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LCRVYSB • yesterday at 6:51 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

(Salt isn't as bad for you as the sugar marketing machine wants you to believe.)


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the__alchemist • yesterday at 9:40 PM

I buy that. Long-term salt negative effects of high-quantity of salt are questionable. Restaurant food will make me slug water, hold it, get bloaty, then go on a peeing spree a few hours later. It's a sneaky crutch they use to make the food "taste better".

See also: Using 100% refined flour for everything (That does have a long-term negative health effect not unlike the sugar one you mention), and make their seating uncomfortable to turn tables.