In article >,
Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> In article >,
> KenK > wrote:
>
> > I've always read the nutrition labels for fat content but now I've
> > started looking at the sodium content and have been horrified!

> Most food has *some*, Ken.
> And processed foods often have a lot.

> Want some ketchup, Little Boy? 100 g Tomato ketchup 1,042 mg sodium
>
> http://oto2.wustl.edu/men/sodium.htm
> Do you have soft water in your house?

> You sure about that? See he http://oto2.wustl.edu/men/water.htm
>
> > Trying to stay at 2500 mg. or less per
> > day is going to be very difficult. Trouble is, knowing me, a 74-year-old
> > bachelor, I'm very set in my habits and will probably soon go back to my
> > sinful ways. Though I have cut way back on fat for many years now, maybe
> > I'll surprise myself.

2500mg shouldn't be too hard. You just have to whack off the high
sodium stuff (or severely restrict it).

When I was a kid we got a water softener. My father ran one pipe to the
bathroom cold water tap that bypassed the water softener. My mother
would only get her drinking water and the cooking water from that tap.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA