FDA to limit amout of salt..

[XabbaRus]

Well sometimes people need to be saved from themselves.

I try to heat healthuly, ie balanced diet. I have a weakness for chocolate but I try to limit it.

The thing is I see these fat huge people, who just stuff themselves and eat **** food and then complain they are fat.

So for the sake of society if people can't look after themselves then the government has to intervene. Not ideal, but like I said, some people need to be saved from themselves.

[Wolfehunter]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

So for the sake of society if people can't look after themselves then the government has to intervene. Not ideal, but like I said, some people need to be saved from themselves.

I disagree

I say if someone wants to jump off a cliff then let them go...

[tater]

I tend to be in the camp of not regulating stuff like that. If people want to be stupid, let them.

OTOH, I am pretty convinced the primary reason for the explosion of obesity is diet. We have friends who are both slim. Heck, athletic, actually. They are very well off, so it is not one of those arguments you hear that poor people cannot afford good food. here's the thing, the wife doesn't cook. She has a huge (600 square foot?) gourmet kitchen, and her ginormus SubZero fridge (36" fridge next to a 36" freezer) is filled with open and reheat crap from costco.

I do much of our grown up cooking, because I like to. Yeah, we feed the kids fish sticks, or boxed mac and cheese sometimes, but for the most part everything starts out as raw food. Veggies, meat, and sometimes a starch. I use stuff that's "bad for you," too. Like I use plenty of salt, and plenty of butter at times (far more olive oil than butter, but when I use butter, I use butter). Rarely I make sauces with cream, too. Thing is I make decent portions, and the kids usually eat what we eat (I save the fish sticks, pizza, etc for when I might make something "challenging" for a 3 and 6 year old—but we still make them try it first.

Course now that we have more people on the healthcare dole, I might change my mind. People who are wards of the State don't deserve freedom to eat what they want. If I pay for their healthcare, then I should have a say in what they eat, right? Why should I pay for diabetes care for morbidly obese kids, for example? Maybe all fatty pre-made food should be forced to have a very high price point point. Even restaurants.

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[Camaero]

Originally Posted by Wolfehunter

I disagree

I say if someone wants to jump off a cliff then let them go...

I would agree... but with Medicare and Obamacare heh... now everyone will have to pay for the poor diets of others.

[Platapus]

Well this FDA program won't infringe on anyone's right to put as much salt on their food as they like. So keep that salt shaker loaded up and have at it!

Last time I looked every restaurant and fast food joint had salt there for the customer.

Personally, I like the option of choosing how much salt my food has. Since We can't count on the industry to give us this choice, we are, once again, forced to turn to the government.

If only the industry would self-regulate, we would not have to have such programs. Corporations don't give a crap about the health of the consumer.

By reducing the amount of sodium in processed foods, it gives greater freedom to the consumer to determine how much sodium (in the form of salt) their food has. What could be wrong with giving the customer a choice?