RE: HEALTH: AMA's campaign against salt fails to reco...

[Guest guest]

Have been without salt for 26 days now and I am a different person.

It's been a little longer for me but it's amazing how much better food tastes without salt. If I accidently eat something even with a faint faint touch of salt I have to spit it out because of the taste. And giving up salt was really hard for me. I didn't think I'd be able to do it.

Gloria

[Guest guest]

The difference this time being no salt, no fats and no enervating spices.

When I went off sugar, salts and fats the same thing happened to me. I'm NEVER constipated and all of a sudden, after 2 days...nothing!! Freaked me out. I was eating tons of fruits and veggies. I finally decided that I have to have some fats. I had no lubrication. From that day on I had a tablespoon of either olive oil or flax oil on my salads, and I never had the constipation problem again.

Gloria

[Guest guest]

Saturday is the end and then I will go back a tad bit of fat, just to see.

Like I said...I'm never constipated. I'm one of those at least 2-3 times a day people. And when this happened I couldn't figure it out. I instinctively felt it was the lack of any oils causing the back up.

Gloria

[Guest guest]

By the way Gloria, how long have you been away from salt consumption, if

I may ask?

Hmmm...maybe about 4 months now. 11 months without sugar.

Gloria

[Guest guest]

Hi Shari and Gloria,

Very well done to both of you for kicking the salt habit. Salt is a most

insidious, addictive toxin. Unfortunately, unlike heroin and some of the

other drugs, alot of us get hooked by the age of three, if not earlier.

Nasty stuff. Sugar is little better but is much easier to kick than

salt. It is truly wonderful to taste the true flavors of the food though

isn't it?

In health,

Don

SV wrote:

> I hear you Gloria! My salt intake was ridiculous. I think, I KNOW,

> it started as a kid. I idlolized my father and he salted everything

> without even tasting. Then I took up smoking and salt became a huge

> part of my meals. I learned a long time ago not to prepare meals with

> salt for others because I couldn't bring it down far enough.

>

> Salt is harder for me than sugar. Even talking about salt makes me

> salivate, even now.

>

> Shari

>

[Guest guest]

I know that it takes sugar three days to leave your body. I'm wondering about salt. I've been 26 days all fruit and veg (probably about 80/20%) and of all things, I'm constipated! Drinking lots of water, probably close to a gallon a day.

Doesn't seem as though I have any peristaltic action and am wondering if it something that is ever going to return. I've been constipated most of my life, but never when I've gone all raw. The difference this time being no salt, no fats and no enervating spices.

Thoughts on this, Don?

Thanks, Shari

[Guest guest]

Are you eating any avo's or nuts? Have you considered fasting for a

spell to allow your digestive system to heal itself?

It takes much longer for salt to leave the body as the body stores it in

the most inaccessible places (just under the skin). I know that sounds

strange, inaccessible, but it is much easier for the body to remove the

less caustic toxins and wastes as they are nearer to the exits. Yes,

skin is an exit but most salt gets removed through the kidneys and not

the skin, unless one is doing extreme manual labor in the heat and even

then the majority of salt is still removed through the kidneys. But, due

to its caustic nature, the body does everything it can to protect the

more vital areas so it dilutes this poison with water and shoves it out

under the skin to store it away from the more easily damaged internal

organs and tissues.

The no fats may be why you are being constipated. This is not a bad

thing, necessarily in your case, but it would appear that your body is

trying to tell you to allow it a break so it can heal. Just my thoughts.

Food for though Shari.

Don

SV wrote:

> I know that it takes sugar three days to leave your body. I'm

> wondering about salt. I've been 26 days all fruit and veg (probably

> about 80/20%) and of all things, I'm constipated! Drinking lots of

> water, probably close to a gallon a day.

>

> Doesn't seem as though I have any peristaltic action and am wondering

> if it something that is ever going to return. I've been constipated

> most of my life, but never when I've gone all raw. The difference

> this time being no salt, no fats and no enervating spices.

>

> Thoughts on this, Don?

>

> Thanks, Shari

>

[Guest guest]

Eating an avocado a day might be a better solution than using a

fractionated food like flax seed oil or olive oil. Just a thought

Gloria. However, if you are happy with your solution that is fine.

Don

MorningGlory113@... wrote:

> The difference this time being no salt, no fats and no enervating spices.

>

> When I went off sugar, salts and fats the same thing happened to me.

> I'm NEVER constipated and all of a sudden, after 2 days...nothing!!

> Freaked me out. I was eating tons of fruits and veggies. I finally

> decided that I have to have some fats. I had no lubrication. From that

> day on I had a tablespoon of either olive oil or flax oil on my

> salads, and I never had the constipation problem again.

>

> Gloria

>

[Guest guest]

By the way Gloria, how long have you been away from salt consumption, if

I may ask?

Don

MorningGlory113@... wrote:

> Salt is harder for me than sugar. Even talking about salt makes me

> salivate, even now.

>

> Oh, salt much harder for me than sugar too. But I can hardly tolerate

> it now. There is a homemade bread that a friend used to give me and I

> LOVE it. It's all whole grains and I simply went crazy over it. She

> gave me some last week (I hadn't had a piece in about 5 months), and

> when I bit into it the first thing I noticed was this salty taste. Now

> no one else would even notice it because the salt in this bread is so

> miniscule. But, from not having salt for so long it jumped out at me

> immediately. So I say I still crave it, but when I actually taste it,

> I don't like it.

>

> Gloria

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My mom raised us without any table salt so

I never had a taste for it. When I married he was a salt junkie and I slowly

broke him of the habit. Now neither of us can stand the taste. It’s funny

when his mom comes over and sees me cooking with fresh herbs. She always looks

at me with disgust like I’m gonna poison her son or something hehe.

Janet

From: health [mailto:health ] On Behalf Of MorningGlory113@...

Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006

4:52 AM

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Subject: Re:

HEALTH: AMA's campaign against salt fails to reco...

Salt is harder for me than sugar. Even talking

about salt makes me salivate, even now.

Oh, salt much harder for me than sugar too. But I can hardly tolerate it

now. There is a homemade bread that a friend used to give me and I LOVE it.

It's all whole grains and I simply went crazy over it. She gave me some last

week (I hadn't had a piece in about 5 months), and when I bit into it the first

thing I noticed was this salty taste. Now no one else would even notice it

because the salt in this bread is so miniscule. But, from not having salt for

so long it jumped out at me immediately. So I say I still crave it, but when I

actually taste it, I don't like it.

Gloria