Bugger the road toll......

**ramblingboy42** · 13th May 2015, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

We need to reduce the salt toll.

More Victorians die from excessive salt consumption than from car accidents, study shows - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The salt toll is SIX times the road toll!

We need the Salt Police to get on to this one. Zero tolerance I say.

Mick Maybe you should lobby this .

Form the Zero Tolerance to Salt Party.......it's as good a platform as many out there.

I think you will get good support from this forum.

Have a go......

**Saitch** · 13th May 2015, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Mick Maybe you should lobby this .

Form the Zero Tolerance to Salt Party.......it's as good a platform as many out there.

I think you will get good support from this forum.

Have a go......

Or the "Say NO To Salt" party i.e. SNOTS!

**Mick_Marsh** · 13th May 2015, 07:43 PM

Oi! A warning.

The first post was never meant to be political. Don't push it that way.

**Homestar** · 14th May 2015, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Too much of anything is bad for us except running or exercise but I am sure someone can find statistics to say running = certain death

Not certain death, but plenty have died while out for a run. That's not to say you shouldn't exersize though.

**Orkney 90** · 14th May 2015, 07:33 AM

Reaching for the salt shaker is a form of exercise.

Don't tell me it isn't.

**Chenz** · 15th May 2015, 05:07 PM

I cut out salt, sugar and alcohol. It was the scariest 5 minutes of my life

**Disco Muppet** · 15th May 2015, 05:54 PM

No salt, no sugar, no alcohol, no burnt toast, no fatty foods, don't do drugs, don't drive fast....
Live a longer, more miserable life and die grumpy

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**d2dave** · 15th May 2015, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Orkney 90

I don't know... My reasoning has always been that I only live once. I love my salt. In fact I put salt on my salt...

Amazing thing is that I have just passed my Cat 1 medical with flying colours. Except for cholesterol which is a tad high. But that runs in my family from our Eastern European diet.

I couldn't live without my salty diet. And if it eventually kills me, so be it. Something is going to anyway...

I read the story on salt. It appears to me that the bit we add to our food on the plate is not the issue.

I am currently on a diet(lost 8 kg so far and my new AULRO shirt fits now) so I went and read the food labels on everything I ate for the day.

My total salt consumption was not high, about two grams, but the only salt added to my meals after serving was a small amount on my mashed spuds.

The rest came from, breakfast cereal (Al Bran with honey and almond),
lunch, two sandwiches, bread has salt, one cup of soup (lots of salt).

The above is what was refereed to in the story as hidden salt.

Now if I was not dieting you can add the occasional packet of chips or biscuits along with other rubbish. Crickey, even canned salmon, which I love has salt in it.

**jimr1** · 15th May 2015, 11:53 PM

As we all know Mothers Day has just gone , Anyway my wife was brought a box of of Lindt Lindor , " Sea Salt Caramel " as a present . I never had Salt flavored chocolate before , but I can tell you there very nice . I think I'm going to take a chance with the salt , even now I know It's not good for me . If It gets me , It can go on my Headstone !!..Jim..

**newhue** · 16th May 2015, 05:13 AM

Could not agree more **** the road toll, last night's dinner was roast lamb and baked veggies.....pass the salt please I said with anticipation. I think it actually enhances the taste, well of that meal anyway and i'm willing to pay.
I believe the Government should somehow be capping quantities of fat, sugar, salt, various preservatives and colours in processed food via a manufacturing food tax. If Coke want to put 14 tea spoons of sugar in a can of coke let them. If Johnny wants to drink 5 cans a day let him, just tax them.

It should not be community pay all the bill with the health issues, while Coke counts the profits. Perhaps a can of Coke should be $5, and the water $2, with the turn around in tax instead if profits. I can tell you water at $2 per bottle the profits are already well over 100%.

Working out the bench mark on daily quantities however will have all sorts of do gooders, consumers, and manufacturers saying they are being discriminated against. But its something our Governments should be doing collectively as they struggle with the health bill now. And that is with a aged community that was raised far healthier then the current.

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