cutting down on salt.

so recently i had bad effects from too much salt. my martinis were too dirty, and my food was too salty in general. well last weekend my feet were hella swollen. they were so swollen that i could barely walk on them, i was barefoot most of the time shoes were unbearable. and i was just tired as fuk in general. i would sleep until noon, which is VERY unusual for me. i'm a lark, remember? then i would take long naps during the day. i just felt very worn out.

so a doc told me i had too much salt in my diet and i needed to chill.

no more dirty martinis. no more of those canned soups. definitely no fast food. and easy on the salt.

i've been eating things mostly salt free these days. took a little while to get used to but it's getting easier.

i didn't know how bad it was for a person until recently. perhaps it's my age and my body's not able to process it as easily.

but yeah people, too much salt is bad for you.

C'mon 'Sombra, how did you not know too much salt is bad for you?

That's like saying you didn't know too much fat was bad for you either, or sugar, even.

i knew, i just never had the effects of it. it's like smokers know that smoking cause emphazema (sp), but they don't have the symptoms of it so they keep on smoking anyway.

k?

Now you are going to eat sugar.

i have already cut down on sugar.

::sigh:: now i know why they say the phrase, "youth is wasted on the young."

One of my ankles swells up when I eat too much salt. It sucks.

that does suck.

i love salty food.

When I was a little boy, I used to dip everything in salt. I don't have any health problems associated with diet just yet.. but I don't dip my food in salt anymore.

Just use it to season things... and learn to use other spices as well. I think that I have maybe $30 of spices right now... and I use only a little salt.

i've been checking my foods for levels of sodium chloride for quiet a while now. you can try comparing the same item but with lesser levels of chloride and see how different it tastes.

i'll have to do some research on salt. does anybody know how many mg's of salt a person my age should have?

It doesn't matter what the recommended daily amount is for someone your age should be because clearly you require a personalized amount.

Just eat less of it, and you'll be fine.

Try cutting back to between 3-4 grams (3000-4000 mg). No one needs more than that.

Anybody remember back in the day.... before they had label makers and printing factories?... you know, the good old days when there wasn't nutritional facts about the shit that you were buying?

God I hate salt. Yuck.

Personaly I'm a salt addict. I seriously need to cut down on it.

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God I hate salt. Yuck.

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who are you?

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who are you?

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haha. someone with super sensitive taste buds?

c'mon, beer and salt are the only two consistent things of my diet.

raverboy

Miso, try replacing salt with acid- vinegar or citrus. It'll help.

I've been trying to get Cali Boy to cut back on the salt too. It's just not good for us.

Most of the stuff you purchase at the store already contains salt (except certain fresh produce), so there is in general no need to 'spice' things up with salt.

Look for sodium chloride on the label.

Adding sodium is a considered a cheap way to improve the taste and texture of countless processed and prepared foods.

According to the US Dietary Guidelines, over three quarters of the salt in the average American diet comes from processed foods.

Food manufacturers have been trying to lower salt content, driven by consumer demand and health concerns, and there is a host of products on the market which can be used as alternatives.

Yet large amounts of sodium appear in “unexpected places”, such as desserts. Also, lower-fat products in particular might be higher in sodium compared to full-fat counterparts.

Additionally, the sodium in some of the raw materials has increased naturally, due to growers reducing crop rotations and water conservation efforts.

Dietary guidelines recommend that healthy adults get no more than 2,300 mg of sodium a day but the average American ingests 2,900 to 4,300 mg daily.

the only negative side to vinegar is that gives you a strong taste...

raverboy

Not to mention ruins your teeth too much.

i've been doing really good laying off the salt.

i think i've gotten used to it because i used to put it on everything but now i put it on nothing and it tastes just fine. it's addictive, i think.

i also haven't been retaining a ton of water around pms time, which is nice. i used to look ten pounds heavier right before my period and i haven't noticed a difference lately.

i still need to do more research on it. i know that it has effects on the kidneys but i'm not sure what the effect is. take care of your kidneys people they are your life force!!!

oh yeah, a little grated parmesan or romano cheese is a good alternative i have found.

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oh yeah, a little grated parmesan or romano cheese is a good alternative i have found.

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hymm I gotta try that.

yeah. i've also started buying non-salted butter. apparently they use salt to preserve butter so they'll use old, going bad butter and salt it and sell it.

the non salted butter is really good. i can't notice the difference because my taste for salt has changed.

giga- tobasco sauce. i'm an addict. that is all.

mmmmmmmm Tabasco is good shit.

raverboy