I've cut back a lot on salt too. Now I find many foods in restaurants too salty for my taste.

We don't salt much either, but like Heather said you'll find stuff tasting really salty. Especially lunch meats and canned soup. Some things need more salt, like grits, eggs and other white foods.

I still have to salt my watermelon, though!!

Having children born with heart conditions and a hubby who has blood pressure issues I have never used salt on food or even on the table. I would add a dash and only a dash to veggies when cooking etc.
So glad you are on a healthier journey and yes when you taste the actual food it really is great!
Congrats :)

I agree with you. Due to health issues I have become quite the label reader, the amount of sodium in prepared food is truly amazing! We don't eat a lot of prepackaged food but if we do I can tell quickly, my rings get tight.

I cut back on salt about five years ago, long before Weight Watchers. Now I rarely if ever pull out the salt shaker. I don't feel bloated anymore. There's a lot of foods I can't stand anymore: home made taco's made using the El Paso kits, Tim Hortons Chili, most frozen dinners, etc. Canned soups are horrible with all the salt they use. Well, most processed foods have way too much salt. I look for foods with 10% or less of my daily intake of salt. If it has more, the store can keep it.

There are scientists who came to Calgary to find out why we use less salt here than any other city in North America. I'm curious about that too. Not too many people I know pull out the salt shaker.

I'm on low salt diet also. I don't even add salt to pasta water anymore. Feels like I'm "breaking a rule". I find Mrs. Dash blends taste just as good. My husband is one of those idiots who adds salt before tasting food, then complains to me "This is too salty." The truth is, I use zero salt in cooking, but I always add double the herbs and spices. stay away from processed foods like hot dogs, canned soups, etc. Even canned vegetables have salt added-frozen is better, and about the same price.

I once was a heavy salt user. Three years ago DH had a stroke. That day was the last time I used a salt shaker! Surprisingly it wasn't as hard As I thought it would be.

Pickles and olives are full of salt, as are processed foods such as hot dogs. Most canned food is just full of salt. If you read the labels and see what the sodium (salt) content is, you will be shocked.

I agree, Holly, it's not as hard as I thought it would be.

I agree - you actually taste the food when you cut out the added salt. It is astonishing how much salt is in packaged and prepared foods and restaurant food though. If you think you've gone low sodium because you've eliminated the salt shaker you are mistaken. It about makes me gag now and when I see the amount of sodium in some stuff I feel like I'd practically be poisoning myself if I ate it.

I have never added salt to anything in 30-40 years only on watermelon, corn on the cob~~hard boiled eggs once in a while BUT I love potato chips YUMMERS!!!!But try not to eat them often but I am addicted to them. I never understood everyone adding so much salt to their food.

another salt observer, sigh...and yes, i do miss it on some things...

try lemon pepper, if you can find the salt-free even better...

of course not all recipes taste the same...made corn souffle for christmas and wow, salt free creamed corn was very bland...(and that was using saltine crackers)

About the only time I use thesalt shaker is to mix up some salt water to rinse out my mouth.

I remember putting salt on watermelon when I was a kid.

I use table salt on steak,fried potatoes and eggs. Not much else.

On the other hand I don't have any health issues that require cutting down so I don't watch my sodium intake at all in other ways.

Studies have shown that salt may have little to do with cardiovascular disease in a many people. Some with these issues are affected by sodium intake but many others are not. Those who are not are needlessly forced into low or no salt diets. Again it's one sized fits all mentally instead of treatment by individual.

I've not used Table Salt since 1980 when I had Toxemia with Childbirth.

If you eat a diet with fresh food, and no processed foods, you will be well on the way to only consuming the appropriate amount of salt.

Bread has quite a bit of salt in it, so be careful there.

I am on a low salt diet and I think food products always go to a lot of trouble showing "Low Fat" and "Low Sugar", but they do nothing about the "Low Salt".

Here, in Australia, I can buy "low salt" cream corn, butter, beans, and that is it. All other products I have to read the tiny labels.

With so many people with health problems related to salt I think marketing people are missing an opportunity here.