# Salt-free or low salt diets suck

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 23, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335 "2026-05-23T15:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335/21 "2026-05-24T23:23:32Z")

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One result of my low-salt diet was that my blood potassium rose too high and I had to omit high potassium foods, like bananas. And no, I never ever used a salt substitute.

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**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335/22 "2026-06-06T17:02:06Z")

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Yesterday I bought a salt substitute, which is potassium chloride (“Nu-Salt”). I tasted a few grains right out of the shaker and they tasted about 75% like salt, so this morning I sprinkled some on my poached egg. Bleh. It tastes like sulfur that has ambitions to be salt but has a long way to go.

I also bought some Dash, some low-sodium soy sauce, and some no-salt chicken broth powder in packets. And some no-salt pretzels and rice cakes. Rice cakes with unsalted butter and jam and a chicken thigh poached with no salt formed my lunch yesterday.

I’m trying this low-salt thing for two months, and if during that time I have another episode of tinnitus, hyperacusis, pressure, and vertigo, then screw it. Another Doper here has Meniere’s and has stated that he did low salt but it didn’t help a bit. If it doesn’t help me, at the end of the two-month trial, I’m going out for Thai food.

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-free-or-low-salt-diets-suck/1030335/23 "2026-06-06T17:34:48Z")

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Wars have been fought over salt. I mean, literally 5 or 6 wars have been called or nicknamed “salt war.”

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