Alternatives to salt — How can we season our dishes healthily?

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Thank you for posting a current and very worthy topic for discussion Somya,

Having several chronic conditions and as many doctors to deal with them, they all talk about reducing or eliminating salt in my diet. The diuretics that I take have a negative impact on my kidneys but also do little to reduce the edema in my legs. This along with lymphedema and neuropathy, the many drugs I must take for this and the other conditions apparently do little to relieve them. I try to use herbs and other spices to help eliminate salt in the diet, but most processed and otherwise prepared foods contain loads of added salt. Even the "low salt" foods advertised contain excessive amounts of salt. Watching the television chefs on the TV demanding loads of salt when cooking meat just slay me. It is almost like a conspiracy to kill us all with excessive salt everywhere we turn. My morning breakfast always has two eggs with either 2 sausage links or 2 slices of bacon and 2 slices of toast or English Muffin. Never add salt to the eggs, only pepper. When cooking any other meal, its only herbs and spices with little or no salt.

Thank you again for the opportunity to voice my 2 cents worth.

G