Don't Be So Salty

                A group of researchers, who published their findings in Science Translational Medicine magazine found here, have been working on a new type of sodium called Tenapanor to replace the current sodium circulating throughout America. This is because they want find out if this new type of sodium will have better effects on humans rather than the original sodium, because Tenapanor inhibits the absorption rate of the body, so Tenapanor passes through the system as feces, where sodium would remain for a while. Sodium remaining in the body is a problem because it usually correlates with higher blood pressure and more heart diseases and heart problems.

                Although this new type of sodium has not been widely released to the public, it has been tested on humans and in rats, and in both cases, the desired effects have produced. This is important to our society because it could significantly reduce the amounts of deaths caused by heart attacks and cure multiple cases of high blood pressure cases without actually detracting from the usefulness of sodium in every day food. There would also be enough of Tenapanor to replace the supply of sodium, because it seems they have found it and created it from plasma.

                Like many engineered food, such as genetically modified apples or corn that are engineered to produce the most desirable traits of the food, such as larger yields or bug repellant, Tenapanor is yet another genetically modified food. Although it is genetically modified, it does not actually damage the body any more than any naturally created foods. In fact, this probably has more beneficial effects than the naturally created Sodium. Sodium Chloride, otherwise known as just table salt, if ingested can cause heart attacks if there is a little too much in your system; on the other hand, Tenapanor easily passes through the body and is excreted as feces so the Tenapanor does not stay in the body too long so it increases the quantity able to be ingested before actually doing the body harm.

                Others may argue that if people are allowed to ingest more than the standard amount, they will tend to eat much more than they originally would have, which then leads to wonder about if there was a restriction on how much food a person could eat or just restrictions on what a person could do, it would be another case of hampered freedom, which kind of defeats the purpose of America. People should be allowed to choose what they do, as long as it does not affect anyone else, whether it is a good choice or a harmful choice.