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To: puborectalis who wrote (17452)	4/29/2010 4:02:00 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

If it was worse than nicotine it would still be our choice to buy it, just like smokers choose to smoke. But its not worse than nicotine. Either in the short term or longer term. In the short term if you try to consume as much nicotine (even if you have a purified source of it so you don't get other harmful byproducts), as you can salt, it will kill you. If the longer run nicotine is usually received from tobacco products which are more, and more clearly harmful than dietary salt. For people with salt sensitive hypertension, or kidney problems salt is a major issue. For people who don't have those, or perhaps any of a few other conditions its not.

To: puborectalis who wrote (17452)	4/29/2010 4:10:46 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

what right do the restaurants and food companies have to poison our food with renal destroying sodium......it's worse than nicotine! And you graduated from med school! LOL Give me a break!

To: puborectalis who wrote (17452)	4/29/2010 4:49:37 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

what right do the restaurants and food companies have to poison our food with renal destroying sodium Just happened to read this morning something on point: "All nutrients are potentially toxic As the National Academy of Sciences states: "All nutrients can have adverse effects when intakes are excessive." That's why tolerable upper limits (ULs) have been established for many nutrients. The NAS recommends that you don't exceed 45mg per day of iron, for example. But no-one is suggesting that iron is a poison or that it should be avoided at all costs." blog.nutritiondata.com BTW, how many hours of nutrition education did you get in medical school? How many hours of study design and statistics?