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It would be different if the indignities of airport security served a self-evident lifesaving purpose. But the first thing the inquisitive traveler learns is that the X-ray machines that constitute the principal barrier between parking lot and planes can detect only teaspoons and hairpins and are utterly indifferent...
In addition, she has a collection of handmade fiddle-head teaspoons, characterized by their "curly-q handles," hanging from a board on her wall. She takes them down and uses them for her tea, but "in the meantime they look nice up there," she says.
In a study of heart patients, they found that taking eight teaspoons of cod liver oil every day for six weeks produced several changes associated with cardiovascular health. The treatment raised blood concentrations of HDL cholesterol, lowerered the rate of blood clotting, and increased production of chemicals which cause dilation...
Since World War II, mainly because of the growing popularity of presalted, processed and frozen foods as well as a penchant for eating out, Americans have been taking in megadoses of salt. In the U.S. today the average adult consumes two to 2½ teaspoons a day, more than 20...
Statistically the link is clear. In countries where sodium intake is high, so is the frequency of hypertension. Japan is the most striking example. With a diet based largely on fish, pickled vegetables and soy sauce (1,029 mg sodium per tablespoon), the average Japanese citizen consumes nearly three teaspoons...