tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post73528325377348280..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Salt taxesEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-46448861197278785072015-05-05T12:28:39.142+12:002015-05-05T12:28:39.142+12:00But we will have to tax the white bread, as that h...But we will have to tax the white bread, as that has a GI similar to refined sugar, but then what if the induced substitution is not from white bread to wholemeal, but from white bread to buns and cheesymite scrolls......Seamus Hogannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-51128696297747223112015-05-05T12:08:53.246+12:002015-05-05T12:08:53.246+12:00We'll need mandatory iodine fortification in b...We'll need mandatory iodine fortification in bread to counteract the decline in iodine-from-salt.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-38354571844811766532015-05-05T11:45:51.743+12:002015-05-05T11:45:51.743+12:00Hmm. I recall several years ago nutritionists expr...Hmm. I recall several years ago nutritionists expressing concern that goitres were going to become common again. The problem was that the iodine deficiency that had led to goitres in the past had been prevented through adding iodine to salt, but that the message that salt is bad for you had become so widely accepted and led to diet changes that iodine deficiency was becoming more common!Seamus Hogannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-24058805876422534242015-05-05T09:44:10.872+12:002015-05-05T09:44:10.872+12:00Read this in the paper this morning - thought you ...Read this in the paper this morning - thought you would bite.VMCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-36855845356552167392015-05-04T20:35:19.010+12:002015-05-04T20:35:19.010+12:00I would hope that any new tax would provoke some s...I would hope that any new tax would provoke some sort of public outcry. We'll always want to at least talk about it before submitting to it... I hope.Feminist Optimalnoreply@blogger.com