On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 07:24:11 -0400, "Steve Freides" >
wrote:

> No, I didn't say homemade soup was a salt bomb - I said that about
> processed soup like Campbell's, but I also said that even homemade soups
> tend to be among the saltier foods we eat - that's been my experience,
> that you have to put significant salt into even your homemade soup for
> it to taste good. The reason I think I know that soup is salty is
> that, a couple of times a year, I have to drop a few pounds to make
> weight for powerlifting competitions - anything salty is something to be
> avoided at those times, and I've found that soup, even homemade soup,
> unless you want it to taste really bland, has more sodium in it than
> many other choices.

I use herbs to jazz up my soup and if the natural salt and sugar in
vegetables don't do the trick, then I add a pinch of salt - by pinch I
mean a real two fingered pinch not a handful.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.