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Originally Posted by grannyclaret

I was told salt is bad for alsorts of things,, but everything is horrible without it

Salt itself isn’t bad. The human body needs salt and too little is just as bad as too much, if not more so.

A person’s correct intake level of salt is dependant on many factors not least of which is what they do during the day. We all sweat even when asleep and the more we sweat the more we get rid of body salts that must be replaced if we want to continue living especially when the weather is warm.

So the government’s recommended level is just an average for the average person – if there is such a thing.

As you say food cooked without salt tastes horrible and bland. You need salt when cooking to help bring out the flavour of the food. Even porridge with a pinch of salt tastes better than without it. Don’t you put some salt in with the flour when baking a cake?

My 70 years old legs don’t suffer from night cramps very often but on the odd occasion that they do it is usually after sitting watching TV for several hours and my legs have got cold.