/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>5460353
Good for you.

Two great starts are googling it and/or talking about it to your doctor.

Are we done here?

>>5460353
>actually believing that excess salt is bad for you

"maximum amount"

>>5460366
High blood pressure is a thing. It won't give you cancer or cirrhosis, but you go.

>>5460383
>implying excess salt actually causes high blood pressure

>>5460385
>implying it doesn't

>>5460387
It doesn't, its been proven that it doesn't.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt/

>>5460392
>implying scientific american is a valid source of information
Peer reviewed journal or gtfo

OP, I'm so glad that you care about your health!

It's easy to understand why you have a salt addiction-- your genes demand it! Essential nutrients must be obtained by outside sources, and sodium is very, very important. Cool things like your nervous system would not work without sodium.

Because you live in a post-scarcity society, as far as nutrients go, this positive feedback system for getting more and more salt becomes a bit of a problem. Your body just doesn't know when to stop. The more you get, the more you become accustomed to, the more you crave.

This can only be fixed through the thing that every addict is aware of: the tolerance break.

Tough, I know, but if you suddenly cut back on salt, perhaps even a bit less than your allotted maximum, you'll start to notice and be satisfied by salt in your food that is in reasonable amounts.

To tide you over, invest in other spices with strong flavors! Make sure to check the ingredients list if you get mixes-- many major spice mixes are chock full of salt as their cheapest ingredient. This will kind of defeat the point of the tolerance break.

Many foods are also naturally spicy and pungent, which will make life easier for you.

To your health, anon. Good luck!

>>5460366
Stop being a science denier. This change is something that will make people stop disliking you.

>>5460394
Aye.

>>5460392
http://www.hablemosclaro.org/Repositorio/biblioteca/b_68_Efecto_de_una_modesta_reduccion_de_sal_(ingles).pdf

Google Scholar, "Salt and blood pressure"

>>5460353
FUCK SALT

>>5460353

this fggt thinks so little of his pink Himalayan salt that he make shitty sculptures with it...how jelly are you /ck/?

Stop smoking, recovering your sense of taste will reduce your need to "improve" the flavour of things

>>5460434
I think Celtic sea salt tastes better.

>>5460434

Drink more water, that's it.

>>5460530
is it okay if I drink pickle juice/s
i have thought about it, most sources say it would help a little but twice as much water does not permit you to take in twice as much salt

or maybe it does, I would wish. any source on this

>>5460353
people that eat nothing but raw vegetables are still going to die. Enjoy.

>>5460394
I trust Scientific American more than I do you. It's not even close.

>>5460385
>>5460387
It does increase blood pressure, but unless you're already in the risk zone it's irrelevant, maybe even good for you.

It's only a problem if you're a fatass. An abomination of nature, if you will.
Salt doesn't clog your arteries like cholesterol does, it forces your heart work harder, like exercise does. Don't run a marathon if you have heart problem.

>>5460795
umm, i find that very hard to believe considering salt tastes way too good to be good for you

>>5460805
Enjoyable does not equal unhealthy. That's a lie to keep you eating high profit margin crap.

>>5460383

Salt doesn't cause high blood pressure, those findings were based off terrible science where they stopped the sodium intake of the participants, they got dehydrated and their blood got thicker leading to what seemed like lower blood pressure.

Eat your salt.

>>5460353
Salt is water soluble. That means you pee any excess salt out of your body. If you don't already have high blood pressure, just drink plenty of water and you'll be fine. If you do have high blood pressure, talk with a doctor and find out, among other lifestyle changes you need to make, how much you should cut down on your sodium intake.

have you ever poured salt on a slug? well, it does the same inside us, only that we have a more complex body that has a stronger defense mechanism that deal with it.

Once or twice is fine, never is ideal but everyday will fuck you.

>>5461496
>never is ideal
It just dehydrates you you stupid fucking cunt. Drink a glass of water.

>>5461496
What are you talking about. We need salt, never is not fucking ideal.

Not to mention they typically add shit to the salt that our body needs but doesn't usually get as its something that everyone eats.

>tfw don't salt anything, just eat the sodium that is already in the meal
>tfw don't drink soda, just water, and my kidneys easily filter out all the excess that I may not need

feels good.

>>5461496
>>5461530
>>5461533
by never he means "never overconsuming" salt I assume, never disturbing the ion balance etc. getting the same, regular amount is ideal

>>5461585
Don't defend his stupidity, never clearly means never.

I consumed around 25 grams extra salt a day to try to kill parasites. I did that for like a week.

My saliva tasted like ocean water and my skin was like a salt block when I licked it.

I was too salty.

>>5461605
u wot now?

>>5461611

I remember having more energy, being slightly giddy, stuff like that.

I might only have one kidney like my dad though, so I should probably be careful.

But I won't. I'm a self destructive person.

>>5461627
No one cares. So self-destructive and edgy while surfing /ck/ on a Friday night.

lol watch out, he'll eat lots of salt and doesn't give a fuck!!

>>5461605
>>5461627
watch out, he is a menace to society!

>>5461627
>But I won't. I'm a self destructive person.
>I ate a lot of salt for a week

You are so inexperienced and sheltered it is hilarious.

>>5461632

LOL

I meant I do stupid shit. Like drink Listerine.

No monies, no job.

>>5461636

Oh, I am.

You have no idea.

No doubt all the alphabet agencies have a file on me, and secretly spy on me, waiting for the day they can take down a criminal mastermind like me.

Because I break the law. Ooooooo. I'm bad.

>>5460795
cholesterol doesn't clog arteries, you dense fuck

>>5460353
Don't worry about it too much. (unless you have high blood preasure), just make sure you drink plenty of water.

I've lower my sodium intake by not adding any extra salt to the things i eat; like i used to, and by not eating any junk food, but i still go over my sodium intake every other day.

>>5460397
I agree with you in principle and i've noticed some of those things, but i would worry more about sugar intake than sodium.

>>5461715

The plaque of atherosclerosis that builds up in the arteries IS composed of cholesterol and other substances.

>>5461841

>>5461847

>>5461835
Oh, sugar can also stand to be taken down a peg or five! This was just a salt thread, though.

For sugar, I would recommend satisfying your sweet tooth with fructose as much as possible. Glucose is not evil, but we definitely overuse it! Fruit isn't your only option-- many root vegetables are rich in fructose. For example, I like balsamic glazed carrots, and will eat them like candy. Fructose is relatively much sweeter than glucose, and you'll start to notice it more with the same tolerance break idea.

(Also, there's a reason why cinnamon and allspice are in pies so much. So fucking sweet. Good flavoring substitute.)

>>5464110
>allspice
allspice is certainly not sweet
it is like a mixture of blackpepper and clove

>>5461638
Laughing my ass off at the fact you're insulting him for being so health conscious he thinks eating a little too much salt is self-destructive.

But yeah, it's better he overdose on some heroin for the experience, that way he can lower his health standards. :^)

>>5464152
I've always found cloves to be quite sweet. Perhaps my taste buds are off?

man, the key factor is not the amount of sodium you eat, it's the *ratio of potassium to sodium*.
it should be at least 2:1.

nothing wrong with 4g of sodium everyday as long as you also get 8g of potassium. ...which is admittedly damn hard.

now before anyone starts chugging potassium chloride, be fucking careful! your body is not tolerant of sudden spikes in potassium -- intake must be spread out, like it would be if you got your potassium from vegetables etc.


the same ratio holds true for the secondary electrolytes, magnesium and calcium. shoot for twice as much magnesium as calcium (and NOT the other way around, as was erroneously reported in articles for decades.)

>>5464620
>man, the key factor is not the amount of sodium you eat, it's the *ratio of potassium to sodium*.
>it should be at least 2:1.

you should stop talking about health related topics in which you have no fuckin clue

>>5464624
that was such a good point. you should try out for debate class.

>>5460419

Fuck off, Danny. Salt kicks ass.

Salt is fine, stop being a faggot.