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I had a close relative in congestive heart failure. My understanding of the reason for reducing salt was to avoid the water retention that impairs heart functio
by Kaibeezy 5y ago
I had a close relative in congestive heart failure. My understanding of the reason for reducing salt was to avoid the water retention that impairs heart function.
It was sad to see him struggle with food that was less and less appetizing. Salt tastes great :(
- btilly 5y agoI know what that is like. For some reason, salt stops my blood pressure medication from working. (Several possible diagnoses were explored without success.) This was discovered after I checked in to the ER feeling terrible with a blood pressure around 190/120 and then had to stay for a week. So I'm now on a low salt diet and my blood pressure is now fine. I don't cheat. And after a while my taste buds kind of reset. What tastes normal to most tastes insanely salty to me, and I get to enjoy the taste of low salt food. It does suck that I can't simply eat out though.