He told me to watch my salt.

[tim]

6 grams a day, tops. So how much is that?
Well this is 5g. Looks a lot, but a slice of bread contains .5g.

And he wanted me to limit to TWO grams!

[tim]

[Delilah]

Hope you're OK Tim!!

5g in one slice of bread seems alot!

[tim]

Point five, Delilah!

And lemon, wardy?

[Delilah]

OOOooops ;D

[terrace max]

Isn't your sodium intake mitigated by the amount of potassium you obtain by eating all that fruit and veg from the allotment?

(I'm not sure what this means, but I thought I'd ask anyway)

[tim]

max - I agree that Sodium & Potassium should balance (4g each?) but I accept that too much Sodium is unwise. But the hassle of trying to observe & regulate intake is likely to create its own hypertension!!

As to Potassium intake, I believe that we have a reasonably healthy diet, with regular fresh veg, milk, fruit, avocs, chicken & fish. Plus, of course, the lower value red meats.

wardy - as usual, no expert, but it can help.

[Palustris]

Been on a low salt intake for years Tim. No reason, it just came out of some published stuff 35 years ago or more about the dangers of high salt intake.
At first you notice it, but now I find other people's cooking incredibly salty and as for commercially made stuff. Well, that is just totally inedible.
Anne does not add anything as a substitute. Certainly not citrus for me, that is as good a migraine trigger as there is.
One thing I do find is that if I have been working hard and perspiring (an infrequent occurrence!) I do feel the need for salt and that's when I add a little to my food.
Best of luck with it.

[tim]

That's why we took salt tablets (right or wrong) all our time in India.

Other people's food? Like sugar in tea etc - if I'm given 1 tsp, now, instead of 1/2, I find it unpleasant.

[tim]

Same applies to coarse sea salt? And each type - like Maldon - has its own characteristic.

And, sometimes, it's nice to have an actual crunch in a dish.

[aquilegia]

I actually worry sometimes that I don't have enough salt. I dehydrated slightly outdoors on Sunday this week - it was freezing!

I never add it to cooking - except bread. Recipe says 1tsp, I usually add 1/2 or 3/4tsp. But do usually have a handful of salted peanuts a day.

Dislike eating other people's food as they invariably put so much salt in I have to drink loads of water and cannot taste anything else in the food!

In cooking I find that food has enough flavour of it's own without salt - don't see the point of adding it. I prefer using herbs and spices to ensure flavour.

[Lady Cosmos]

using very small amount of salt myself, people need only 1400 mg a day,I think.
Do not use salt in cooking at all, but I use
- green herbs like dille, basilicum, rosemary, thyme, lavas, oragano...
- spices like cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg
- lemon, onion, garlic, mosterdseed, ginger-
- roasted seeds like sesamy, sunflower

[BAGGY]

I love salt.  Often have a cereal bowl of peanuts or bombay mix.  Very bad I know.  Never put in in cooking unless in the spud water and oh moans that curry etc needs salt.  MIL cooks like she is still in Sri Lanka and needs the salt.  What with dry fish too (super salty) very much an aquired taste.

[tim]

A bit of a non-sequiter, but not worth a slot of its own.

Going on from lemon as a sub for salt, I wanted something healthy as a sub for Scotch - see the Shed. Remembering how, when  the local 5 Star hotel lost its licence by default, they served water with lemon juice, free, I'm doing that, but with several drops of Tabasco.

Baggy - I agree - but comes a time.......?

[RSJK]

Tim have you thought of a tot of brandy for asub for your scotch.
;)

[Mrs Ava]

Tim, when I was expecting, I dreaded giving up my G&T's so a good whizz was pour a little Gordens into a saucer and dip the rim of the glass in it, then fill the glass with tonic, ice and a slice and hey presto, the taste and fizz with no guilty conscience! ;D

As for salt, being a stones throw from Maldon, do you know we find the stuff hard to come by!!  However, love salt, on chips especially, but have always kept it to an absolute minimum due to a big health worry with incredibly high blood pressure about 7 years ago.  Now my BP is fine, and I am used to not adding it, just wish my darling didn't feel the need !