Salt addiction

I loved salt! And then I started tracking my sodium here:noway: So I cut back, and honestly, after a while, salty foods taste awful to me now!!

Try Mrs. Dash for flavor instead ~ best of luck to you!!

I am sensitive to sodium so I keep my sodium count up to 500 mg per day. But I will tell you too much sodium leads to a lot of diseases, including cardiovascular and insulin resistance, bad health, and eventually death from "whatever." So watching your sodium intact is pretty important. I am insulin resistant myself, but however I'm not diabetic. Go figure???

My advice is to slowly ween yourself off sodium. Your taste buds slowly come back each week and now vegetables and healthy foods taste good to me because I can taste them. Many things you may need to make at home or start diluting sodium rich foods. Cheeses, healthy frozen meals and soups were always making me go over. I started making my own veggie broth and adding it to soups or adding tomato sauce to my pasta sauces. I joined this site in August when my doctor told me she was going to medicate me to get my blood pressure under control. I asked for 8 wks to lower it naturally, which I did. The site below was helpful.

http://www.lowsodiumcooking.com/free/Archive.htm

I think it works different for everyone - I was able to go pretty much cold turkey, but I wasn't big on added salt before that. I don't add salt to anything I cook/eat anymore. Obviously if it's processed or restaurant food, it will have sodium in it, but I try to keep my total sodium consumption between 1500-2000, preferrably under 1500/day if I can. It was just a matter of logging everything and watching to sodium closely to figure out what worked and what didn't. Other people have to wean themselves off it, and others have to get a substitute - only you know what is likely to work best for you.

Thank you for asking, and the info you ladies have given. I honestly had no idea that salt could cause all of those issues. Crazy, I know. I've read all kinds of things on health and exercise but have ignore the salt warnings. I'm going to Trader Joes today to get that 21 stuff and will start trying that!

(Seriously, you guys have NO IDEA how much I drown food in salt - scary!)

Pam

Try changing your cooking/table salt fron a souium cholride to a potassium bassed one.

I use a salt substitute; but since it's potassium, you'll need to check with your doctor before using it if you're on any kind of blood pressure medicines.

well, I am taking things a little slow, first I want to make exercise a habit and consume fewer calories. I am anemic so I track my iron and I am allergic whey so I track my calcium. Once I get the calories under control, and exercise is more of a habit, then I will work on my fat, sodium and sugar intake. So much to do to make a healthy you! I wish you luck, I, too, have an incredible love for salt. there was a time when I would lick it right out of my hand, or dig the salt out from the bottom of the pretzel bag! I am thisclose to stepping onto the next goal of watching fat sugar and salt, so if you figure out something that really helps, let me know please! I sure feel your pain! I prefer something salty any time over something sweet!