Yesterday, an article about a study conducted at the University of Iowa suggested that salt may be a natural anti-depressant. The news partially explains why we eat too much of it. But maybe it's even more than that. Could salt be...a dangerous DRUG? Yes, indeed. Key line: "The Iowa researchers fear many people now react to salt in the same way that addicts react to hard drugs." (via The Daily Mail) Consider it the other white powder.
Time Magazine mined the salt topic yesterday too. The headline tells the story: Eating a Bit Less Salt Can Be a Big Health Boon. Well, put that way, it's not such a revelation. More specifically: "Cutting out just 1 g of salt (or 40 mg of sodium) per person per day could prevent 30,000 cases of coronary heart disease across the U.S. population by 2019." The upshot: Your food may be bland, and you may get depressed, but at least you'll be healthy.