Most of our food contains salt – bread, chocolate, macaroni and cheese, canned vegetables, pizza…the list is endless. Many people are so desensitized to salt that in many foods they can’t even taste it. Despite this salt is toxic, stimulating and should be avoided at all costs. If you have ever had an open wound and gotten salt in it – you will know firsthand how destructive it is.

This can be quite difficult as most people crave salt all the time – they are addicted. Salt has overexcited their taste buds so much that food becomes tasteless without it. But if you cut salt out of your diet completely, you can restore your taste buds and start enjoying “plain” foods again. And giving up salt doesn’t have to be hard either.

Of course you do NEED salt but the salt you need is found in fruits and greens. If you make sure you have plenty of fruits and plenty of dark leafy greens, celery (an excellent source) and other vegetables you will have all the salt your body needs. Adding these into your diet is the first point of call.

Other things you will need to do to give up salt are to cook your own meals and foods. Since everything you buy at stores contains salt, you will have to learn to make simple nutritious meals yourself. Also make sure that you eat consistently. Don’t skip meals and make sure you have breakfast. Breakfast sets you up for the day. If you have a nutritionally poor breakfast then you will find you will crave and snack more during the day. This will not help you give up salt.

Some salt cravings, you may find are related to your emotions. You may eat more salty snacks when you are stressed. For more tools and information on emotional eating you can go to ShrinkYourself.com.

You can give it up! Believe you can, stick to it and most importantly know you are doing your health wonders.

Once you have made a conscious decision to eliminate salt, you then need to make a plan and also start making your own meals. Seeing as practically everything has salt in, the only way you can avoid it completely is to cook fresh so you know exactly what is going into your meals.

When cutting out salt, you may find that food is bland. This is because salt kills your taste buds. Salt overpowers your taste buds and so the ability to taste other foods to their fullest is lost. If you want to start enjoying foods again espeically fresh fruits and vegetables, then cutting out salt is the best thing that you can do.

So make a decision to eliminate it and plan simple meals you can prepare yourself so you know what is in it and so you can avoid salt completely.

This is the best decision that you can make for your body and your health (salt has been linked to asthma, strokes and other diseases). Eliminating salt will stop cravings for good and will leave you feeling overall better within yourself.

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