SC - ham

[JEANNE STAPLETON]

I haven't had mine checked out lately but last time my BP was absolutely
dead right in the middle of normal--that with birth control pills and a
dad who'd had high BP (but a mother who had lower than average BP).

I get flak from friends when I salt my food (and I do taste before
salting, and I don't add salt when using commerically salty products
like canned tomato sauce), and I guess I always get pretty put out 
because they don't know my medical history and don't know about con-
versations I've had with my doctors; I've always been candid about my
salt intake and craving.

Good to know I"m not alone and that I'm safe in scarfing down all the
salty ham bits and feta that no one else wants.  :-)  As you say, Genevia,
salt is not always a bad thing.

Berengaria

On Thu, 17 Sep 1998 geneviamoas at juno.com wrote:

> When I started cutting down on my salt intake I noticed I was getting
> sleepy, and feeling poorly. Then I had friends start taking my blood
> Pressure ( I'm a nurse so this wasn't hard) and checking my blood sugar
> etc.  Blood sugar was fine every thing checking out grand and normal
> until I looked at my BP which was now down to about 90/60. My normal is
> 120/80. Added the salt back BP came back up I felt much better. When I
> crave salt and feel bad I eat salt. MD approved.  Salt is not necessarily
> a bad thing
> Genevia
> 
> On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:45:37 -0400 "Philippa Alderton" <phlip at bright.net>
> writes:
> >Berengaria asks:
> >
> >Is anybody else on the list besides me a sodium chloridaholic?
> >
> >I'm not, but my ex was, and so have been others I've dated. I used to 
> >eat
> >far more salt than I do now, but I wound up cooking for people who had 
> >to
> >stay away from it for various medical reasons, so I learned to cook a 
> >low
> >salt, low fat, and low sugar diet. It took a little learning, and 
> >getting
> >used to, but I like my food better now than before. Yes, many things I 
> >used
> >to enjoy are way too salty now.
> >
> >I worked out a deal with my ex. I'd always have salt on the table, 
> >along
> >with pseudo psalt- made it easy to use a standard set of shakers with 
> >S and
> >P on them, since I grind my own pepper at the table. What he didn't 
> >know
> >was that both shakers contained a 50/50 combination of salt and pseudo
> >psalt, so when he went for the salt, he was getting less of that and 
> >when
> >he was being virtuous (he was trying to watch his health) he was 
> >getting
> >rewarded with the salt he craved ;-) He never did catch on, but I 
> >noticed
> >that he was using considerably less salt as time went on, and he got 
> >used
> >to the flavorings that I added in the food.
> >
> >
> >Phlip
> >
> >Phlip at bright.net
> >
> >Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> >And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
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