RE: They came for my salt shaker and then my sugar bowl
there is no truth that sugar causes diabetes, gum diease , or raised cholesterol levels, nor is there any study that has shown that salt in diets of those with a normal metabolism is harmful. both of them are urban myths spread by the unkowing to the uneducated.
both substances make food taste better, which is why they are put into food. if one wants to eat tasteless food, that is his choice. still most processed food is made to be bland because most people do not like strong tastes. those that do make their own.
maybe we should quit this crap over the evils of sugar and salt. obesity is caused by normal people eating too much food.
the idea that sea salt is better for one is also nonsense. all salt is sea salt, whether just gathered in an evaporstive pond or mined in the midwest. the difference is that the mined salt is probably purer because it was layed down eons ago when the oceans were not polluted by man, nor by any mammals.(maybe not by living things at all)
i have heard the story, made only to sell sea salt, that there is less sodium chloride in sea salt, but never have been given any evidence that the difference was significant. no one who advertises this ever gives data, just empty promises (called ******** by the knowledgeable)
