Salt.

twinjamom6
twinjamom6 Posts: 299 Member
edited November 24 in Food and Nutrition
So, my husband and I were having a discussion about salt and my lack of salting my food.
He puts a crazy amount of it on everything. I will normally salt food when I am cooking it, like chicken and beef, etc with other spices, but otherwise, I don't use it and sparingly do so when I do. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm under the impression that most food has plenty in it and it's really not necessary to use more? I don't really eat a lot of processed foods.

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  • _benjammin
    _benjammin Posts: 1,224 Member
    edited September 2015
    Personal preference. But. ..I'll bet if someone restricted sodium for a month they wouldn't go back to using as much as previously.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    Sounds like my house. It's not that I don't like salt or think it's bad, i just generally don't use it much except when cooking, but my husband, well, he salts his dang pizza.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    nwood do you track your sodium intake in your diary? It will give you an idea how high or low your levels are.

    I've cut back a lot in adding salt to my food, but still often come over mfp's goals.
  • Marilyn0924
    Marilyn0924 Posts: 797 Member
    The only thing I put extra salt on is my french fries...and then I go to town! LOL
  • twinjamom6
    twinjamom6 Posts: 299 Member
    _benjammin wrote: »
    Personal preference. But. ..I'll bet if restricted sodium for a month they wouldn't go back to using as much as previously.

    That's really what I was thinking. He was saying that I was going to get sick because we need iodized salt in our diet. Which I know that, but I feel like I get enough from everything I eat and don't need to go salting it more. I feel more that it's a personal preference thing as well.
  • twinjamom6
    twinjamom6 Posts: 299 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    nwood do you track your sodium intake in your diary? It will give you an idea how high or low your levels are.

    I've cut back a lot in adding salt to my food, but still often come over mfp's goals.

    I was just looking at that. Most of the time I am under and occasionally I am rig h t at or rarely above. It looks fine to me? So I think I am fine. Lol.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    nwoodrum2011 wrote: »
    christinev297 wrote: »
    nwood do you track your sodium intake in your diary? It will give you an idea how high or low your levels are.

    I've cut back a lot in adding salt to my food, but still often come over mfp's goals.

    I was just looking at that. Most of the time I am under and occasionally I am rig h t at or rarely above. It looks fine to me? So I think I am fine. Lol.

    Sounds A ok to me :+1::smile:
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