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I am in my late 70s, eat as much salt as I want and I have absolutely no problems it appears. I just saw you primary care doctor a week ago, had all my blood work, everything including blood pressure is fine. I think we all spend too much time worrying about what this or that might do to us or for us. For those who do worry about salt intake, and don't miss the salt shaker, keep watching how much you use and follow your feelings. For those of us who are not concerned let us continue to do what we have been doing for years. And if your doctor suggests you cut back, ask him/her why? Then try and follow thier recommendation. But even doctors have very mixed opinion of what is good and not good for us, whether it is sodium, alcohol, fats, meat or even seafood and veggies.
I don't put salt on anything and have never have done it.
Nine out of 10 Americans eat too much salt every day, and many of them get more than twice the recommended daily amount, according to a new report from the CDC.
Researchers surveyed nearly 5,000 U.S. adults and found that they consumed a daily average of almost 3,500 milligrams of sodium. Current dietary guidelines say that Americans should get less than 2,300 milligrams of sodium each day.
ALL processed food contains a lot of salt, even thise low salt commerical products. The way to avoid this is to buy fresh, and of course, cook from scratch where YOU can control the amount of salt.
I will say this though. Listen to your own body and it's cravings. I have never been a big salt fan, but moving to a hot humid climate like South Florida, I find myself craving more salt because I sweat a lot. Again, however, if you buy fresh and cook yourself, you can control the amount of salt you use.
I'm a woman, and a high salt intake does a number on me, when it comes to WATER RETENTION... which then does a number on my arthriis pain index. Learned that one 20yrs ago. Hence... I gave up on chips with dip a long time ago.
The purpose of salt is to ENHANCE food flavors. So when I invite somebody to my home, for my home cooked meals.... let me tell you.... if the 1st thing you do is.... grab the salt shaker WITHOUT TASTING MY FOOD???? I will scold you!
How do you know my cooking needs more flavor? if you haven't TASTED IT YET????
I'm a woman, and a high salt intake does a number on me, when it comes to WATER RETENTION... which then does a number on my arthriis pain index. Learned that one 20yrs ago. Hence... I gave up on chips with dip a long time ago.
The purpose of salt is to ENHANCE food flavors. So when I invite somebody to my home, for my home cooked meals.... let me tell you.... if the 1st thing you do is.... grab the salt shaker WITHOUT TASTING MY FOOD???? I will scold you!
How do you know my cooking needs more flavor? if you haven't TASTED IT YET????
Yes, there are times when we do need to watch sodium intake, especially when we suffer fruo fluid retention, and yes, I agree people need to taste before salting, but I also believe we all should put salt and pepper on the tables for our guests. Each of us has his/her own taste buds and some like salt, as well as other spices more than someone else. It isn't up to us to decide what others can eat.
People are morons for being worried about salt and that study is useless beyond belief. They can continue their idiotic war on salt but without salt, we'd all be dead. It's necessary for the body and not harmful in normal doses, either. Their recommendations are ludicrous and nobody is going to be below those. Even when I was on a perfect weight loss diet, I would still have been over the sodium recommendations by those bird-brained morons. Maybe if they spent less time sniffing glue and more time doing ACTUAL RESEARCH they'd stop wasting all of our time and money.
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