MIX Means Variety » Salt http://mix941kmxj.com Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Why Do We Throw Salt Over Our Shoulders for Good Luck? http://mix941kmxj.com/salt-shoulders-good-luck/ http://mix941kmxj.com/salt-shoulders-good-luck/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:32 +0000 Carl Pettit http://tsminteractive.com/?p=68526 We all know the superstition about throwing salt over your shoulder for good luck when you knock some over, but do you how that tradition came to be?

Well, would you believe it was originally done to keep the devil away?

]]> http://mix941kmxj.com/salt-shoulders-good-luck/feed/ 0 Kristine David, Flickr Is Salt Actually Good for You? http://mix941kmxj.com/is-salt-actually-good-for-you/ http://mix941kmxj.com/is-salt-actually-good-for-you/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 18:49:14 +0000 Billy Goforth http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=6108 A new development in the battle against salt is leading some scientists to question whether a low-sodium diet is actually healthy for you.

In a study published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, Belgian researches "estimated sodium intake of nearly 3,700 participants, with an average age of about 40, by measuring sodium in their urine at the beginning and end of the study."

What they found was that the people with the lowest amount of sodium intake "had no greater protection against high blood pressure after eight years than those who consumed the highest levels," according to the Boston Globe.

]]> http://mix941kmxj.com/is-salt-actually-good-for-you/feed/ 0 Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images It's A Movie Marathon http://mix941kmxj.com/its-a-movie-marathon/ http://mix941kmxj.com/its-a-movie-marathon/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:11:57 +0000 Rick Andrews http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=1004 Since things will slow down here at the station for the Holidays, I figured it would be time to catch up on some movies.

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