Hello, my name is fsu1227...and I''m addicted to SALT.

[wsu12]

Yesterday I added it all up and..wait for it...I consume 20 X''S the recommended daily intake! I eat really healthy, the salt/sodium comes from pickles, banana peppers, salad dressing, veggie juice and actual table salt.

At what point is this a problem? My attempts at cutting back include not buying pickles(for one week!) and buying low sodium table salt.

Any fellow salt addicts out there?!?

 

[jewelz617]

I put soy sauce on everything, full sodium.

 

[yssie]

My dad used to shake salt onto everything. His blood pressure started rising a few years ago, and my mum had enough and tossed the salt. Shakers, canisters, sea salt, garlic salt, everything.


I remember complaining for a good couple of weeks everything was tasteless and awful, but I guess we just got used to it... I don''t put salt on anything now, and dislike eating most pre-prepared meals or out at restaurants without specifying they don''t add any salt at all - my taste has completely changed, and the tiniest bit goes a long way.

 

[Haven]

I like salt. I don''t know that I eat 20X the recommended daily amount, but I sure do love it.

I love pickles and banana peppers, too! We make our own salad dressing, though.

My SIL loves salt and my BIL once bought her these big slabs of salt that you use to cook salmon, I believe. It was really funny.

 

[Indylady]

I like salt too. The problem is, the more you have it, the more you crave it!

 

[FrekeChild]

I LOVE salt. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. I would bet that it is possible that I eat around 50x the daily recommended amount.

I have extremely low blood pressure. So low that when I get it checked (every two weeks) it''s very often that my doc looks at the numbers and says, "So, I see you''re still asleep today..." And it''s 2pm.

LURVE salt. The more salt, the better. Well, to an extent.

And I even put salt in my (very sweet) desserts. My favorite ice cream is Haagen Daaz''s Fleur de Sel Caramel. Unfortunately it seems as though they have stopped making it. Dooshes.

Salty caramel...mmmmm...

 

[vespergirl]

This may be from left field, but have you ever had your thyroid levels checked? I was diagnosed with Hashimoto''s Thyroiditis when I was 12, and I dump a ton of salt on EVERYTHING.

My doctors told me parents that it was OK for me to have the extra salt, because people with thyroid disease have low iodine levels. So, the iodized salt helps to supplement. It''s like my body knew that it needed it and gave me mad salt cravings ...

 

[lilyfoot]

I love salt too.

 

[tyty333]

Hi...my name is Tyty and I''m a saltaholic.

There, I said it.

 

[PumpkinPie]

I love salt too- not to the 20x the daily limit I don''t think, but I really love it..
When we were kids, my mom had a ban on salt in our house so I didn''t grow up eating a lot of salty foods - perhaps I''m making up for it now?

 

[Bia]

I consume waaaaaayyyy too much salt. Trying to cut back, but it''s hard.

 

[sunnyd]

I'll take salty over sweet any day. Not good.

 

[cnspotts]

Sounds like your "earth element" is out of balance and wreaking havoc on your "water element". Read up on chinese 5 element theory, each one governs many things about our lives and body. When each one is insync there is nothing to notice but when you "crave" or "dislike" or are "uncomfortable" those are indicators that something is amiss. Seriously. If you must eat a lot of salt then make sure it is SEA salt for the nutrients you''ll be getting from it and drink plenty of water so that you are not retaining unnecessarily. Sea salt is good and will help balance the water in the body meanwhile pay attention to other things that are not typical.

 

[sillyberry]

Date: 3/25/2010 7:08:48 AM
Author: vespergirl
This may be from left field, but have you ever had your thyroid levels checked? I was diagnosed with Hashimoto''s Thyroiditis when I was 12, and I dump a ton of salt on EVERYTHING.


My doctors told me parents that it was OK for me to have the extra salt, because people with thyroid disease have low iodine levels. So, the iodized salt helps to supplement. It''s like my body knew that it needed it and gave me mad salt cravings ...

My good friend has this - her parents used to give her a salt lick...the kind given to guinea pigs and bunnies.

 

[jewelerman]

I use no salt from a salt shaker,it must be in the food already.I wasnt allowed to eat salt growing up and many canned items like soup are way to salty(canned soup has one of the highest salt contents of any canned food)I use pepper and other seasonings like nutmeg and cinnimon for flavoring.

 

[jewelerman]

Date: 3/25/2010 2:18:30 AM
Author: FrekeChild
I LOVE salt. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. I would bet that it is possible that I eat around 50x the daily recommended amount.

I have extremely low blood pressure. So low that when I get it checked (every two weeks) it''s very often that my doc looks at the numbers and says, ''So, I see you''re still asleep today...'' And it''s 2pm.

LURVE salt. The more salt, the better. Well, to an extent.

And I even put salt in my (very sweet) desserts. My favorite ice cream is Haagen Daaz''s Fleur de Sel Caramel. Unfortunately it seems as though they have stopped making it. Dooshes.

Salty caramel...mmmmm...

I love carmel topped with a tiny amount of sea salt....mmmmmm!!!

 

[wsu12]

Date: 3/25/2010 7:08:48 AM
Author: vespergirl
This may be from left field, but have you ever had your thyroid levels checked? I was diagnosed with Hashimoto''s Thyroiditis when I was 12, and I dump a ton of salt on EVERYTHING.


My doctors told me parents that it was OK for me to have the extra salt, because people with thyroid disease have low iodine levels. So, the iodized salt helps to supplement. It''s like my body knew that it needed it and gave me mad salt cravings ...

Humm..Now that you mention it, I never craved, loved and had dreams about Salt the way I do now a few years back...I used to never put it on anything and I didn''t miss it. I''ll mention my obsession to the Doc next time I am in.

 

[FrekeChild]

I have hypothyroidism.

 

[luv2sparkle]

Hey fsu-have you ever tried Celtic Sea Salt? I buy it at the health food store. I can''t even describe the taste except that it is a ''softer'' taste. There are no additives as in table salt (like sugar!) so you get
a ''purer'' salt taste with less salt. It has natural minerals and is supposed to not be so hard on your blood pressure. My whole family loves it and we us it exclusively.

We are a family of salt addicts.

 

[Tuckins1]

Me too. I salt everything, and DH is even worse than me!