My neighbor, who probably has undiagnosed high blood pressure, may be alive 20 years from now because we took away a little of his salt. Graveyards are full of people fighting tooth and nail to kill themselves.

And no one is taking away all the salt, just the damned overage. You don't need that much salt; you only think you want it.

Oh, and about being a gourmet chef--my point was that there are other ways to flavor foods than just salt. A little salt is necessary IMO, just not the amount that is currently in prepared foods.

Reduce a 750 mg sodium food to less than 500 and you can eat three of those a day and be under the recommended salt allotment (1500 mg). And that is recommended by the medical establishment. Go argue with them. Start checking the back of the food you buy. And God help you if you eat out a lot because you're going to be seeing Him a bit sooner than you might like.