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Chloe rants about salt and caffeine

Wed Jul 8, 2009, 4:50 PM
I'm probably going to be all over the place with this, but let's begin.

I have beef with caffeine and salt. Am I health nut? Far from it. I enjoy ice cream, chocolate bars, and French fries dipped in butterscotch like every other person (kidding about the last one). Every once in a while I drink an energy drink or Mountain Dew. Would I eat and drink this stuff on a daily basis? Heck no, I would feel absolutely horrible and look like Jabba the Hutt.

I looked up sodium content on Wendy's boneless wings on a whim. Over 2000 mg of sodium. An average adult only needs 1500 mg. This amount for the wings doesn't include the soda, fries, chili, ketchup, etc. you might want to eat in your meal.

So what's the big deal? Salt can cause bloat and high blood pressure. It also makes you constantly thirsty, which makes you want to drink soda which has sodium, and you get thirsty again!! A vicious cycle, it is.

But seriously, pretty much every patient I've had has been on at least one blood pressure medication. Maybe they got the high BP from stress, a side effect; I think food plays a huge role.

Caffeine...oh caffeine. A stimulant that's marketed and stashed in brightly-colored cans. I see 13 year olds drinking these like water when they have no good reason to. Do they need to work 40 hours a week? Do they need to stay up to work on a 25-page paper? NO.

I hope someday that there will be a set limit on how much caffeine or salt is allowed in a product. Or maybe I should avoid eating this crap altogether.

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