Last night I had a problem with an addition I did not realize:..."SALT"

[Stuart G]

....Five minutes I looked it up and found this answer to the question...Is salt addictive?

Salt is a highly addictive taste. Our brains and bodies are designed to enjoy salt because it's necessary to survival. Over the course of human history, finding salt was difficult, so craving salt was a survival mechanism...

Then I asked this question...Why is salt important? (I found this on the internet...)

Salt plays a crucial role in maintaining human health. It is the main source of sodium and chloride ions in the human diet. Sodium is essential for nerve and muscle function and is involved in the regulation of fluids in the body. Sodium also plays a role in the body's control of blood pressure and volume.

I got a bag of tortilla chips yesterday...and couldn't stop.....Yes, I have had "high blood pressure" and
other problems..far more serious.. I somehow thought I could control that bag of chips. I couldn't....
..........Does that sound familiar?.........No more chips....and I got some pretzels that I might
give away..fresh bags, not opened....And YES>>>>>>>>>

...........................................I LIKE SALT A WHOLE LOT.... YES...I DO...YOU BETCHA!!!...............

[luvs2sing]

1. Blood pressure is regulated..

by the levels of sodium and potassium in the body. If sodium is too high, blood pressure will be too high. If potassium is too high, blood pressure will be too low. And aldosterone is the chemical that regulates all of this. It’s a delicate balance.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. And a pinch of salt tossed over the shoulder is to ward off bad luck too, should you accidently...

spill some!

[JoeOtterbein]

3. I have high blood pressure...

...so I cut down on salt. I cut down too much and ended up in the urgent care. It made me feel really woozy and sleepy. At one point I felt like I was ready to pass out.

[Stuart G]

5. So....Too much is not good, and not enough is not good...What a pickle we are in...

......What do you think?....Is it a ......."salty pickle"?....

[Stuart G]

4. According to an expert.:

According to the expert, there is a direct correlation between salt and blood pressure: the consumption of salt raises blood pressure. “This is because if you have more salt in your diet, you will naturally have more water in your circulatory system and increase your body's intravascular volume,”

[patricia92243]

6. Low salt diet brought my blood pressure down 40 points.

It is habit forming but I have found it to be a habit I can easily break.

[Stuart G]

7. ...Thank You for your input and your experience...

[C_U_L8R]

8. Same here.

It wasn't so hard to reduce. But read every label, it's shocking how much salt is in stuff. Even a slice of bread. Especially anything takeout, prepared or at a restaurant. But in a week, you start to lose your taste for salt and you'll be amazed at how inedibly salty your old foods will seem.

[Midnight Writer]

9. Exactly. When I eat with friends, they are adding salt to foods I already deem too salty.

I love the flavor of foods that is revealed when you back off on the salt.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

10. I don't use a lot of salt

Put some on my eggs in the morning,along with black pepper and herb's de province.

Most prepared foods are too damn salty, don't like it.french fries have salt to the point they make my lips dry out, and crack don't eat them.

I have high blood pressure and low blood pressure it fluctuates up and down. Was sent to a cardiac unit to find out why. They don't know

But I take meds for blood pressure anyway.
When it gets low I feel like passing out and have passed out from it.
First thing I assume is my blood sugar levels are low. But if sugar is okay it's my blood pressure fucking me up,so I eat a little salt and after awhile I feel better.