Do you still eat things with added salt?

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  • lisabinco
    lisabinco Posts: 1,016 Member
    No, I rarely eat anything with added salt in it. Keeping sodium intake below 1200 mg/day has made the difference between high blood pressure + meds or low blood pressure minus meds. Easy choice for me. And very happy this way.
  • midnight419
    midnight419 Posts: 77 Member
    Not really. I rarely eat processed food.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Yes
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Yep. I also salted the heck out of my mashed potatoes tonight. They were very tasty.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I've never worried about sodium.. yeah i might b retaining some water, but i prefer tasty food
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm a complete salt monster. It's over in my diary every day, and that doesn't even include the salt I ADD to my food. It kind of messes up my weigh ins I think, but....whatever?
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Yes - I eat canned soup sometimes (don't judge. i add stuff to them. ok judge i don't care). The no-sodium versions are inedible.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,167 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    Yes - I eat canned soup sometimes (don't judge. i add stuff to them. ok judge i don't care). The no-sodium versions are inedible.

    I had a low-sodium, recognise every word on the ingredient list, all natural soup in a can the other day. It was awful! Totally tasteless. It wasn't cheap, either!
  • cjames010
    cjames010 Posts: 86 Member
    lishie_rebooted wrote: »
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    Garlic salt is like its own food group in my house.

    yesh!
    garlic is a food group in my place

    Same here

  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    edited March 2015
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    Yes - I eat canned soup sometimes (don't judge. i add stuff to them. ok judge i don't care). The no-sodium versions are inedible.

    I had a low-sodium, recognise every word on the ingredient list, all natural soup in a can the other day. It was awful! Totally tasteless. It wasn't cheap, either!

    That sounds awful.

    Canned soup is not a favorite food of mine anyway (there are a select few that I'll eat in a pinch) but stick a health label on there and you might as well eat murky pond water.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    edited March 2015
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    Yes - I eat canned soup sometimes (don't judge. i add stuff to them. ok judge i don't care). The no-sodium versions are inedible.

    I had a low-sodium, recognise every word on the ingredient list, all natural soup in a can the other day. It was awful! Totally tasteless. It wasn't cheap, either!

    Amy's, right?

    I like Campbell's minestrone for a fast dinner. I usually put lentils in there and maybe extra green beans or asparagus.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Yes
  • CA_Underdog
    CA_Underdog Posts: 733 Member
    edited March 2015
    xstephnz wrote: »
    I love crisps, crackers etc, but they must have so much salt added. It can't be good for you!!!
    They certainly can--if they fit within your sodium budget for the day! Like most things, sodium in moderation is okay and some is even essential for a healthy body. :)
  • SnuggleSmacks
    SnuggleSmacks Posts: 3,731 Member
    edited March 2015
    Funny, I was just reading about this study yesterday: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/salt-linked-to-autoimmune-diseases/

    It basically says that eating too much "refined" salt in the American diet is linked to autoimmune disorders like MS, asthma, eczema, etc.

    I found it somewhat problematic because the articles about the study seemed to be saying that it was the refined salt itself that was the problem, rather than the absence of minerals caused by the refining process. As in, perhaps if less salt was eaten, then the disorders wouldn't happen, rather than saying that the lack of minerals may have contributed to the development of these disorders. Perhaps the authors of the articles didn't properly understand the study, and it was just the one study, and I've no idea of the parameters, but since it was about consuming salt (particularly "refined" salt) I thought I'd share.


    ETA: nope, sorry, it was 3 studies, not 1.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I put kosher salt on my chocolate chip cookies before baking. Salt sets off chocolate like nobody's business.
  • judiness101
    judiness101 Posts: 119 Member
    The only processed food that I eat almost every day is kimchi. I eat moderate carb and I do intermittent fasting. I need salt to avoid dehydration.

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