Out of the hospital

[Littleenki]

Well, interestingly, when I went into puberty, salt became something I couldn't tolerate in My food.  So for 40 years I never salted anything.  Once I became menopausal...  I began to crave salt.

So what to make of that?

Thats your ovaries giving the death knell, Am, and it's called adrenal fatigue, and the body tries to counteract it with a salt fest of epic proportions. And if your ovaries dont work anymore, it's the first side effect youll notice.
From what Ive read, you should add a bit of salt in your diet, like organic soy or braggs, so try that, as it isnt as disgusting as real salt.

And "anything you say" is the one answer to give a menopausal woman if I value my life, so menopause is a lesson for all of us, regardless of age!

Cheers!
Littleenki

[Amaterasu]

Well, if I could afford to add Braggs, I would, but presently, salt is by far the affordable source.  And "crave" really was too strong a word.  I find food bland without a bit of salt added, whereas before any salt added made things too salty for My taste.

[Littleenki]

Well, if I could afford to add Braggs, I would, but presently, salt is by far the affordable source.  And "crave" really was too strong a word.  I find food bland without a bit of salt added, whereas before any salt added made things too salty for My taste.

Im guilty, too, Am, its himalayan pink salt for me and then just a bit adds a ton of flavor!
Braggs on Amazon is fairly cheap.
Cheers!
Littleenki

[ArMaP]

From what Ive read, you should add a bit of salt in your diet, like organic soy or braggs, so try that, as it isnt as disgusting as real salt.

What's disgusting about real salt? Don't you like sea water?

[Captain Dave]

It's good to hear you're doing well. 

I got severly dehydrated during a mandatory evacuation once and it changed my life. I lost most of the water in my body, became super thin & turned Grey - I looked like a true to life alien's cousin! Massive headaches, couldn't eat for weeks and even drinking water made me vomit. Kidneys shut down Etc...

I remember all the food they were cooking smelled sooo good and I couldn't even eat! ( I can still smell roast beef cooking... Oh that was torture! )

I was finally able to drink some Pedialyte and then Milk which helped me work my way back to normal foods and then health.

I have always worked in the heat and never had any problems until that event. After the whole experience I had problems with getting overheated easily... First headache then nausia etc...

I tryed drinking plenty of water, but it just didn't seem to help. Finally, it dawned on me to eat more salt! True I was getting plenty of H2o, but not replenishing the salt I was also loosing.

In fact several times, when the headache started, I drank some water & ingested some salt and shortly after, the headache went away.

Old sailors trick I learned is to eat a hard boiled egg with salt on it, giving you the sodium, and other nutrients your body needs... Has worked out well since then.

The strangest part after the whole event, was that whenever I had to urinate, I couldn't find the switch! Bladders full - check... Bathroom facilities - check... Use facilities -Failure! I couldn't mentally "turn on the switch" - the circuit pathways had been deleted. So that was a weird  relearning experience. Funny how something so "easy" and that you take for granted every day, can remind you what a complicated machine you are. Yet at the same time, by simply using your mind, you can easily repair it. Simple, normal, casual, take it for granted belief.

I also had Gallstones at one point... ( which felt like a knife stuck in my side - for years )... I ended up getting online and looking for remedies, but found too many bad idea's...  So I wasn't really sure what to do.

I did notice, every time I ate something with saturated fat, I ended up with pain fairly quickly. I ended up changing my diet, eliminated most of the saturated fats I was eating, which then eliminated the pain and eventually, the stones.

So I guess, it's all a balancing act. 

[Littleenki]

What's disgusting about real salt? Don't you like sea water?

Yes, I do! LOL!
Real salt is fine, it's the local ingredients that can make it or break it.
True clean salt is rare, and when you find it, stick with it. Thats why I like the Himalayan pink, as it has the least amount of "other ingredients" in it, and has a nice fine consistency that goes far with a little pinch.
I do love the sea salt, but with the toxins and heavy metals in the seawater some times, it isnt the easiest to get all that out, and to do so requires heavy processing, something we should avoid, just due to the oils and contaminants on the machinery used to do it.

You really have to be aware of why our food is killing us, as the bad stuff comes from the most unusual sources like dirty machinery, rodent droppings(which are allowed in salt at a low %, but still), erroneus minerals and other dehydrated toxins, it's frightening.

Just think when you catch a fish, and want to eat it, what is running into the bay where you caught it, and what has it eaten in it's life that you wouldnt want in your body.
Toxins and contaminants are everywhere, and salt is one place where they can hide without us knowing it.
Yes, I do like salt in all my cheffin, so I found the Himalayan pink to be the best alternative to other salts Ive used in the past.
Funny, as a chef, salt is almost a no-no on the table, but in the galley, it is used with a deft hand at the right time in a preparation to make best use of it's flavor.
Look up Braggs and youll see what that is, some healthy stuff, so try some if you can.

Feelin' salty,
Littleenki

[Amaterasu]

Im guilty, too, Am, its himalayan pink salt for me and then just a bit adds a ton of flavor!
Braggs on Amazon is fairly cheap.
Cheers!
Littleenki

Sadly...  I cannot buy things on the web.  No bank account, no credit cards.  And I think I presently have $1.32 to My name.  The web doesn't take food stamps.  [sigh]

[Amaterasu]

I also had Gallstones at one point... ( which felt like a knife stuck in my side - for years )... I ended up getting online and looking for remedies, but found too many bad idea's...  So I wasn't really sure what to do.

I found a very good gallbladder cleanse on the web years ago - more recent searches have some of the things wrong...

I use this cleanse whenever I have gallbladder issues.  Maybe I should start a thread....

[ArMaP]

Yes, I do! LOL!
Real salt is fine, it's the local ingredients that can make it or break it.

Here in Portugal we have a very clear, white salt, and several "salinas" producing salt in the same way it always has been made, by raking the crystals from the top of very salty water kept in special pools. As we do not suffer from (much) pollution, I don't think that's a problem here.

As far as I know, all the salt we use at my home is Portuguese salt, but I don't know if it's manually produced or not.

[Littleenki]

Here in Portugal we have a very clear, white salt, and several "salinas" producing salt in the same way it always has been made, by raking the crystals from the top of very salty water kept in special pools. As we do not suffer from (much) pollution, I don't think that's a problem here.

As far as I know, all the salt we use at my home is Portuguese salt, but I don't know if it's manually produced or not.

Hey, ArMap, I want to get me some portuguese sea salt! Sounds like a winner, with the clean environs you enjoy there. We have a lot of issues with algae, and toxins in the water here in the Gulf of Mexico, so I wont be trying that anytime soon here!
Ill be lookin for that Portuguese sea salt, so thanks for the idea!
Cheers!
Littleenki

[ArMaP]

Hey, ArMap, I want to get me some portuguese sea salt!

To give a better idea of what I'm talking about, here's a photo I just took of some salt I took from my kitchen.
(the photo turned out a little dark, the crystals are perfectly white)

I looked at the prices in Amazon, and was a little confused. Can you tell me how much does common salt costs?

[Amaterasu]

I wanna live in Portugal!  Bet I can pick up Portuguese pretty quickly!  That salt looks YUMMY!

[ArMaP]

I wanna live in Portugal!  Bet I can pick up Portuguese pretty quickly!  That salt looks YUMMY!

Portuguese food is good and healthy, as most Mediterranean food.

My father knew a man that was on a concentration camp during WW2 (he was a Jew), and that man came to Portugal because the doctor told them that the best way of getting back in shape was to eat raw sardines, and the best were the Portuguese sardines.

The idea of eating raw fish is not that appealing to me (and I don't even like sardines), but the men recovered his health and lived, if I'm not mistaken, until the 1990s.

PS: most foreigners say that Portuguese is a hard language to learn.

[Amaterasu]

Portuguese food is good and healthy, as most Mediterranean food.

My father knew a man that was on a concentration camp during WW2 (he was a Jew), and that man came to Portugal because the doctor told them that the best way of getting back in shape was to eat raw sardines, and the best were the Portuguese sardines.

The idea of eating raw fish is not that appealing to me (and I don't even like sardines), but the men recovered his health and lived, if I'm not mistaken, until the 1990s.

Yum!  I love sushi AND sardines!  I would be in heaven!  And healthy, at that!

PS: most foreigners say that Portuguese is a hard language to learn.

Well...  I know it's not a HUGE leap from Spanish...  And though I have forgotten most of My Spanish vocabulary, I am told what I do speak is spoken without an accent - both "Mexican" and Castellano.  I figure I could get the hang of it in a few weeks of immersion...

[ArMaP]

Well...  I know it's not a HUGE leap from Spanish...  And though I have forgotten most of My Spanish vocabulary, I am told what I do speak is spoken without an accent - both "Mexican" and Castellano.  I figure I could get the hang of it in a few weeks of immersion...

I'm sure you would, as the American accents (but mostly some South American accents, like Argentinian) sound closer to Portuguese than the "original" Castellano, even if we share a common past.

PS: most of the difference in accent between Portuguese and Castellano (or Castilian) sounds like the result of the long Moor occupation of what is now Spain, as Castellano sounds like Portuguese with an Arab accent.