r/videos • u/AdmiralSaturyn • 2d ago

The Data that Says We're Getting Stupider

https://youtu.be/clz48AOBQQM
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u/prof_the_doom 2d ago

I'm sure dumb-scrolling isn't helping, and we should probably think about ways to do something about that.

That being said, I can't help but think there's got to be more to it than just our media consumption habits.

The idea that COVID caused some sort of permanent damage is worth studying, but as the video pointed out, this started before COVID happened.

Is there a "Leaded Gasoline 2.0" out there that we should be looking for?

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u/JoeVerrated 2d ago

Sodium. We cant drink salt water, but everything people eat is loaded with it.

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u/DeepSpaceNebulae 2d ago edited 2d ago

Fyi, a glass of salt water (250ml) has about 9g of salt dissolved in it.

Guidelines for salt intake is ~2g of salt, while the actually average daily dose of salt in America is 3.5g’s

So there’s a reason you shouldn’t drink salt water, it has a shit tonne more salt in it than you think.

A single glass has almost 3 times the normal daily intake of salt (which is already above recommended)

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u/JoeVerrated 2d ago

The daily recommended Maximum is 2500mg.

High sodium diets are linked to stomach cancer and heart disease. At the levels it is currently consumed, it is poison.

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u/DeepSpaceNebulae 2d ago edited 2d ago

Which is 2.5g. So that single glass of salt water has 9000mg of salt, which is why I pointed out the comparison you made was a bit silly

Everything I read for recommended intake gave a range (1.5-2.5g), so I only provided the middle of the range to simplify (2g)