Watch what you eat

The subject of health becomes an obsession with three of the papers,(Times,Telegraph and Express leading with seperate health stories.

Perhaps I can just about understand the Telegraph's "Dental patients in CJD alert" which claims

"Dentists have been told not to re-use instruments for root canal work because they could infect patients with the human form of mad cow disease."

But the Times uses its front page to announce "Scientists prove that salty diet costs lives" telling us that

Eating less salt reduces the chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke, the first long-term study of salt’s impact on health confirms today.
The findings, from a 15-year study, offer the clearest evidence yet that cutting salt consumption saves lives by reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease. People who ate less salty food were found to have a 25 per cent lower risk of cardiac arrest or stroke, and a 20 per cent lower risk of premature death. The results, published in the British Medical Journal, underline the need for population-wide salt reductions in the diet, the scientists conclude.

Maybe I have missed something here but just as a long time ago we were warned about animal fats ,I am certain that salt came under the heading of things not to eat in great quantities.I have certainly avoided it for many years if at all possible.

Then the Express attacks just when you werent expecting eat,suggesting that perhaps fruit is also dangerous,"NEW ALERT OVER DANGERS IN FRUIT

"TOXIC chemicals have been found on fruit given to millions of schoolchildren every day under a Government healthy-eating scheme.
Three quarters of the fresh produce provided free to youngsters is contaminated with potentially harmful pesticides, tests revealed yesterday. Apples, bananas and pears were among the most polluted."