‘No Proof’ Salt Is Bad for Your Health
3rd March 2016
Health officials will baldly lie to you because they know, know, that they know more about how you ought to live than you do.
But you knew that.
A group of scientists are challenging the now conventional wisdom that a low-sodium diet is better for your long-term health, asking whether people should take official advice on the matter with a pinch of salt.
In a new review of the evidence, a team of experts from Columbia University found there were “two distinct bodies of scholarship” on the matter – those who believe reducing salt intake will improve the overall health of the population, and those who don’t.
Gee, where have we heard that before? Let’s see — could it be ‘climate change’?
Watching your salt intake has become one of the core pieces of dietary advice in the UK in recent years, and in the US it has got to the point where New York is requiring by law that restaurants label salt content in their food.
New York has many stupid laws because New York is full of stupid politicians and stupid people who vote for them.
So it will be a surprise to many to find that just 54 per cent of the 269 academic reports included in the review found in favour of a salt reduction hypothesis.
DENIERS! BURN THEM!
“Decision-makers often must choose a course of action in the face of conflicting, uncertain evidence,” he said.
Only if they’re trying to make a decision in a matter which is NONE OF THEIR FARGIN BUSINESS.