Comments on: Can Salt Be Any Saltier? http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/06/can-salt-be-any-saltier/ Science Driven Real Life Toddler Nutrition Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: joel frieders http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/06/can-salt-be-any-saltier/#comment-1050 joel frieders Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:39:43 +0000 http://www.littlestomaks.com/?p=2040#comment-1050 wow, jenna nailed it. great article. ive run a compounding pharmacy for years now and the one thing ive noticed is that "simple changes" aren't acceptable. if im this way then i was meant to be this way, not change to my diet is going to fix it, give me a pill. or in this case, make the salty foods i eat appear safer to me. wow, jenna nailed it.
great article.
ive run a compounding pharmacy for years now and the one thing ive noticed is that “simple changes” aren’t acceptable. if im this way then i was meant to be this way, not change to my diet is going to fix it, give me a pill.
or in this case, make the salty foods i eat appear safer to me.

]]> By: Tasty links « Eat Cheap, Eat Well, Eat Up! http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/06/can-salt-be-any-saltier/#comment-569 Tasty links « Eat Cheap, Eat Well, Eat Up! Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:42:06 +0000 http://www.littlestomaks.com/?p=2040#comment-569 [...] Sodium patrol: Making salt saltier (so you eat less)–Little Stomaks [...] [...] Sodium patrol: Making salt saltier (so you eat less)–Little Stomaks [...]

]]> By: athanasia http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/06/can-salt-be-any-saltier/#comment-550 athanasia Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:26:31 +0000 http://www.littlestomaks.com/?p=2040#comment-550 i totally agree with you jenna, i find the whole tricking the body concept really disturbing..for sure we should just make our own food and control how much (and what kind of) salt we add. it's worth the extra bit of time it takes to make a home made meal or snack rather than waste money on these processed foods. i totally agree with you jenna, i find the whole tricking the body concept really disturbing..for sure we should just make our own food and control how much (and what kind of) salt we add. it’s worth the extra bit of time it takes to make a home made meal or snack rather than waste money on these processed foods.

]]> By: jenna http://www.littlestomaks.com/2009/06/can-salt-be-any-saltier/#comment-549 jenna Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:37:46 +0000 http://www.littlestomaks.com/?p=2040#comment-549 i don't know where to start with this. i hate that the answer to the health problems associated with eating too much sugar, fat, salt, is to develop new chemicals or processing techniques that trick the tongue to thinking it's eating something sweet, or something salty, or something slick and fatty. the answer to over consumption is not to produce technology or chemical that lets eaters feel like they are still enjoying the excess salt, fat, sugar. the right answer is moderation, and acclimating your mouth to enjoy food in a less processed way. fresh fruit does not taste sweet when you eat it along side a popsicle, or drink a soda. research has shown that with artificial sweeteners the body still breaks down the chemical as sugar and so even though someone has ingested one calorie in a diet soda, the body goes through the same process in breaking down (or attempting to break down) the amount of sugar found in a soda. our bodies are not really meant to process the amount of sugar (or artificial sugar) that is typical in the modern western diet. this doesn't even address the possible toxicity our bodies receive from the chemicals used to make artificial sweeteners. we don't really know the full impact a life long regular consumption of artifical sweeteners does to weight maintenance, organ function, cancer risk, etc. all the research on developing "artificial" sodium could be heading us down the same path. the body could still process the chemical the way sodium would be handled having the same impact on organs, systems etc. the danger is with the false sense of health that people get when consuming the low/no sugar low/no sodium products. they feel they are safe, so more is consumed and more harm than is done due to over consumption. frightening. that's what I think. absolutely frightening. high sodium, sugar and fat foods should all be put in the "sometimes" category. so enjoy a burger and fries with a soda from a fast food place once a month (better with real sugar, real fat, real salt) but don't eat that way daily, weekly, etc. stay away completely from foods using chemicals that trick the tongue into thinking something is sweet, salty or fat. i don’t know where to start with this. i hate that the answer to the health problems associated with eating too much sugar, fat, salt, is to develop new chemicals or processing techniques that trick the tongue to thinking it’s eating something sweet, or something salty, or something slick and fatty. the answer to over consumption is not to produce technology or chemical that lets eaters feel like they are still enjoying the excess salt, fat, sugar. the right answer is moderation, and acclimating your mouth to enjoy food in a less processed way. fresh fruit does not taste sweet when you eat it along side a popsicle, or drink a soda. research has shown that with artificial sweeteners the body still breaks down the chemical as sugar and so even though someone has ingested one calorie in a diet soda, the body goes through the same process in breaking down (or attempting to break down) the amount of sugar found in a soda. our bodies are not really meant to process the amount of sugar (or artificial sugar) that is typical in the modern western diet. this doesn’t even address the possible toxicity our bodies receive from the chemicals used to make artificial sweeteners. we don’t really know the full impact a life long regular consumption of artifical sweeteners does to weight maintenance, organ function, cancer risk, etc.

all the research on developing “artificial” sodium could be heading us down the same path. the body could still process the chemical the way sodium would be handled having the same impact on organs, systems etc. the danger is with the false sense of health that people get when consuming the low/no sugar low/no sodium products. they feel they are safe, so more is consumed and more harm than is done due to over consumption.

frightening. that’s what I think. absolutely frightening. high sodium, sugar and fat foods should all be put in the “sometimes” category. so enjoy a burger and fries with a soda from a fast food place once a month (better with real sugar, real fat, real salt) but don’t eat that way daily, weekly, etc.
stay away completely from foods using chemicals that trick the tongue into thinking something is sweet, salty or fat.

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