| Re: How Much Salt Is Too Much?
Apart from lots of other spices, garlic helps a lot, and lemon juice is a godsend.... adds a kind of salt-like "tang".
Tough habit to break. Just cutting down to that 1 tsp. is a killer if you're in love with salt. By the way when they say one tsp that's your total for the day including what you add with the salt-shaker. They say it takes 3 weeks to break the salt-habit. Like you, I was ( er...AM) crazy about salt...Now I'm down to a little less than 2400 mg, although, mea culpa, I DO "cheat" from time to time. Never notice a difference in BP when I do. Perhaps I'm not salt-sensitive. But I figure better to err on the side of caution.
zuzu xxx
Last edited by zuzu8; 11-18-2004 at 02:47 AM.
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However, besides the salt foods normally contain (especially prepared foods and canned foods), how much would be considered at least "marginally OK" to add? Is 1/2 tsp a day not that bad? Or 1 tsp? Or how much? I have high blood pressure but am also a salt freak....I like it on most foods. I'm trying to find a good way to cut down, but still have at least a little bit. Am I asking too much? Thanks for any opinions 
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