Comments on: Salt is the main cause of obesity

By: Dlnyaasan

Dlnyaasan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:04:54 +0000

Im a Kurdish woman from kurdistan region of Iraq. Our food is usually salty, so, we are generally over weight. Iam agree with u that salt is the main cause of obesty.

By: IrnMary

IrnMary — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:37:01 +0000

I am a bit of an ingredient freak myself and won’t eat most processed food because of all the yucky ingredients.

I mean orange juice should just be oranges, not added asapartame, glucose, potassium, e number and lots of other crap… even diet coke is just as fattening as the normal rubbish, they just use sugar substitutes, which are just as bad for you.

Next time you eat something read the ingredients, if that doesn’t put you off nothing will.

By: George

George — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:01:51 +0000

Frightening the amount of salt in food these days. It slowly poisons your body. I’m amazed your McDonalds had no salt on the. Every McJobber salts the chips when passing.

There is actually more salt in a bowl of Rice Krispies than in a packet of ready salted crisps.

Everyone watches sugar intake. Few bother about salt.

By: Mogga

Mogga — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:36:05 +0000

We call it full fat coke too.
You do need some salt every day but if you eat anything processed you almost certainly get enough salt and there’s very little need to add it at the table.
I can’t stand watching people pour tonnes of salt on their food. When I pass comment though I am accused of nagging.I do think we get used to lots of salt and you can wean yourself off using loads of it. Just replacing your normal salt with lo-salt can be a good start.

By: frank

frank — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:24:48 +0000

Hi “Pete”

No I did mean to write full fat coke mate – it is a slang term used by people who enjoy drinking real coke and not fake (no sugar coke)

Thanks for pointing out the other causes, I was unaware of those and I thought it was just salt that caused it

By: pete

pete — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:17:56 +0000

“I just saved myself probably 300+ calories from the chips and full fat coke I didn’t finish – Just because the chips had no salt on them”
Think you mean full ’sugar’ coke mate!

“Salt is the main cause of obesity !” It’s one of the causes.
(1) Salt gives flavour to food, but also makes you thirsty (as well as clogging your arteries), so if you eat fast food (which is often salty), then you want to drink – soft drinks/beer = more calories.
(2) Other causes of obesity are lack of balanced diet and no exercise.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:27:19 +0000

100% definate Elaine ! Although I did stumble across sugar free sweets a while back (cola bottles to be precise) and I ate a few too many, and ended up worse for wear – I will leave you make your own assumptions from that lol

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:43:58 +0000

you could have hit on something here – now if they could only take sugar out of jelly babies, and chocolate out of milk tray :0