BF2S Forums Proposed Salt Banning

S.Lythberg wrote:

Lack of soduim ions will kill a human fairly quickly...

What does sodium have to do with this?

A surplus of chlorine will kill a human fairly quickly too...

mcminty wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

S.Lythberg wrote:

Lack of soduim ions will kill a human fairly quickly...

What does sodium have to do with this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_channel

You seem to have completely missed the point.

DrunkFace wrote:

ruisleipa wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

I cook at home a lot. I also use salt in almost everything I cook.

yeah exactly but you choose how much to put in your food. if you go out to eat or buy ready-made meals they often have a lot of salt in them already and then people often add even more, so you end up with shitloads of salt in your food...which isn't very healthy obviously.

I don't go to restaurants to buy ready made meals. And any 'chef' worthy of the title does not work in fast food. Salt is a key ingredient in any decent food, banning its use would more then likely just lead to hundreds of restaurant closures.

I understand the concern, but banning its use it definitely not the answer. How about we also ban the use of oils and butters, or the practice of larding? How about cream, that's nice and fattening, ban that too?

yeah yeah, I agree with you man, I'm just pointing out another way of looking at it is all, fuckin take it easy. I'm not arguing for a ban. Chillax. My point is that while you might have a good diet and an intelligent way of tihnking about food millions don't. They don't know about nutrition, they don't know about excess salt, and so on.

I didn't mean you eat ready meals in a restaurant, obviously. but ready-meals are really popular and often have a LOT of salt and sugar in them, and they're more unhealthy than making the same food at home.

It's also not true that salt is a key ingredient in ANY decent food, especially when we consider sweet foods, right?

As the OP said:

BN wrote:

Any decent chef knows you need salt when preparing meals; salt destabilises flavour molecules. I trust a chef to administer salt appropriately.

If this guy is serious he would look at reducing salt in fast food & prepared microwave meals.

I agree with this - fast food and ready meals should have their ingredients labelled and controlled more. So there is definitely practices that should be reconsidered but banning salt in restaurants is obviously a stupid idea, although I can see why there would be the concern in the first place.

DrunkFace wrote:

ruisleipa wrote:

Cybargs wrote:

Yes they can.

It's just a matter of strength and will. Cooking at home is a step one.

thats the point innit, many people find it easier to eat at McD than cook at home, don't have the will or inclination to eat healthily, can't cook, or don't know what it means to have a balanced diet.

I cook at home a lot. I also use salt in almost everything I cook.

I was struggling to think of a single recipe that doesn't require salt when this was first posted and I still can't think of one. Even most deserts require a pinch of salt.

destruktion_6143 wrote:

FEOS wrote:

Or...here's an idea...people can control their OWN intake of salt.

No they cant.

People cant seem to control their intake of sugar, fat, carbs, protein, salt, or alcohol anymore....

Then let them die.

Cybargs wrote:

ruisleipa wrote:

Cybargs wrote:

Yes they can.

It's just a matter of strength and will. Cooking at home is a step one.

thats the point innit, many people find it easier to eat at McD than cook at home, don't have the will or inclination to eat healthily, can't cook, or don't know what it means to have a balanced diet.

That's their own fault really. Kinda like kids who do shit in school who don't bother to study.

Which proves my point of people not being able to control themselves... rite?

destruktion_6143 wrote:

Cybargs wrote:

ruisleipa wrote:

thats the point innit, many people find it easier to eat at McD than cook at home, don't have the will or inclination to eat healthily, can't cook, or don't know what it means to have a balanced diet.

That's their own fault really. Kinda like kids who do shit in school who don't bother to study.

Which proves my point of people not being able to control themselves... rite?

Some people. Don't ban me from using a taste enhancer because some fuckers like to use a ton of it.

As stubbee said, ban HFCS first. But you can't coz US has a HUGE corn industry.

Marlo Stanfield wrote:

I blame fat people.

I blame me too
This is just stupid why do people think that the public needs to be wrapped in cotton wool to protect themselves. If people are too stupid to regulate what they eat then basically they deserve what they get.