Tue, Sep-26-17, 12:16
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Senior Member
Posts: 6,498
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Plan: VLC, mostly meat
Stats: 202/200/165
BF:
Progress: 5%
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Verbena
Perhaps this is true; I can't speak for anyone but myself, and in my case it most certainly is not. I grew up, quite literally, about 200 feet from the Pacific ocean. As a child I hated salt, and would refuse bacon, ham, pickles, even the popcorn that my mother salted - loved the butter and garlic, hated the salt. During only 2 periods of my life have I ever felt the need to add salt to my food - after I had been living in the middle of Germany for 2 years, and again, after moving to Oregon, on the inland side of the Coastal Range. It occurred to me then that throughout my life (50 years when I first moved here), except for these 2 periods, I had never lived more than 8 miles from a large body of salt water (Pacific, Atlantic, San Francisco Bay). I believe that I got what I needed from the air. One of my brothers, who is a sailor and a surfer, and pretty much lives on the water, has said the same thing about himself. I have been LC for almost 5 years, and living away from the ocean for 15, and do now use salt more liberally, but probably still use less than the average American.
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I like that. There's the idea that salt is self-regulating. We get hungry for salt when we need it, then it becomes unpalatable once we've had enough. So if we always have enough, salt isn't going to taste good enough for us to add it to a meal. Also, your personal experience with LC suggests that there is an increased need for salt when we eat more carbs. I mean, I'm a bit biased here cuz that's how I see it already, so take that last part with a grain of salt, hehe.
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