Some people kill slugs by sprinkling salt onto them. This
draws the water out of their very watery bodies and produces a sort of slug
sludge. It seems a peculiarly cruel death. The internet can supply more kindly
ways to divest oneself of unwelcome slugs.
When salt kills people it is usually a more
long-drawn-out death. Instead of the salt drawing water out of its victim's
body as with the slug, it draws more water into the body. Salt's victims
tend to be babies/small
children, who are vulnerable to salt because of the immaturity of their
organs and their blood vessels, or pregnant
women, made vulnerable to salt by hormone changes in their bodies, or other
groups made
sensitive to salt, most notably by taking commonly prescribed drugs,
including antidepressants and steroids. All of
these groups, because of excess fluid retention (extra salt and water, mainly held in
the bloodstream), tend to become overweight/obese/morbidly obese, with the health
consequences attendant on that, including high blood pressure, stroke, heart
disease, cancer (especially stomach cancer), arthritis, insomnia, depression,
impaired kidney function, liver problems, type 2 diabetes and many more, as well
as emotional distress because of the stigmatising attitudes provoked by obesity in
modern-day societies.
You could lose weight and reduce your risk of suffering from the
unpleasant, unhealthy consequences of salt sensitivity/vulnerability, of early
disability and premature death, by simply eating less salt and salty food. - Go
on! - Try it! - You will feel sooo much better! - and, dare I say it? - less sluggish!
