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This is interesting to me because I've just had to go on a low salt diet for health problems, and I do dislike this diet.
I don't think there should be any mandatory restriction of any ingredient in food without there being some definite cause and effect problem for almost everyone. In other words, you don't want plutonium or cockroaches added to restaurant food because they are certainly harmful. High amounts of sodium are NOT implicated in many health problems - not even most hypertension! (though the older generation of doctors and nurses would dispute that). Only a very small percentage of the population needs to significantly reduce their sodium intake, so why make everyone else suffer because of us.
Basically fast foods are simply off limits to people who need to reduce sodium, though there are a few places where you can special-order foods like french fries that are unsalted (I'm thinking of In And Out Burgers). Better restaurants can usually accomodate a low-salt order.
If you're a runner you need your salt. I have weighed myself immediately before and after running on a treadmill and calculate that I lose about 2 lbs. per hour, mostly thru sweat of course, which means I'm losing probably 1500 mg. of sodium in 90 mins of running. If I eat a whopper w/ cheese after the run it only has about 700 mg. sodium, so I am still in deficit. I don't have a Boston Mkt near me so I don't know their sodium content.
THis is discrimination against runners, and really is an outrage especially considering how much running is linked to Boston (the Boston marathon). There should be some "run ins" where runners go to the BM parking lots and run around in circles to protest this new policy.
If you're a runner you need your salt. I have weighed myself immediately before and after running on a treadmill and calculate that I lose about 2 lbs. per hour, mostly thru sweat of course, which means I'm losing probably 1500 mg. of sodium in 90 mins of running. If I eat a whopper w/ cheese after the run it only has about 700 mg. sodium, so I am still in deficit. I don't have a Boston Mkt near me so I don't know their sodium content.
THis is discrimination against runners, and really is an outrage especially considering how much running is linked to Boston (the Boston marathon). There should be some "run ins" where runners go to the BM parking lots and run around in circles to protest this new policy.
Picture the future..you have to carry your reusable bags because all stores banned bags.
In your reusable bag you carry a salt shaker and a 32 oz plastic cup. As more things get banned, more things get added to your reusable bag and now you have no room left for shopping !
I go out all the time, and there is no salt or pepper on the table. The chef seasons the food correctly. It would be a terrible faux pas to request salt or ketchup at any fine dining establishment, perhaps Boston Market is simply going upscale rather than appealing to the baser and lower form tastes of the fast food mentality/crowd.
Boston Market will remain base; they are just taking salt off the table.
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Originally Posted by jasper12
I go out all the time, and there is no salt or pepper on the table. The chef seasons the food correctly. It would be a terrible faux pas to request salt or ketchup at any fine dining establishment, perhaps Boston Market is simply going upscale rather than appealing to the baser and lower form tastes of the fast food mentality/crowd.
I like salt (in moderation) and thus far no high blood pressure from eating it.
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