Salt is one of the four food groups.
I am not sure we understand salt.
It provides a vital nutrient: Iodine.
I lost about 75 pounds over the past 5 years and salt is part of my diet.
But I do not eat out a lot. I’d rather know what is in my food.
Nowadays, its hard not to eat out too as it is very convenient.
Damn Govt stay off my plate and out of my life!
I know a guy whose brother is an executive with Campbell’s Soup in New Jersey.
He says that the Fed are driving them absolutely up the wall with demands that they reduce the sodium content of their soup. They’ve tried thousands of different recipes, and there is simply NO WAY to accede to the Fed demands without making the soup taste like crap.
But I do not eat out a lot. I’d rather know what is in my food.
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Totally agree. I really dislike eating out (except my favorite Chinese restaurant where all is made from scratch). In addition to the county where I live adding a 5% meals tax (anything ‘prepared’ - even rotisserie chickens in the grocery store), I figure if I want cr@ppy food & cr@ppy service, I can provide myself with both of those items at home at a much cheaper price than I would pay at a restaurant. BTW, the Chinese restaurant is just across the county line so I do not pay the meals tax there :-)
They originally started iodizing salt because people who lived too far from the coast to get iodine in fish needed it. The entire Midwest had goiter. Then came frozen food and there really was no need for it anymore, as long as people ate ocean fish.