Originally Posted by
rickztahone
Al, I have no experience with this but want to pose the query, do you believe that reducing salt intake is akin to lessening sugar intake? I ask because my wife, just out of the blue decided to take her coffee black one day. No creamer, no sugar, and after about 2 weeks, she had gotten used to it. Last week, I added the smallest amount of sugar to her coffee, accidentally, I swear, and she noticed! She asked, "why is this sweet?".
During her weaning of sugar, I tried to lessen my sugar intake as well and had gotten to drinking my coffee almost black as well. I will admit, it was very difficult but I've gotten really close and am satisfied with the sugar reduction. We do not add sugar to anything else but coffee. Of course, items in the pantry will always have sugar but we (our family) are avid label readers and reduce sugar as much as possible.
I saw all of that to say this, should you continue in supporting your wife with reduction in salt intake, you too may become accustomed to lower salt intake through repetition. This, as a whole, actually makes you step back and acknowledge the fact that you (in general) were consuming so much of said product.
In the end, we all want to eat healthier, and many of us know what needs to be done but don't have the will to do it. We, as parents can set an early example on how to eat healthier to our children, which in all honesty, is an absolute necessity in this day and age with so many unhealthy processed foods.
Please feel free to share your journey, I am almost positive, many of us here need to keep reading this thread and its progress.