|
We eat very little processed foods and normally don't add salt even when called for in foods we make. But popcorn and fries, to me it just makes them taste better.
Be warned, your body requires various types of iodine, which is only provided by salt.
From wiki: "Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.[1] According to public health experts, iodisation of salt may be the world's simplest and most cost-effective measure available to improve health, only costing USD$0.05 per person per year.[1] At the World Summit for Children in 1990, a goal was set to eliminate iodine deficiency by 2000. At that time, 25% of households consumed iodised salt, a proportion that increased to 66% by 2006"
Too much salt is bad... but trying to go totally without it, isn't any healthier than shoveling down your throat.
|