Oh dear, oh dear, walk on by. The banks of the Hudson (Latitude, Longitude: 40.831486, -73.951714) lie about 400 metres west of this watering hole. Continuing west and high, high in the sky, moves the recently new Moon, just above the Moon walks Gemini, with Mars high on their right, and below the Moon stands Orion/Osiris; my eyes yearn to travel to that line-of-sight effect, the three star belt, and there is Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse; to the south west lies Sirius, and just a touch north west, Venus skirts the horizon. What a beautiful night. To pause and rest after a long day’s journey. To find food and drink; company and talk. Keep dreaming. I am trying to figure out why the weary are served such a sodium rich and fatty fare. Speaking of the weary, I think folks will always be coming to this corner; it is easy and seductive and fast. I just can’t partake of this grub. Why ruin the heart for five Boneless Fiery Buffalo Wings; all that fat, a nice dollop of cholesterol and a pile on the salt disposition. Forget about the proteins and carbohydrates, they are meaningless in such company.
The Wings will get you 2260mg of sodium; the current recommendation (Rx) is 2400 mg/day. You fasted all day for the sake of sodium, unfortunately most United Staters down 5000mg of sodium that equates to 12,000mg of salt. Try eating 12,000mg of salt from a cute little Japanese bowl presented really sweetly with a bamboo spoon; you will not get far. Keep the seductive corner shop but regulate the fare it slides over the counter. Some are just not going to do it on their own. My heart wants to float with the stars rather then succumb to the pressure. The year 2006 saw 73.5 million, said United Staters, dancing to the tune of high blood pressure not to mention the other accompanying cardiovascular diseases. Look to the stars.
Currently the United States Food and Drug Agency (FDA) does not regulate salt in foods but a report released today and sponsored by the FDA, recommends that there are available human lives to be saved by doing so. See Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States, released: April 20, 2010, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Strategies-to-Reduce-Sodium-Intake-in-the-United-States.aspx
The report by the Institute of Medicine, which is the health arm of the United States National Academy of Sciences, identifies that “[w]hile numerous stakeholders have initiated voluntary efforts to reduce sodium consumption in the United States during the past 40 years, they have not succeeded. Without major change, hypertension and cardiovascular disease rates will continue to rise, and consumers will pay the price [with their blood and treasure] for inaction.” In the absence of the Holy Grail, behavioural change, it is time for rigorous regulation of that pile on the salt disposition, nice dollop of cholesterol and all that fat.
The Wings will get you 2260mg of sodium; the current recommendation (Rx) is 2400 mg/day. You fasted all day for the sake of sodium, unfortunately most United Staters down 5000mg of sodium that equates to 12,000mg of salt. Try eating 12,000mg of salt from a cute little Japanese bowl presented really sweetly with a bamboo spoon; you will not get far. Keep the seductive corner shop but regulate the fare it slides over the counter. Some are just not going to do it on their own. My heart wants to float with the stars rather then succumb to the pressure. The year 2006 saw 73.5 million, said United Staters, dancing to the tune of high blood pressure not to mention the other accompanying cardiovascular diseases. Look to the stars.
Currently the United States Food and Drug Agency (FDA) does not regulate salt in foods but a report released today and sponsored by the FDA, recommends that there are available human lives to be saved by doing so. See Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States, released: April 20, 2010, http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/Strategies-to-Reduce-Sodium-Intake-in-the-United-States.aspx
The report by the Institute of Medicine, which is the health arm of the United States National Academy of Sciences, identifies that “[w]hile numerous stakeholders have initiated voluntary efforts to reduce sodium consumption in the United States during the past 40 years, they have not succeeded. Without major change, hypertension and cardiovascular disease rates will continue to rise, and consumers will pay the price [with their blood and treasure] for inaction.” In the absence of the Holy Grail, behavioural change, it is time for rigorous regulation of that pile on the salt disposition, nice dollop of cholesterol and all that fat.