Talking Heads #8
"It occurred to me that nothing is more interesting than opinion when opinion is interesting..."
Herbert Bayard Swope, creator of the Op-Ed page.
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A two week forum for opinions on anything in print: magazines, newspaper articles, online: bring your ideas and let's discuss.
Our Eighth Selection is: Salt!
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You can't live without it, but can you live with it?
Salt of the earth, a man worth his salt...take what he says with a grain of salt…. below the salt at the table…throughout history salt has played an important part of every life.
.....Salary…..(from sal, salt, salarium, the Roman soldier was paid money so he could buy salt).
......In 1924 Iodized salt saved lives when the addition of iodine to salt addressed iodine deficiency related diseases |
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......The Salt March: In early April, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi, 61 years old, reached Dandi after walking 241 miles in 24 days. He then defied the law by making salt.
...... National Salt Reduction Initiative of 2010 seeks a crackdown on the salt added in restaurants and processed foods.
Don't eat salt, you say? Bet you do! Do you know where most of it lurks and that you can't taste it?
Do you know the recommended salt intake?
Have you looked at a can of tomato soup lately?
Too much fuss over nothing? Can't eat watermelon without salt?
Read the one page briefing article in Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1975316,00.html Salt in US Food of April 5, 2010 and let's discuss: is this just another fuss over nothing or is there a hidden killer in our midst?
Let's discuss!.
Talking Heads #8
"It occurred to me that nothing is more interesting than opinion when opinion is interesting..."
Herbert Bayard Swope, creator of the Op-Ed page.
(http://seniorlearn.org/bookclubs/graphics/talkingheads.jpg)
A two week forum for opinions on anything in print: magazines, newspaper articles, online: bring your ideas and let's discuss.
Our Eighth Selection is: Salt!
(http://seniorlearn.org/latin/graphics/Salt.jpg) |
You can't live without it, but can you live with it?
Salt of the earth, a man worth his salt...take what he says with a grain of salt…. below the salt at the table…throughout history salt has played an important part of every life.
.....Salary…..(from sal, salt, salarium, the Roman soldier was paid money so he could buy salt).
......In 1924 Iodized salt saved lives when the addition of iodine to salt addressed iodine deficiency related diseases |
(http://seniorlearn.org/latin/graphics/Ghandisaltmarch.jpg)
......The Salt March: In early April, 1930 Mahatma Gandhi, 61 years old, reached Dandi after walking 241 miles in 24 days. He then defied the law by making salt.
...... National Salt Reduction Initiative of 2010 seeks a crackdown on the salt added in restaurants and processed foods.
Don't eat salt, you say? Bet you do! Do you know where most of it lurks and that you can't taste it?
Do you know the recommended salt intake?
Have you looked at a can of tomato soup lately?
Too much fuss over nothing? Can't eat watermelon without salt?
Read the one page briefing article in Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1975316,00.html Salt in US Food of April 5, 2010 and let's discuss: is this just another fuss over nothing or is there a hidden killer in our midst?
Let's discuss!.