Now I take everything with a grain of salt, but it gives me high blood pressure?
Why is this?
Am I doing it wrong?
2007-03-10 00:16:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Yes, you are. YOu're not supposed to EAT the salt...
2007-03-10 00:26:54 · answer #1 · answered by howlettlogan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
take it with a grain of salt is a saying that means to not
entirely believe a story, or to view it with a healthy degree of
skepticism.
It's actually a translation of the Latin phrase "*** grano
salis." There seems to be a bit of a debate about the significance of
the Latin phrase, however. Etymologist Christine Ammer traces it to
Pompey's discovery, recorded by Pliny in 77 A.D., of an antidote to
poison which had to be taken with a small amount of salt to be
effective. Everyone else seems to bypass that explanation and trace
"with a grain of salt" to the dinner table, where a dash of salt can often make uninspired cooking more palatable. "With a grain of salt" first appeared in English in 1647, and has been in constant use since then."
2007-03-10 00:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by femmegoddess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a pinch of salt and salt will make your BP go up stop taking it
2007-03-10 00:20:24 · answer #3 · answered by sukis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take it easy and calm down.You remind me of the king who lost his hair in the grief of hair loss.All of us are like this in between.
2007-03-10 00:25:45 · answer #4 · answered by uncoolmom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a grain not a spoon!
2007-03-10 00:24:31 · answer #5 · answered by remy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they also say a fool is born every minute, and I think i found one!
2007-03-10 00:22:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋