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Costco, Salt and Profits

Last week my team and I sent out a media release attacking Costco for deliberately promoting salt and salt-laden products to its customers. That act alone would have been bad enough. But Costco chose to publish an article in its “Costco Connection”...

High Blood Pressure NY Times Op-Ed Column

A recent New York Times op-ed contributor writes that high blood pressure has not been proven to cause any health problems. It seems he wants to tell his readers that they can put as much salt as they want in their food.   Come on. How irresponsible is...

Salt and High Blood Pressure: The Early Years

Attention mothers and grandmothers. Do you know that what you feed your babies the very first time will determine their future health? You want them to grow healthy and strong, but they may well become obese and disease prone if you feed them salty food. By ...

Salt, Hypertension and Stroke

“It is the blood pressure, stupid,” wrote Professor Stephen MacMahon, founder and Principal Director of The George Institute for Global Health and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Sidney. In a published statement he was pleading on...

Celtic Salt

Celtic salt is sea salt. Sea salt is no different than table salt if you compare the sodium chloride content. And you know that salt kills! That basically sums it up. I have addressed this issue in two separate blogs referenced below. Celtic salt claims to be salt...