I just finished writing something up about how actually it's hard to go wrong reducing the amount of salt in the diet, actually. I sold it, so I can't post it here, but essentially, until that point I walked around saying yeah but I don't have high blood pressure and we know there's nothing wrong with my heart. But apparently retaining fluid, which salt will make you do, makes the heart work harder even if your blood pressure is normal. (And like most people I do have *some risk factors for heart problems -- family history and weight in my case.)
However, if the amounts are truly small, and they keep you from binge-eating Hohos or something, it may not be the most important problem for you to tackle. But I've stopped adding salt to my food now, personally, and this was a vice I'd been allowing myself. Apparently most people get about twice as much as would be healthy without ever adding any to food themselves. fyi... On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org> wrote: > > > I dunno....diet books can get too confusing. > > "Good Calories, Bad Calories" isn't a diet book in the sense that it > promises that if you eat "X" and don't eat "Y" all your problems will > be solved. It is mainly a historical outline of the heart disease > debate, why cholesterol isn't the enemy it's been made out to be, and > how simple sugars and carbohydrates are the real enemy when it comes > to eating. Everything in moderation, in any case. :) > > > I try to keep it simple: Eat some meats, eat some veggies (i'm terrible > > about that), eat some fruit, don't add salt, don't add sugar, drink water > > and milk, avoid soft drinks and potato chips altogether. Eat all in > > moderation. Exercise. > > Great plan and sounds similar to what I've adopted. Be careful of > "hidden" sources of sugars such as many breads, white rice, etc. as > well. As for salt, a little bit won't hurt (moderation) and can help > bring out the flavors of many foods. > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348281 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
