Salt is essential to health. This means sodium chloride
and potassium chloride,
with traces of other mineral salts.
If you sweat a lot at work or play, lack of salt can cause
“heat stroke”.
Salt can kill. Excess salt is probably the biggest dietary
health risk factor after fats, in any country that uses a
lot of prepared foods.
Avoid salty-fatty snack foods. Restrict the salt added to
foods during cooking.
As a kid, I used to salt everything at meal time, often
before even tasting. Now, any foods I prepare, I add no
salt, outside of reduced salt versions of soy sauce. And I
am very sensitive to the taste of excess salt in bought
meals, canned goods, and other prepared foods.
