Townhall picks up an AP story dated August 6, 2006 in which Dr. Jeffery Cutler of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute does a press release to warn people about the danger of salt.
Americans Should Shake Salty Food Habit: Salt is salt, the experts say, and it's bad for your health. Chances are you're eating way too much of it. … Health officials aren't concerned about the dash in your pasta cooking water or the sprinkle on your scrambled eggs. Salt added at the table or during cooking accounts for less than a quarter of the sodium in the American diet. It's processed and restaurant foods that are the problem.
Half-baked science: Many experts on blood pressure told us there isn't enough scientific research to justify the government's anti-salt campaign, and there definitely isn't enough to justify Cutler's 2,400-milligram limit. … I couldn't read Cutler's mind, so I don't know that he pushed his anti-salt campaign because he wanted to build himself a little empire. But consider the choices of the bureaucrat: If he finds that you're probably eating "more than 20 times the salt your body needs," his findings may be on "Good Morning America," and he's important. If he finds no threat, he is just another bureaucrat.
