Let There Be Salt!

Of all the things we've cut out on this program (which is practically everything), I miss sodium the most. I've long been a serial salt abuser, so I never realized just how bland everything is without it. Sure, I knew that I used so much salt because it made things taste better, but little did I realize what would happen in its absence. Basically, food without sodium no longer tastes like food.

Try this experiment: At your next meal, put away the salt and soy sauce. Use ingredients with little or no sodium. Then take a big bite. What do you taste? That's right: not food. The problem is especially  bad with soup because soup without sodium is just stuff floating in hot water.

This lead me to do some research, and it seems that sodium isn't as bad as it has been made out to be:

"If you are under age 50, your blood pressure is in a healthy range, and your health is good, you probably have little reason to worry about salt intake. A lower-sodium diet is good for people who are older, who are of African American descent, or who have high blood pressure or diabetes"(from http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/daily-sodium-intake)

So my conclusion: I'm going to let a little salt back into my diet so food can taste like food again. Hallelujah!