My family picks on me because I have to have salt on my food all the time. I can't help it. It seems like food tastes so bland. If it isn't salsa, then it's salt that I must put on my food. Today, we stopped by McDonald's and my daughter and my boyfriend hated the fries because there was "too much salt on them"...God, I was in heaven. I loved them. They made fun of me saying how the doctors will one day find two pounds of salt in my arteries. :lol:

Irene, I dub thee my "Sister In Salt". Me too...I would MUCH rather have something salty than sweet. My sister one year said she was going to buy me a salt lick for Christmas. :lol: Now, I'm going to open a bag of chips...sea salt and vinegar. YUMMY!!! :crazy:

Irene, I dub thee my "Sister In Salt". Me too...I would MUCH rather have something salty than sweet. My sister one year said she was going to buy me a salt lick for Christmas. :lol: Now, I'm going to open a bag of chips...sea salt and vinegar. YUMMY!!! :crazy:
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I used to love it when I was younger. Now I absolutely despise the stuff in anything more than a mild dash.

I love salt myself, but not as much as you Irene. I've cut way back, but I salt almost all of my food. I'm concerned about the blood pressure, but yeah, salt is great. :happyface

I never use it.

Haha, I have normal blood pressure, and I looooove salt too. Just had some popcorn a little while ago, and I had a lot of salt on it. :D

I don't salt EVERYTHING, but I much prefer salty/spicy foods over sweet foods. :)

Mm, I love salty foods, but I try to limit how much I put on. I'm also a pepper freak :lol:

I love salt. I don't eat as much as I use too though, when I was younger I use to eat the leftover salt out of pretzles bags.

I am a Saltoholic! But unfortunately I have had to really cut back on salt because I have developed high blood pressure. :mad:

I have family history of heart disease. All that salt gets hardened in your veins and become salt mines in there. I use as little as possible or substitues like Garlic Salt .

I never use salt. It's already added to so much nowadays that adding more just seems like overkill.

I have family history of heart disease. All that salt gets hardened in your veins and become salt mines in there. I use as little as possible or substitues like Garlic Salt .
That's why my boyfriend said the doctors (most likely the coroner) would find two pounds of salt in mine. :eek:

Salt is good.

Watch your blood pressure, Irene, mine is up a little bit.

I like salt on popcorn but I don't use it on anything else because salt is added to practically everything in the supermarket.

Now, chocolate and cinnamon... that's a different story. ;)

http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100155296&GT1=9033&wa=wsignin1.0

By the way, a good friend of mine - age 25, not really in bad shape (at least if you looked at him) just got out of the hospital - blood clot in his coronary artery. The UK Medical Center cardiologist said his BP and Cholesterol were off the charts.

Did I mention he's 25.

They think it's probably a combination of genetics and an extremely high sodium diet.

Heart issues/the clot were triggered by physiological stresses caused when he broke his arm the other day while walking to work in the 25 degree snow blast they had back home.

http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100155296&GT1=9033&wa=wsignin1.0

By the way, a good friend of mine - age 25, not really in bad shape (at least if you looked at him) just got out of the hospital - blood clot in his coronary artery. The UK Medical Center cardiologist said his BP and Cholesterol were off the charts.

Did I mention he's 25.

They think it's probably a combination of genetics and an extremely high sodium diet.

Heart issues/the clot were triggered by physiological stresses caused when he broke his arm the other day while walking to work in the 25 degree snow blast they had back home.
It's scary that high BP and cholesterol issues are happening to people younger and younger. I'm 27 and have normal-bordering-on-low BP but do have family history of high BP and heart trouble (my grandfather died in his sleep of a massive heart attack at age 58), so I do try to keep my salt intake in check. I also do try to keep my fast food intake at a minimum. Unfortunately, so many foods are so processed and sodium loaded that it's much easier said than done.

I hate pure salt when its not in food! It gives me high blood pressure!

I salt my food a little bit, but not much.

I love salt sometimes I feel like eating a big jar of salt rather than eating a huge jar of sugar. But I know I will never do either.

I rarely ever use salt. It makes me retain water, and get all puffy. Well, more puffy than I normally am. LOL!! My mom is also on a low salt diet, so I've been using less for that reason too.