the other figures. :(

Re: It's Time to End the War on Salt (2011)

#72

Post by clay_to_n » Sat, Jan 23, 2016, 10:07 AM UTC

MegaDeKay wrote: post #51

clay_to_n wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A war by doctors, not businesses. I'd consider it "common knowledge" that salt raises blood pressure and that you should eat less salt if you have high blood pressure. My father and at least a couple other 50+ year old people I know try to limit their salt intake for health reasons.

This "common knowledge" is incorrect. It applies only if you have sodium-sensitive hypertension, and chances are, you don't. http://www.gbhealthwatch.com/Trait-Salt-Sensitivity.php

Yes exactly, that's what the article is about.

Post reply on HN