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Lower your salt intake?

Read this............

http://coach.nine.com.au/2016/06/21/12/20/18-surprisingly-high-sodium-foods

Scary.

I don't add salt when I cook, but it's on the table if anyone wants it.

Goodness you would never eat again with all the scaremongering

I don't use salt at all but will have several of the items they list .Not all at the same time though lol


:-D

We do need salt in our diet. The difficulty is getting the right amount!

Most food cooked without salt is tasteless and insipid and no amount added at the table will compensate.

I agree adding the right amount isn't that easy but if you can taste it when cooked there is far too much.

IGP, that could be due to your lifetime routine or your age. Our taste buds do change as we get older & we may need stronger flavours to enjoy our foods. OH smothers his food with freshly ground pepper!

We only add salt whilst cooking to cakes, pastries etc. Savoury dishes are seasoned to taste at the table. Having read the article, it's likely that we are experiencing the salt included in the gravy cubes/granules or other ingredients.

Sorry have to disagree that food is bland without being cooked with salt

years ago veggies were overboiled !!! in a saucepan with salt added

Many years ago i bought a steamer and our veggies are steamed with no salt and you get the true taste of them . for instance cauliflower, broccoli carrots potatoes etc taste just right and cook without losing their colour or flavour

Mother in law used to add Soda to boiled greens during cooking, to preserve the colour. Conventional wisdom now says that it destroys the vitamin content. You'd only benefit from the 'roughage'.

They're keen on veg sliced thin and baked aren't they? I saw suggested the other day that these new spiroslicer things would be ideal and was thinking of getting one

More evidence that the Australians are even worse cooks than the English. Australia has been saved from being a gastronomic desert by the Vietnamese, Greeks, Italians, Chinese, Thais and so on and so forth. However away from the middle of big cities Oz is boring beyond belief with nothing to drink except deep frozen beer and little to eat beyond junk food and bbq anything that once moved. There is occasional excitement from the bush fires and bad tempered crocodiles, snakes and assorted insects which see the Ozzies as lunch (unsalted)..

Anybody who complains about the BBC has not tried the antipodean version.

Most natural food properly cooked has all the salt you need adding extra either in the saucepan or plate is not needed. Potatoes need a pinch of salt when boiled.

Most of this stuff can easily be avoided in any case. Some of it eg pasta sauce and microwave instant meals are also full of sugar.

cornflakes - never; bought sarnies - never ; cottage cheese - never, but all cheese is salty ; baked beans - never ; instant soups - never ; anchovies - now and again (delish) ; olives yes, but NOT in brine (costs more) ; microwave anything - never ; instant gravy powder. granules etc - never (use meat juice) ; quick noodles - never ; salami - yes ; tomato sauce - never ; frozen pizza - never; salad dressing - no, olive oil spray ; commercial pasta sauce - never it is real ez diy ; soy sauce - now and then ; bacon - never ; beef jerky - never

It seems as though there is a lot more salt in Australian food than we have here. I have just checked out the items in my cupboard which are on their list and the salt content is about ¼ of the figure quoted. A slice of bread (Nimble wholemeal) is only 3% of recommended daily intake.

If available I buy the low-salt version but I think the manufacturers are putting less salt in things generally because of all the adverse publicity there has been.

Andy's mum is dead right.

http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/nutrition/salthowmuch/pages/howmuchsaltareweeating/howmuchsaltandsodium4551.aspx

esp note the last paragraph.

I am told that Oz got a taste for salty food way back in the C19 when meat preserved in salt was the only dish on offer in the sailing ships. Whatever today they certainly like lashings of condiments.I try and eat out as far as poss. as it preserves domestic peace with my rellies.

If Sunderland wants Australian points the Mackems have only to log in to the Qantas site no need to have them here.

Rollo, Sunderland, Qantas ??? I'm sorry, I don't have a clue :-D

An alternative suggestion why Australians might historically have a taste for salt.

In 'hot' countries people, particularly of N European extraction, sweat. They quickly lose salt. That needs to be replaced. So they eat more of it?

That would be true, Det. When I lived in Oz and it reached 40, I had a tendency to keel over. The doc said that my blood pressure 'dropped to my boots' and he recommended salt tablets - yuk, they were horrible. Instead I added salt to my plate during the really hot weather because I never used it when cooking (and still don't).

One of the places I keeled over was the office of my health insurer. :-D bet that put the wind up 'em. :-D

Bet they weren't expecting that!! Did your premiums rocket??

Low sodium levels used to be said to have caused leg cramp although that now seems to have been revised slightly.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/legcrampsunknowncause/Pages/Causes.aspx

dehydration: in some people, low levels of water in the body can lead to a drop in your salt levels, which can trigger muscle cramps

Not that I recall Det. :-D

I once lived in the Gulf. Kuwait temperature this time of year around 48 C August can exceed 60 C. Never felt any need for salt tablets even when working outside.

Hot (in summer) countries which like salty things include Spain and Portugal. OTOH so does Newfoundland which is anything but hot.

My GGF detested salt and pepper added to his food and made it to 90 before dying of a chill induced by Boxing Day swimming. My father was a salty dog in every way which turned out to be a real bad idea for his diet :-(

If you like salty things or sugary things indulge but don't pretend there are not consequences. Australia's consequences included a national type 2 diabetes catastrophe and a very high level of coronaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Cuekbklkg

You are lucky that you stayed upright, Rollo. My OH was fine in heat too.

But I have always had low blood pressure - was kept in hospital for extra time after the birth of my first child because of low BP.


ROLLO - Sunderland/Qantas ? Have I missed something? :-0

Sunderland - top of the list to (a) vote leave and (b) first referendum results
Mackems - not very polite description of Sunderland by Newcastle fans
Leave - promises "Australian Points" immigration system

I guess I listen to Radio 4 quiz shows too often
;-)

Mackem and tackem Rollo.

Make them and take them. A reference to the engineering skills from the Sunderland area (shipbuilding). They could knock anything together and some still can.

My SIL is a Mackem and he and one grandson are Black Cat supporters. :-D

On the other hand, my son and other grandson are Magpie supporters. :-D

It can get loud when the Footy's on. :-D

My OH prefers cricket. :-D