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Salt could be banned in New York restaurants

Azerbaijan News.Net
Thursday 11th March, 2010

A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant food.
Transfats are already banned in New York City restaurants, and have been for four years.

Now a state legislator is proposing that restaurants throughout the state be prohibited from using salt in preparing meals.

Felix Ortiz (pictured), holding the seat of Brooklyn in the New York State Assembly, is arguing that salt is a major contributor to heart attacks and strokes, and says health care costs are rising as a result.

He says salt is as major a cause of health ailments as smoking.

Ortiz is not the lone ranger in the state either. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is also getting tough on salt, as blood pressure levels in the city are being pushed sky-high. Bloomberg is aiming to reduce salt levels in restaurant foods by 25% over 5 years.

Ortiz however wants an outright ban. His proposed law, Bill A. 10129, says, "No owner or operator of a restaurant in this state shall use salt in any form in the preparation of food for consumption by customers."
 

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goomba
03-11-10, 09:22 PM

Legislator wants salt banned in New York restaurants

More nanny-goat socialism insanity. The heart was designed to conk out after about 80 years. A swift heart attack is not a bad way to go. Instead we are now going to have senile, obese and cancer-riddled centenarians, clogging up the hospitals instead of happy octogenarians popping off with their clogged arteries. choose which.

taildragger55
03-11-10, 10:28 PM

salt

Removing salt from the diet is a means of treating high blood pressure but salt does not cause high blood pressure so it serves no purpose to take the cure if you don’t have the problem. The sodium in salt is responsible for preventing many heart attacks.

the confederate
05-31-10, 11:58 AM

americans bragg on thier freedom and they dont have the freedom to have salt on thier food . those that say we are free are stupid. the fact that they say were free makes them stupid .america is communist and so are the majority of the american people. americans tell each other how to live with thier homeowners associations living the way thier neighbors tell them how to live. stompng on thier neighbors libertys.we are regulated by the government and our neighbors. our soldiers are dying for freedom that we dont have .if they were fighting for freedom they would be fighting here to take our freedom back.

Voice
03-12-10, 12:34 AM

Salt To Be Banned

What next? Ooops should’ve said that. Salt’s just the beginning of the regulated government take over. Wait until, this Health Care B.S passes. Kiss your free life good bye.

Heart Patient
03-12-10, 11:24 AM

Congestive Heart Failure

Well the doctors have me on a low soudim diet I’m only suppose to have only 2400mg of salt a day which is 1 teaspoon it sucks I can’t eat chips, pickels, or Pizza and all the things I love to eat but I think I rather live then eat unhealthy and this is not only for me research it yourself you will find out that all people are only suppose to have 2400mg of salt a day to prevent health issues Stay Salt Free people

Indisbelief
03-12-10, 02:20 PM

Salt Banned

At some point the government needs to focus on some important issues, banning salt from foods prepared in New York State should not be within the realm of their legislation.

Anonymous
03-12-10, 07:56 PM

Stress is the major factor to disease

Stress is you can not pay your rent, stress if you can not pay your health insurance, stress if you have lost your job and can no long pay mortgage.. STRESS is the real KILLER.. What is te point of living longer if you can not Enjoy the life you have?

Anonymous
03-12-10, 08:16 PM

what about genetically modified Foods and Plastics?

Salts are the least of our problems. Salt has been arouns for billions of years.. The plastics that leach into our foods and the weird arse science that modifies a chicken to have six legs is more of a problem.. Try read 'our stolen future' and get a little insight into what is happening

Hugh
03-13-10, 08:54 PM

Salt, What's next?

OK so Transfats are already banned. Now they are trying for salt. What’s next? Next it will be pepper, then sugar, then garlic. Once the government gets into telling us what we can eat it won’t stop. They will say it’s for our own good. They have to protect the dumb people that can’t think for themselves. they consider it their duty to protect us from ourselves.

K-Man, T.G.A.B.
03-17-10, 06:56 AM

Just another taste of that

registered
03-17-10, 09:54 AM

What's next?

Hugh;191221:
OK so Transfats are already banned. Now they are trying for salt. What’s next? Next it will be pepper, then sugar, then garlic. Once the government gets into telling us what we can eat it won’t stop. They will say it’s for our own good. They have to protect the dumb people that can’t think for themselves. they consider it their duty to protect us from ourselves.



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K-Man, T.G.A.B.
03-17-10, 07:01 AM

Here's your

First we had


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