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All about Salt

Have you ever looked at how much sodium is in an Oreo or Cheerios?
 
1 cup of Cheerios has over 160mg of sodium....why?
1 Oreo has over 40mg of sodium...why?
 
I can eat an entire loaf of my homemade bread and take in less sodium than 2 slices of nearly any commercially made sandwich bread. Obviously some things simply will never taste right without a good shot of salt. Chilli and curry for example must have enough salt to taste right to me. Hot sauce needs some but there are several with extremely low sodium that taste great.
 
As an adult im quite capable of salting my own foods or using products like miso or fish sauce to add salt and flavor. I dont need over 2000mg of sodium in a bowl of ramen unless it has french fries in it. :D
 
Salt is essential for the body and people have died in not having enough when they exercise. 
Salt is used as a preservative in the industry and it enhances the taste, if you put a bit of salt on a banana it becomes sweeter.
 
Voodoo 6 said:
I love salt, I put salt on my salt.
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 Same here, dude! I put so much salt on my sandwiches that they're crunchy :rofl:

dragonsfire said:
Salt is essential for the body and people have died in not having enough when they exercise. 
Salt is used as a preservative in the industry and it enhances the taste, if you put a bit of salt on a banana it becomes sweeter.
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^ All very true!
 
I think everyone loves salt,but boy is it bad...hang on now. Its bad because humans use way too much of it on a regular basis. I use very little salt and some dishes no salt at al.

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Gonzo said:
I think everyone loves salt,but boy is it bad...hang on now. Its bad because humans use way too much of it on a regular basis. I use very little salt and some dishes no salt at al.

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Who says it's bad ?   The same people that recommended margarine and reductions of saturated fats and dietary cholesterol? 
 
Except for a very small percentage of the population that are severely salt sensitive , the science behind the recommendation for a  reduced sodium diet for the general population is actually pretty sketchy. 
 
 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673697090922
 
http://www.clinsci.org/content/114/3/221
 
I just got my blood work back from the docs, my sodium levels were off the charts and said something about diabetes. I said I bike 20 miles a day, and drink a lot of hot sauce. If I cant have salt might as well crawl in the coffin. Buy the expensive whiskey, eat burgers, and run like the wind. You might get hit by a bus.
 
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