And you thought salt was bad for you...

I remember my grandpa tellng me of the days when doctors spoke of the benefits of bacon, grease, eating lots of red meat... today we're told that's just the opposite. New York just passed a bill outlawing transfat usage in resturaunts, (so much for a good 'ol big mac), next thing you know we'll be eating sodium free, soy-full... EVERYTHING. Or will we? An article just publish by the New York Times shows that iodized salt helps to prevent brain damage in infants. Jack Ling goes so far as to say "Find me a mother who wouldn’t pawn her last blouse to get iodine if she understood how it would affect her fetus." Dr. Gerald Burrow of Yale's Medical Schools is quoted as sayng "For 5 cents per person per year, you can make the whole population smarter than before." Sounds like a wonder drug to me? The article is actually talking about iodine and the best way to get it is iodized salt.
I suppose this really shows nothing except history destined to repeat itself... first smoking was good for you.. starting January 1st you won't be able to smoke in any public place in Arizona... oh well... You smokers just hold out.. I'm sure in not-too-long, there'll be an article that says the amonia in cigarretts is actually a good thing. (maybe that's a stretch)


SALT MOUND

NYT: Raising the world's IQ

NYT: No to TransFat

I suppose at some point I should post a real blog, today is not that day. So I'm currently attending Arizona State University in good 'ol Phoenix, AZ. I'm a 5 time college drop out.. but I'm in school now and that's all that matters right? I'm applying for an NSEP scholarship (http://www.ndu.edu/nsep) to study abroad in South Korea. I'll be interning in Washington D.C. this summer through The Washington Center for Seminars and Internships (http://www.twc.edu). I'll be taking a full load this spring in additional to an L2 Law Seminar offered at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law.

So.. This is where the magic will happen: