I must confess that is me. I've cut down on the amount... but can't go without it totally. My tastebuds are for salty rather than sweets. I can do without cakes, cookies, candy but not salty foods. It's like my body craves it and I KNOW it's bad for me.
I thought the same thing until I got it out of my diet. If I have a few chips with salt, I immediately have to drink water to get the saltiness out of my mouth. It takes time, but it can be done!
Another beautiful picture SandySu! You have quite the eye...
showing the beauty of winter.
I remember the last morning my dad ever got to sit in his favorite chair at his home. My mom fell sick and my brother and I had made the decision to move my dad to an assisted living facility, and my mother would join him later. My parents loved their home. We had a huge sliding glass door that encompassed the entire living room. It over looked into our fence less back yard. Behind our property was wooded land. In the winter, dad would always feed the birds and squirrels. Deer would head up out of the woods in search of food and always come up to the yard and stand there looking at us looking at them. I hadn't seen the deer at all during the week I was at home and had hoped to see them with their babies. I was busy packing and getting the house ready to be sold but always stole a moment to look for them.
The morning of the move, and my dad's last morning at his own home, I was sitting on the hearth talking to my dad. I looked out the slider and there I saw 4 deer standing in the yard. It was like they knew they had to come to say good bye to my dad. It brought tears to my eyes and still does when I think of the moment.
Sandy, thanks for sharing such a great photo!
Well... I just finished reading an excerpt from this book. This is the beginning of this new year and I'm going to start the process of ridding my body of salt. No wonder I crave it! One thing... I stopped eating take out a while ago and never really cared for deli meats including "low sodium" lunch meats. Even for me, they are too salty. Now that's scary!
Good decision JoAnn! You can do it! I love Mrs Dash seasonings. There are a lot of spices that can be used in exchange of salt. Dulse flakes are a good way to salt something up and still get some iodine in your diet. Some dulse flakes smell downright fishy, so you might have to experiment a bit with it if you try it.
I think Rom may have been the sweetest cat I've ever known -- and I've known a LOT of sweet kitties. 
