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To: Zoltan! who wrote (23374)	7/8/1998 4:48:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) of 108807

Z! A couple of things-- THe IBD study relies on two (unnamed) brands. And compares them based on the amounts (1/8 c) that qualifies as a serving size. First, whereas I think people do eat an 1/8 c. of salsa easily, if you handed me a spoon and an eighth of a cup of ketchup, I'd think you were crazy. Why does "pressure" from the SW have anything to do with anything? Why is this a negative? We DO eat salsa as a salad substitute here in Texas. (Our favorite restaurant serves salsa, guacamole and sour cream on shredded lettuce as its "salad" with the entree) I'm sitting here with my ketchup and salsa in front of me again! Let's look-this time with an eye to equalizing the serving size. 1/8 cup = 2 T. So I'll double the ketchup. There is no mention of Vitamin A on my ketchup, though my salsa has 8% (as opposed to IBD's nameless brand which they said had 2%)!!!!!!! And also there is 4% of MDR Vitamin C! Why, look! Salsa even has 2% iron! So what brands did IBD use??? Not the ones in my kitchen! My goodness!!!THis sounds like my point to CGB earlier about studies being easily manipulated! CAlories---ketchup 40, salsa 15 Sugar 6 g., salsa 2 Here IBD and I really part company. They say that the sugar gives a "little dash of extra energy" (don't they make it sound cute?)---baloney- sugar rushes wear off quickly and can leave you tired. It's one "benefit" I'd as soon my kids passed on. Sodium--ah yes--380 mg for ketchup, 260 for salsa. Isn't sodium one of those things we tend to get a lot of everywhere? Is it really an important ingredient? I really don't know--I'm asking. i thought it was kind of negative to get too much sodium. Somehow IBD lost credibility with me with this. It sounded to me as if they were trying to hard to disprove the other viewpoint. I think they really forced the facts into their own shape and I resent that. I think both salsa and ketchup are silly as far as vegies go, but so far I'm definitely voting with the salsa as the healthier winner. THis study---(theirs and mine)--is meaningless without knowing exactly how the gov't plans to define salsa. And ketchup. Comparing one brand to another is useless.

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