On: Adding salt to food at table can cut years off you...

[constGard]

I feel like almost anyone else on here could say this, but correlation is not causation, especially in these large observational studies. Abstaining from salt in your diet is unusual and likely accompanies other factors that could impact your longevity.

[iorek_dev → constGard]

From the article:

> This does not include seasoning during the cooking process.

It just means to not add a salt shaker on the table, not "abstaining from salt in your diet".

[im3w1l → iorek_dev]

It's very mysterious how the chemical properties of the table salt shaker differs from the seasoning.

[feet → im3w1l]

It's rather the amount and perception of amount added. Usually in recipes while cooking, the amount is more controlled and distributed throughout the dish. Adding further salt adds more uncontrolled variability to the sodium intake in ones' diet

[iorek_dev → feet]

I think there is more than the amount. Salt is a taste enhancer when you cook with it, added to the table it just add a salty taste to your plate.

[cphoover → iorek_dev]

The original commenters point still stands though right?

Also isn't addition of salt often a sign the chef/cook messed up and under-salted a dish?

[iorek_dev → cphoover]

>The original commenters point still stands though right?

Yes!

> Also isn't addition of salt often a sign the chef/cook messed up and under-salted a dish?

Being a question of taste, literally, it is a subjective question. IMO you should respect the choice of the chef/cook, and if we are only talking of the "messed up" dishes, then I hope the cook dont mess up that often that is justify to add a salt shaker on the table.

On the other side you have people that add salt to every dish, and this before tasting it, those one are on the dark side!