We are constantly being advised what to eat and what not to eat. And the rules keep changing. Remember the food pie chart from the 1950s? Red meat was the base! In the 1960s we were told to eat margarine instead of butter. Now butter is better. Fish was and is recommended but not fresh water fish that is tainted by Mercury in the waters. And not big salt water fish that eat smaller fish that eat smaller fish building up more and more toxins. Fruits and vegetables can be contaminated with insecticides. Chicken has arsenic. Milk is radioactive at worst, too fatty at best. No soda, too much sugar. No diet soda, artificial sweetener is bad. No juice, the sugar thing again.
Now research says salt is not as bad as we thought.
TIME (1/20, Sifferlin) reports that while “it’s currently recommended that adults aged 51 and older consume less than 1,500 mg of sodium a day for better heart health,” research published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that “consuming up to 2,300 mg of salt isn’t associated with greater mortality, cardiovascular disease, or heart failure in older adults.”
Forbes (1/20) contributor Larry Husten writes that investigators “analyzed 10-year followup data from 2,642 adults between 71 and 80 years of age who participated in an observational study and who had their sodium intake assessed based on a food frequency questionnaire filled out in the second year.” Husten writes, “No significant relationship was found between sodium intake and mortality or the development of cardiovascular disease or heart failure.”
I'm glad to learn this but I don't know who or what to trust anymore. I guess we just have to eat everything in moderation. What's bad today will be good tomorrow and what's good today will be bad tomorrow! At least ice cream remains a healthy choice. :)
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