Myths about Cooking with Salt • Hacker News Board

Re: Myths about Cooking with Salt

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Post by arp242 » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 10:38 AM UTC

qwytw wrote: post #8

gustavotoyota wrote: post #2

My uncle eats ZERO salt. I think it's cool if he manages to do that, but for me that is unachievable.

I hope he consumes very large amounts of milk, beets, carrots etc. which have some sodium in them. Or at least some processed foods... > I think it's cool Maybe, but it's definitely not the brightest idea one can come up with.

I almost never add salt to most things I cook, and with the amount of salt in frozen pizzas, bread, and whatnot it's basically fine. The lack of added iodine might actually be the biggest issue.

Re: Myths about Cooking with Salt

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Post by ClosedPistachio » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 11:13 AM UTC

Samin Nosrat's "Salt Fat Acid Heat" [0] really helped me understand cooking with salt (and balancing it with fats and acids). Also this LifeHacker article [1]!

[0] https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/ [1] https://lifehacker.com/season-your-chicken-even-more-you-cow...

Re: Myths about Cooking with Salt

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Post by Simulacra » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 12:49 PM UTC

https://archive.is/bSO44

Re: Myths about Cooking with Salt

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Post by xtracto » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

jeltz wrote: post #10

gustavotoyota wrote: post #2

My uncle eats ZERO salt. I think it's cool if he manages to do that, but for me that is unachievable.

What is the point of that? Sodium is vital for your body so he is just risking hyponatremia for no good reason. Plus the body is really good at getting rid of excess sodium.

I started using "low sodium" salt, which basically is Sodium + Potasium, which both are electrolytes needed for the body. I grew up eating without salt (mom cooked with no salt at all) and using this low-Na-salt was amazing .

Re: Myths about Cooking with Salt

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Post by hackeraccount » Tue, Jul 25, 2023, 5:07 PM UTC

jeltz wrote: post #10

gustavotoyota wrote: post #2

My uncle eats ZERO salt. I think it's cool if he manages to do that, but for me that is unachievable.

What is the point of that? Sodium is vital for your body so he is just risking hyponatremia for no good reason. Plus the body is really good at getting rid of excess sodium.

I know the parent said zero salt but ... that's hard to believe. In the modern world if you just breath you get salt in your diet. I bet if you try with all your might to get zero you probably up at the RDA.