Does your diet need improving?

[Justmee]

A dear, elderly friend of my parents just passed away this weekend. She grew all her own veggies for as long as I can remember. She is the only lady I know to be put in the hospital (many years ago) for LACK of salt!

 

[tim-from-pa]

A dear, elderly friend of my parents just passed away this weekend. She grew all her own veggies for as long as I can remember. She is the only lady I know to be put in the hospital (many years ago) for LACK of salt!

I bet they won't admit that today with the anti-salt agenda out there! : :-D

 

[Abimelech]

A dear, elderly friend of my parents just passed away this weekend. She grew all her own veggies for as long as I can remember. She is the only lady I know to be put in the hospital (many years ago) for LACK of salt!

Once again, we see the little anecdotes. The fact that an elderly individual died and that she once was hospitalized for lack of salt (doubtful - salt itself is not something the body needs, though it does provide some nutrients that we need) does not diminish the truth of the scientific studies establishing that salt can be bad if too much of it is consumed.

There is enough salt in most of the stuff that people consume regularly that there is no nutritional need to add any more with the salt shaker.

Advocating the use of salt as healthful is extremely irresponsible.

 

[tim-from-pa]

salt itself is not something the body needs....

Well, I see you are not a medical student. Ever hear of electrolytes for cardiac rhythm? Ever hear of them giving soldiers salt tablets for long, sweaty missions so they don't drop over dead from heart failure? That's how it used to be (but I get this feeling you are rather young and this generation never heard of that)

Maybe I exaggerated. Some doctors today may have recognized her condition. A cardiologist today may admit the woman needed more salt, as I heard some that were against the anti-salt propaganda. But many would not want to admit it. (To be more precise--- I believe they define the upper limit as 2200mg. I think one can safely consume in the higher 4 digits or even in the low 5's daily. I'm not advocating the use of salt enough to vomit it out!!!)

Advocating the use of salt as healthful is extremely irresponsible.

How much are we talking about here? In very large quantities, yes. But what they consider the upper limit of consumption some of us consider perfectly safe. That's the whole point.

In addition, tell that to God that who required his offerings to be salted and the priests ate of it. I respect you if you do not want to believe it's God's Word, but for those of us that do, we believe in what scripture teaches----- and it teaches that salt is kosher, and we do not feel eating God's allowable foods is irresponsible sorry to say.

"What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common" (and that verse is actually applied to unclean foods, how much more so with kosher?)

 

[Abimelech]

First...good work pulling apart my quote in order to take it completely out of context. You show great skills there.

Second...to the extent you want to make assumptions about my Biblical beliefs based on my choice to not ignore advances in medical science, feel free. I have only one person to answer to, and that's God.

I certainly don't think that eating large quantities of salt is a requirement for being saved. And since reducing my salt means keeping my bodier healthier, I think I'll do that.

I'm not a "no salt ever" person. But I have to say, I am just shocked that you would ignore science and medicine. Yes, the Bible is God's Word. But as I said before, that does not require us to shut down and ignore advances in medicine and health science.