Just curious, How do you propose to make that decision before you get the chowder? Menus aren't exactly known for listing sodium levels.

I don't give a crap about any slippery slope arguments, I just want my fast food to be a lot less salty. Instead of an outright ban i'd settle for the ability to order salt free versions.

Solution: grow our own food.

Will that ever happen? :har:

I don't know about growing my own food, but we have a pretty good system of Farmer's Markets in my area that we use. I had actually forgotten what real food tasted like. :yep:

This year we will be buying a meat grinder and making the food for our dogs, instead of buying "raw" food products.

Oh crap I just realized... no more ramen noodles.. :yawn:

Farmers markets FTW.:up:

Just last Thursday Fine Farms plowed their first field. So that means on my way to work for the next few months I get to drive to drive by the corn that I'll be eventually be eating with my dinner.

I likes my corn on the cob I do. :yep:

Thinking about getting back into gardening myself. I read that you can use 3 percent Hydrogen peroxide (Ones without stabilizers) to deal with root rot because it degrades into water and oxygen and the free oxygen dissolves dead roots while giving oxygen to weak ones. Cool stuff!

Well I don't like the idea of the goverment controlling what we can and can't eat.

I agree with August that some fast foods, especially fries, are a lot of times too salty. I had rather salt my own to my taste.

Mostly I cook my own food these days. I fry using coconut oil. When I prepare hash brown potatoes I find I don't even need butter using coconut oil, and very little salt.

That crap will kill you Steam.

It should not be legislated. If there is a market for low-sodium versions, then let the market decide.

My solution is to avoid fast food. Actually, I get different food that is also fast, just not industrial.

The chorizo burritos at this little stand near the airport... he makes it right there (short order) in a few seconds, and it is so much better than any chain fast food... damn, might go there for lunch.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Emphasis mine. I guess it all comes down to how you define "promote the general Welfare."

BTW I assume it would not be raised as an issue amongst intelligent, thoughtful people such as frequent these forums - however, just in case, "general Welfare" in this context refers to the well-being of the citizenry and not some government entitlement program about which one may have strong opinions one way or the other. :O:

Bad idea, because the market goes out of it's way to hide such things. They'll put two pop tarts in a package then base the nutrition info on one pop tart for example or they'll call something low fat but all of it is saturated.

If it's unhealthy then I don't want it added in the first place or I want clear and stringent label warnings like those on cigarettes.

No one is forcing you to eat that crap.

You just said it tells you it's one pop tart, even though a package is too. If you can't multiply by 2, the pop tart is the least of your* problem (*not YOU, but some person at large :) )

The nutrition info is already there. The fast food joints have the same information on the wall as a poster, too. That's more than enough.

Really, this is not for people who care about their health, this is presumably an idea to protect the idiots who don't care, can't read, etc, right? ANyone that cares avoids this sort of food, anyway.

So you'll get less salt, but just as much fat, etc? Or an salt, and they'll add more sugar, or whatever to make it sell. It's insane. Caveat f-ing emptor.

You know I often eat out with friends and it wasn't only once that when I said: "there's way too much salt in that", they replied "I don't know what you're talking about, it's just fine". I know it's only anecdotal evidence, but I think some people have problems tasting salt, to an extent where they don't notice it eventhough I can taste nothing but salt anymore. And I'm challenged too in that regard because I'm a smoker, but I can still taste if there's too much salt in a dish.

Maybe it's not bad that they're regulating the amount of sodium in processed foods. I mean when all you eat uses too much salt, I guess everything that's salted a normal amount will taste bland, so you salt until it's at the level you're accustomed to.

My point was they're sneaky about it. Most people are going to figure it's a single portion.

So you see nothing wrong with restaurants adding say ground glass to their food then? I hear it's a real taste enhancer. That should be popular with the idiots...