Subj : Salt
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Oct 06 2022 12:08:21

Hi Dave,

 DD> Reduced sodium usually means reduced flavour as well. Salt enhances
 DD> flavour.

 RH> Sometimes salt can be reduced with no loss in flavor. A lot of cook
 RH> books from the 50's call for a lot more salt than I use. I've cut the
 RH> amount with no loss of flavor.

 DD> And sometimes over-salting spoils the flavour. There's a fine balance
 DD> - the level of saltiness that's acceptable varies from person to
 DD> person.
 DD> And keep in mind that MSG is a form of salt.

True, and we don't have any MSG in the house.


 RH> We tried cutting out salt almost completly some years ago. It didn't do
 RH> anything one way or another for our blood pressure so we added some
 RH> back into our diet. I still cook in the lower salt range but I know
 RH> some things have to have it to taste "right".

 DD> Absotively.

 DD> My cardio doctor (one the the top five in the world in his specialty)
 DD> tells me "you don't have to ditch the salt ... just don't go
 DD> overboard"

 RH> I used to (in college) grab the salt shaker with most every meal. Had
 RH> to break myself of that when I got married and doing my own cooking.

 DD> In college you were probably eating at the cafeteria - where
 DD> salt/spice levels are L.C.D. and the food is thus bland and needs a
 DD> "wake up" call.

Dining hall, and yes, it was L.C.D. but nice thing was, it was a small
(about 1,100 students) school so not as bad as if it were cooking for
multiple thousands of a big school.


 DD> He was a contributor to studies done into the subject of salt's
 DD> effects on blood pressure, etc.

 RH> So he should know whereof he speaks.

 DD> With my usual consumption of salt my average BP take at appointments
 DD> is in the 105/110 over high 60s to mid 70s. According to Drs Miller
 DD> and Dynda (my cardio and GP guys) that's "stellar".

 RH> Very good! Mine is usually higher when the PA takes it but that's
 RH> usually right after I come in, barely get seated and get called back.
 RH> Then the doctor takes it well into the appointment and it's down in the
 RH> good range.

 DD> Well, yeah. Most all of my medical places have an automatic BP device
 DD> that they leave me hooked to. By the time the croaker comes in and
 DD> they record the result I have been "at rest" long enough to stabilise
 DD> all
 DD> readings.

The tech will take my bp, then the doctor comes in and does it again for
me.


 DD> What gets them excited sometimes is when they clip the oximeter to my
 DD> "signalling" finger and the readings seem low. I have to remind them
 DD> that with my COPD and emphysema low - mid 90s is normal for me.  Bv)=

Mine runs in that range also, thanks to asthma and so many rounds of
bronchitis or pneumonia.

 DD> If I had a time machine I would go back to 1949 and find my
 DD> seven-year- old self and slap the wadding out of me for ever picking
 DD> up that first
 DD> cigarette.

I never even picked one up and I've still got bad lungs.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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