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Kidney foundation calls for government tax on salt in foods like instant noodles


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Thailand's kidney disease foundation conducted a survey on sodium content in food.

 

They found that instant noodles in particular were full of salt. 

 

Children and old people in particular were taking far too much salt into their bodies, reported Daily News.

 

People were encouraged to read the label.

 

And the government have been urged to introduce a salt tax.

 

The foundation said that excessive salt intake leads to many NCDs, non-communicable diseases. 

 

Thai food contains a lot of salt in general as well as sugar - essential ingredients of what Thais call "rot chart" - flavor. 

 

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Let's hope they tax high sodium items, not just sodium itself. They will just add more MSG (monosodium glutamate) to avoid the tax.

 

Same thing with the sugar tax and aspartame...

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

They found that instant noodles in particular were full of salt.

Covered in 3 heaped spoons of sugar... Thai delight.

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Is it the noodles that contains a lot of salt or is it the flavor packets?  If it's just the packets, why don't they educate the public to not use the entire packet?

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Instant noodles, fish sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce and MSG.

 

What would Thailand do without?

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Regressive taxes simply screw the lowest on the economic scale. 

Want to lower the salt in processed foods?  Target the manufacturer's and limit the salt in their products.

But no.  They'll screw the little people.  It's easier.

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On 12/13/2021 at 10:14 AM, webfact said:

They found that instant noodles in particular were full of salt. 

 

They are wrong,It's Not the noodles it's the packets of flavoring packed with the noodles that that are full off bad stuff.

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Let's be clear, the problem is not with salt, it's with refined salt. Get natural unrefined salt, like they rub on barbecued fish. Cheap at the market, you don;t need to pay fancy Celtic or Himalayan prices.

Ditto sugar. That refined white poison.

Big Food makes you sick, then Big Pharma keeps you sick.

Ka-ching.

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