by throw310822 on 1/11/25, 9:06 AM
> especially relevant in Japan, where the country’s adult population eats more than double the World Health Organization’s recommended intake
Japan is also the country with the second highest life expectancy in the world. Is salt really that bad? How long would they live if they followed WHO's recommendations?
by TomWhitwell on 1/11/25, 9:48 AM
by mmahemoff on 1/11/25, 12:40 PM
But does it work?
This is the third report I’ve seen in recent days and none of them mention if the spoon delivers on its promise. Reporters may be reluctant to share a spoon with dozens of other attendees, but might they practice some journalism by surveying folks who did try it?
by t-3 on 1/11/25, 9:53 AM
When I heard about this, I couldn't help but think of the taste of a 9-volt battery on the tongue, but from what I understood/guessed from TFA, this does something more like pulling dissolved sodium ions to the outer surface of the food to make them more readily encountered by taste buds? So, the food would need to have a decent salt content to begin with and not be too dry probably?
by WtfRuSerious on 1/11/25, 10:42 AM
Say what you will about salt consumption, but my wife suffered thyroid issues until we added a shaker of iodized salt back into our kitchen/eating area.
by jcarrano on 1/11/25, 11:21 AM
We have sugar-free sweets, alcohol-free beer, tobacco-free cigarettes (vapes), THC-free weed, oil-free fryers and now salt-free saltiness.
by throwawaybbq1 on 1/11/25, 10:26 AM
My taste buds have become extremely muted after covid bouts and other sinus issues. Wonder if this would be helpful.
by j_bum on 1/11/25, 4:15 PM
by surfingdino on 1/11/25, 10:23 AM
I think we are witnessing ascent of the new Dyson of kitchen utensils.
by 0xDEADFED5 on 1/11/25, 10:02 AM
I read about this the other day. The main thing I remember was the weird grip required...a fist grip? I'd be curious to hear more about that aspect...
by metalman on 1/11/25, 11:44 AM
speaking as a health conscious foodie ,with gagetaholism, this will press all of my "got to have the shiny thing" buttons, in an upscale retail enviroment
a version built right into a bowl would be the way to intruduce it into resturaunts and build retail demand in places big on soup, Vietnam....china
by jamesy0ung on 1/11/25, 11:18 AM
How much salt do I need to buy for the spoon to be cheaper?
by nonelog on 1/11/25, 11:12 AM
I mean, what do spend your time with, once you have solved all of the World's problems?
by last_one_in on 1/11/25, 9:39 AM
FFS, can humans not just keep creating plastic crap that'll ruin the planet. Make your own wooden spoon and you have a beautiful object created with your own hands.
by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on 1/11/25, 3:27 PM
We can replace this boring chair with an ~electric chair~!