Salt bad.......what about pepper?

[rigga]

We all get told how bad salt is for our systems,so generally i try not to have any extra on top of which that is normally found in food products,but the wife got me a pepper grinder,proper corns inside,and im hooked....... have it on everything (weetabix apart mind) and am getting adicted to the stuff....... what harm can it do.....if any?

[benzo]

I read that tabasco pepper sauce (Capsicum frutescens var. tabasco) mixed with live yoghurt becomes an anti- biotic. So in a way, it could be said that pepper is good for you.

Some peppers are said to kill cancer too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4805190.stm

I reckon there is way more heavy stuff to worry about!

[mybrainhurts]

The EU will be along in a minute to ban it...

[Olf]

I have concluded long before today that pepper is the only substance one can eat without fear of a nasty shock when reading the Daily Wail one day.

[CrashTD]

I heard sniffing pepper makes you sneeze in a certain way and it feels like an orgasm. A friend told me honest

this doesn't work

[Gsw500]

Makes my ears itch... bl**dy stuff....

[Simpo Two]

Not related. Salt and sodium are chemically active in the body, but pepper is merely dried plant matter.

[londonbabe]

Tracing pepper or newspepper?

[The_Doc]

Simpo Two said:

Not related. Salt and sodium are chemically active in the body, but pepper is merely dried plant matter.

Pedant: Na and Cl are active as ions in the body and principally act to control water movement in intracellular and extracellular space. Sodium (Na) is also very important for cell wall electrical gradients and cell depolarisation. The body is a massive electrical and filtration system.

WIKI

[bazking69]

Freshly ground black pepper is one of my most used ingredients. I tend to use it instead of salt.

[otolith]

benzo said:

I read that tabasco pepper sauce (Capsicum frutescens var. tabasco) mixed with live yoghurt becomes an anti- biotic.

This knowledge should never be incorporated into the use of yoghurt as a topical treatment for thrush.

[TheCarpetCleaner]

If people start to enjoy it, it will suddenly become bad for you, or be taxed, or banned. Or all three.

[Timmy35]

rigga said:

We all get told how bad salt is for our systems,so generally i try not to have any extra on top of which that is normally found in food products,but the wife got me a pepper grinder,proper corns inside,and im hooked....... have it on everything (weetabix apart mind) and am getting adicted to the stuff....... what harm can it do.....if any?

It's b**sh**t IMO.

http://www.health-report.co.uk/sodium_chloride_sal...

[Corpulent Tosser]

londonbabe said:

Tracing pepper or newspepper?

Toilet ?

[IforB]

If you have a low white cell count or a neutrapenic (a type of white cell) then you should avoid freshly ground pepper. The corns can grow a fungus on the outside which can cause you problems. Though if you are "normal" then it's not worth thinking about.

[Yugguy]

Salt is not bad.

[Mikeyboy]

Timmy35 said:

rigga said:

We all get told how bad salt is for our systems,so generally i try not to have any extra on top of which that is normally found in food products,but the wife got me a pepper grinder,proper corns inside,and im hooked....... have it on everything (weetabix apart mind) and am getting adicted to the stuff....... what harm can it do.....if any?

It's b**sh**t IMO.

http://www.health-report.co.uk/sodium_chloride_sal...

Yeah I read years ago that salt does not raise blood pressure as is popularly claimed and that in fact cutting back on salt may even lead to circulatory problems, but then it was probably in the same paper where I read a spoonfull on my chips will kill me stone dead..
Which do you believe in the end.

As for Pepper. Lovely stuff especially ground, and as far as I know no-ones said it'll kill me..yet

[otolith]

Timmy35 said:

rigga said:

We all get told how bad salt is for our systems,so generally i try not to have any extra on top of which that is normally found in food products,but the wife got me a pepper grinder,proper corns inside,and im hooked....... have it on everything (weetabix apart mind) and am getting adicted to the stuff....... what harm can it do.....if any?

It's b**sh**t IMO.

http://www.health-report.co.uk/sodium_chloride_sal...

On the other hand, look at their home page:

http://www.health-report.co.uk/index.html



As I understand it, reducing salt intake is useful in reducing blood pressure in patients who have high blood pressure and totally pointless for the rest of us. I think the point of the drive to make us reduce salt is so that when we become old and prone to blood pressure problems, we won't be used to consuming lots of the stuff and so won't have to cut down. It is, as you say, bullst.

[mechsympathy]

Timmy35 said:

It's b**sh**t IMO.

http://www.health-report.co.uk/sodium_chloride_sal...

Hmmm, what to believe? A rant in an obscure medical newsletter (note it's not a peer-reviewed journal) or the studies it's slating....

[BoRED S2upid]

I read in some girly mag or other something about adding pepper to your food helps burn calories?. I wasn't as much reading the article as looking at the pictures so don't know how accurate this fact is.