<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Take This With a Grain of&nbsp;Salt]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The Nanny State in New York may be officially moving beyond parody with a <a href="http://consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm/h/4122-new-york-considers-legislation-to-ban-salt-in-restaurants" target="_blank">proposal to ban the use of salt in restaurants</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>What&#8217;s next from Assemblyman Ortiz? How about regulators at swimming pools ensuring people don&#8217;t swim within 30 minutes of eating? Levying a fine on anyone who snacks before dinner? Establishing a squad of &#8220;Floss Police&#8221;?</p></blockquote>
<p>NB: I have it on good authority that the injunction about waiting 30 minutes to go swimming after a meal is an old wive&#8217;s tale.</p>
<p>While the claim that <a href="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20091015/New-evidence-indicates-humans-naturally-regulate-their-salt-intake.aspx" target="_blank">the body regulates its own sodium input</a> has plausibility, I&#8217;m skeptical on that claim mostly since one study doesn&#8217;t mean a lot. But it&#8217;s clear from <a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3367" target="_blank">this post at <em>SBM</em></a><em> </em>that the war on salt is on, at best, shaky scientific ground.</p>
<p>And Ortiz is nuttier than a jar of Planter&#8217;s.</p>
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