Which deadly delight would you give up ?

I run low sodium too, right at the bottom of the range. I don’t use the salt shaker, never did, it don’t avoid occasional crackers, chips, foods made with salt in them, like hot dogs, some cold cuts. But I’ve learned that being too low has problems like muscle cramps and spasms, GI problems, affects heart rhythms, and others. Your Dr wants to avoid that for you
Another example: I recently had to take a “water pill” for a condition for a few days, and since I’m usually low sodium, was told to to add some salty foods while on the pill, to prevent being too low. Seemed to work ok.
I’d probably give up the sugar. . Sadly. I do like cookies, haha.
 
Hands down, sugar. There are a lot of sugar substitutes that taste good and work really well in baking. I use them all the time, although I still use regular sugar, too. If I had to give up sugar altogether, I could do it.
 
I gave up sugar in January due to it exacerbating autoimmune pain and skin issues. Rarely, I use a few natural sweeteners such as maple syrup for baking along with little stevia and monk fruit extract. My taste buds have changed so that fruit and other naturally sweet foods like sweet potatoes satisfy me. Even plain pecans taste like a sweet treat now that I've quit sugar and artificial sweeteners.
 
Fat and meat
hollydolly said:
Fat..I'm on a Diet now, and have cut fat right down to less than 4grms in any 100 grms of food...
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Fat and meat is my go to food. No wheat products/starch products/rice products. Sugars. Lost 60 lbs in a year, walk about 2 to 3 miles three times a week. I used to have terrible bowels, swooning, inflammation, dizziness and Dr said pre-diabetic. All of the above are gone. I also started intermittent fasting to reduce the insulin resistance. I feel better now than I felt in my 40s, 50s, and early 60s.
 
From everything I've read, rare is the person who would be told to totally cut out any of those. Minimize them certainly but totally, i don't think would be healthy. We need some of all those. Not nearly as much as most do consume. And i think one would have to have multiple health issues for Doc to settle for you to give up just one. Sugar and fat may contribute to some of same conditions, but not salt.

Salt is mostly implicated in hypertension, high blood pressure. I craved it mightily from early chilhood. I was in my 20s before i learned i had such chronically low BP it caused a momentary wooziness whenever i stood up too quickly. I someimes had to do jumping jacks to raise it enough to donate plasma. Post- menopause weight gain raised it to low end of normal, and guess what, my craving for salt dwindled greatly.

Could you be more specific about the form of sugar this hypothetical doctor would say one had to give up? Refined sugar is not that good for us but the chemical substitutes are often more of a threat to our health (also more addictive than sugar, which is why the soda companies were selective in which studies they submitted to the FDA to get approval to use them in 'diet' drinks), and most of us can get an acceptable level of sugars from foods.

It can be harmful to get too little of some things as well as too much. And most anything can be harmful if overdone, including water. But the levels that are detrimental can vary widely from one individual to another. I would definitely want a second opinion from before agreeing to give up any of them totally. But i already work to not over consume any of them.
 
Murrmurr said:
I could quit using salt, but I'd have to research all the items on our regular groceries list and substitute everything that contains sodium. That'd be a chore.
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it is a huge pain/ and forget eating out ........... reading every label and measuring items below the word of thumb of 140 mg per serving.
 
Nathan said:
If your doctor strenuously advised you to quit one, which would it be?

1. Salt

2.Sugar

3.Fat
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Perhaps to be more precise- "added" salt-sugar-fat should have been specified.

I cut out added salt some years ago. Sure, all processed foods will have added sodium, unless you specifically shop for and pay additional for "less sodium" products. There are 'good fats' of course, but usually come with the 'bad' fats(saturated, trans).

I would sacrifice added sugars as much as possible, if they don't come with essential nutrients, like with fruit.
 
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