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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