NY to ban salt?

This is one of the most ridiculous proposals yet. IT IS NOT THE GOVERNMENTS JOB TO BE OUR NANNY AND RESTRICT OUR FREEDOM TO MAKE AND EAT THE FOODS WE CHOOSE! Not to mention we need some salt to be healthy...

They can't tell us what oils to use in preparing restaurant food! Ooops, they did it! They can't make it a law we MUST wear seat belts. Ooops, they did it! They can't tax junk food, after all it IS food. Ooops, they did it! They can't tax regular soda more than diet soda. Ooops, they did it! They can't ban smoking in our own homes - the ones we paid for with our hard-earned dollars - oooops, at least one state has allowed companies to fire people for smoking in their own homes, even if they never light up at work! They can't keep restaurants from using salt to cook? - Want to bet on it?

Not only would this kill the food and restaurant industry, it would literally KILL PEOPLE. I'm amazed that anyone could be so stupid as to believe that human beings could live without salt. It is a necessary part of our diet and people will die without it.

The sad part in all this is, there's NOTHING wrong with salt! Humans have evolved with salt. It's one of the only "flavors" our tongues actually taste on their own. Salt being linked to health problems is junk science at best. Paraphrasing Alton Brown of the Food Network, unless you have a genetic predisposition to salt, it's perfectly healthy. And, like all things, salt is to be taken in moderation, obviously. If chefs in New York were using too much salt, they wouldn't be chefs in New York. People know when their food is too salty.

Again, bureaucracy rears its ugly head. What nonsense! Salt is what gives food taste, and, like other spices and seasonings, is of value. Historically it was of great value in trade and to preserve food. Just how much salt one puts on their food is also a matter of "taste" and individual responsibility and choice. What moral and intellectual midgets we have become to even entertain such a thought, much less spend time and money on such a foolish notion. Whover thought this one up is "NOT WORTH HIS SALT". For you see, salt was even used as an honorable bonding of commitment and covenant.

I know some things such as a soup base cannot be controlled by the restaurant. I am someone who does not regularly salt food, and if I have too much salt my blood pressure rises. Some times, depending on what I order, I cannot enjoy the meal because it is too salty or fatty. I do not like having salt added to my food before it gets to my table. Because I am not a big salt eater the pre-salted food tastes like a flavored salt lick to me. I cannot enjoy a bowl of soup at a restaurant because of the amount of salt that is added to it from the manufacturer of the soup base. Even so, is it the governments responsibility to regulate a private entity such as this? I am indeed torn about the freedom of business and my personal preference. In a way I would welcome such legislation, but in another way it is abhorrent the government is interfering. I lean towards government interference because of my personal preference; even so perhaps it should be put up to a vote by the people instead of some fat-head legislatures.

Just as I do not want the government in my Health Care I also do NOT want them in my kitchen or food.

I wonder - do delicatessens, bakeries, bagel shops, donut shops, etc. fall under the definition of restaurant? I wonder if they realize that salt is an important ingredient in many types of dough. The amount of salt in a bread dough doesn't just regulate taste, it has an actual effect on fermentation of the yeast and rise time as well as the structure of the dough. Obviously, these legislators have never tried to bake a loaf of bread at home. I still don't know why they want us all to live longer, isn't that just going to exacerbate the crisis with Social Security? I am going to stock up on salt, cook everything at home and put lots of salt in, on and around it.

That's ridiculous. Are they going to try to tell us when we can visit the bathroom as the next step in controlling our lives and choices?! It's way past time to muzzle this government and give it a few good kicks.

If this passes, I'm going to facepalm. We have been using salt to preserve our foods for well over 200 years... If we eliminated the use of salt as preservatives, then people would start using far more worse things than salt! Processed foods such as aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, and MSG have already shown that artificial substances are no good for us! Perhaps they should only decrease the ratio of salt to protein! I have reactive hypoglycemia, so I have to stay away from carbohydrates. It's a rarity for me to find any food that has a low sodium to protein ratio. I would prefer a 0.50:1 ratio of sodium to protein: 50mg of sodium to 1g of protein. However, if this is not enough to cover meat to preserve it, then it wouldn't be bad to have a 1:1 ratio! Salt is useful for our bodies. This isn't the answer to our dieting problems. This isn't even a step in the right direction to answering our dieting problems.

I actually think it is a good idea in theory, but it is not practical to police. Not having salt added in the cooking does not mean that people cannot have salt on their meals. It just means that they have the choice to put it on themselves at the table if they want it. Salt is needed by the body, but most cooking salt is rubbish. A good quality sea salt in moderation is healthy, but too much can also be harmful. If they have no salt in the kitchen, but then have a good sea salt at the table, then this is probably a good thing in my opinion, but I cannot see it happening!

Im """""SO""""""fed up with governments being in my panties. Im an adult and if I want to eat salt, smoke, drive without my seatbelt on, cross the street in the middle of heavy traffic or poke myself with scissors......its MY right, MY body and who the hell do they think they are to control us like this? I was watching some old Beatles video on youtube and it suddenly donged on me that we used to have a lot of fun then but not anymore. Look around you, nobody is having fun anymore. We're all worried we'll get sick if we eat trans fat, if we should inhale someone's smoke.....etc. I could go on and on about all this. Relax for pete's sake. We need to stop this madness NOW or pretty soon, Hitler will seem like a very nice guy!! It started with a few things, we let them make laws that suppress some of the population. Now they're trying to pass laws that will suppress another part of the population and pretty soon, everybody will be doing something illegal. Could be eating salt, smoking, eating junk foods, dressing in red on a Thursday when you should be wearing blue on a Thursday but red on a Monday. Sounds silly now but beware, it'll be like this VERY SOON!! Im going to find me a isolate place and hide there to live happy ever after smoking, drinking, eating salt and fatty foods!!

Hello what is this what is the effect by banning salt my friend

It looks like the Nanny state is well in NY. I can't wait for what's next! Sugar, I got it.