What cheeses me off

[Quickstatus]

teenager who does the chips at the fish & chip shop

The best replacement for salt is actually acidity such as lemon juice and vinegar. Ask teenager. Just tell teenager no salt but gimme an extra slice of lemon

 

[Pushka]

I've been told by my Vascular surgeon colleague that I should eat more salt because I get leg cramps. No it's not circulatory. He also says that most people don't eat enough salt.

Salt tablets were the go to when husband played cricket. For cramps.

 

[Quickstatus]

Salt tablets

They come in 600mg tablets. Most chemists will have them, but Salt Lick is cheaper

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

They come in 600mg tablets. Most chemists will have them, but Salt Lick is cheaper

As long as you are the only one licking it

 

[Quickstatus]

As long as you are the only one licking it

We have them for the horses.
I think it's 1kg for about $10 (and it's Himalayan salt as well so it must be better)

 

[tgh]

told by my Vascular surgeon colleague that I should eat more salt because I get leg cramps

How can he know that ?
How can you know how much Salt you need?
I see seemingly endless medical advice to minimise salt , but I see no way to define how much is too much or not enough.
I take daily Magnesium and stretch heavily to mange cramping.

 

[Quickstatus]

endless medical advice to minimise salt ,

He says that the problem and in some people it causes issues. Being a vascular surgeon he gets to see patients with leg cramps

We never added salt to anything. Well after his advice which included that often not a lot of salt is needed depending on person, I started putting salt in the food and voila no more cramps

How much added salt - I would say a nominal amount at the table

 

[Flyfrequently]

#WCMO, #WCHO, #RCHO
we just booked a cruise, hotels and connecting flights for him.

Good on you @Quickstatus for being TA.

Along with Master QS, hope you and Mrs QS are ok (always a worry when you get news such as his accident )

 

[TheRealTMA]

He says that the problem and in some people it causes issues. Being a vascular surgeon he gets to see patients with leg cramps

We never added salt to anything. Well after his advice which included that often not a lot of salt is needed depending on person, I started putting salt in the food and voila no more cramps

How much added salt - I would say a nominal amount at the table

One can test for salt tolerance/sensitivity I thought?

 

[Quickstatus]

salt tolerance/sensitivity

Yeah when you start getting cramps maybe eat a bit more salt

 

[TheRealTMA]

Yeah when you start getting cramps maybe eat a bit more salt

Magnesium! NaCl - Some days low salt some days high salt, monitor blood pressure changes?

 

[Quickstatus]

monitor blood pressure changes?

BP normally has some variability but I have not needed to increase BP meds.

Table salt

YMMV.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

WCMO? FRA awaiting luggage - 45mins and counting:


1hr 25mins before first bag showed - 1hr 40mins when last bag showed - never EVER EVER will I darken the entrance to FRA again - oh wait - bummer I am back here on 20th June - D’Oh!

 

[JessicaTam]

When an international hotel chain doesn’t tell you that breakfast finishes at 0930 when every other hotel in the chain on the planet finishes at 1000 at the earliest. And you get to the breakfast room at 0935.

 

[Captain Halliday]

When an international hotel chain doesn’t tell you that breakfast finishes at 0930 when every other hotel in the chain on the planet finishes at 1000 at the earliest. And you get to the breakfast room at 0935.

They’ve done you a favour.

The buffet offerings would have been sitting out for ~5 hours by that point and would be “sub-optimal”.

 

[smckay]

Qantas link Dubbo - Sydney Tuesday 1650 flight. All boarded, seated and looking forward. Co Pilot comes on the PA and tells us there's a broken plane beside us that needs to be fixed, and the mechanic who came up on the incoming flight just needs to tweak a few settings; we'll be off in about 10 minutes.
~long interval~
Doors closed (for the 3rd and final time) at 18:40 with the mechanic on board and the broken plane still broke.
2 FA from broke plane sitting in row 2
2 x Plat no longer have ghost seats
Mechanic back yonder

QF deems it appropriate to delay a full plane by nearly an hour, causing havoc and stress for the handful of connecting flight pax.

To add insult, the 2 broke plane FA are served before the paying pax in the same row, and then proceed to pull out nicely boxed charcuterie offerings from their carry on while the rest of plane tackles a meagre box with 6 tiny lavosh crackers, 10 dry roasted almonds and a largish crumb of a cake.

Why this post? The charcuterie boxes had 2 types of cheese that I couldn't eat and that cheesed me off.

 

[drron]

Yes salt is interesting. most people should limit salt intake especially if they have high blood pressure or heart failure. In the 10 years I looked after mainly heart failure patients I always recommended a low salt diet. Since Being married I have always been on a low salt diet.

But a few years ago I started to get leg cramps. my blood pressure had always been around 120/70. Magnesium was of no benefit so i started using extra salt and the cramps disappeared.

I don't use a lot of salt but up the amount if any cramps. Then due to developing atrial fibrillation I take a low dose of a beta blocker. my blood pressure can drop to 100/70 and occasionally lower inducing dizziness so now I have a relatively high salt intake with my blood pressure between 110 -120/70.

So just know your own body.

 

[Flyfrequently]

So just know your own body.

Agree @drron

 

[JohnK]

Yes salt is interesting.

Very interesting. It is by far my favourite spice.

The vast majority of the time I add salt to my food before tasting and then add more if not enough. I love salt. In Thailand I add salt to my beer and ice after a game of golf. I'm not into electrolytes and salt is readily available.

As far as I'm aware I've never had issues with any of my salt levels and see no reason to stop this practice anytime soon.

The interesting part is that my daughter had same cravings from early on. There's a lot more to life that we do not understand. Definitely not random or a coincidence.

 

[Flashback]

#WCMO is people who dose up on salt, rather than chicken salt. (Thanks @JessicaTam for the refill!)