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\nSTOREY  \nCover Illustration by Susan EderIlustrations by Cindy McFarland  \nAll rights reserved—no part of this bulletin may be reproduced inany form without permission in writing from the publisher,exceptby a reviewer who wishes toquote brief passages in connection withreview written for inclusion in a magazine or newspaper.  \nCOPYRIGHT◎ 1985  \nby  \nSTOREY COMMUNICATIONS,INCORPORATED  \nGARDEN WAY PUBLISHINGPOWNAL,VERMONT 05261  \nPrinted in the United States  \n## Salt-Free Herb Cookery\n\nBy Edith Stovel  \n## The Story of Salt\n\nIn chemistry class we learned that common table salt is a chemi-cal compound called sodium chloride.A certain quantity of thesodium portion of that compound is essential to life;however,greater quantities present a risk tohealth.The mineral sodium isneeded by the human body for severalimportant tasks,includingmaintenance of the proper amount of water in its many trillionsof cells.The saltiness of tears and perspiration is proof of thepresence of sodium in the body's fluids.Thirst is the body's wayof signalling that the concentration of salt is toohigh,due to theingestion of salty foods or the loss of water through perspiration.  \nThe use of salt has a well-established place in history.In daysof old salt was necessary to preserve food that would havespoiled otherwise.The significant role it played is shown by themedieval custom of seating guests of consequence between thehost and the salt and placing less important guests \"below thesalt\"at the long banquet table.Salt was precious enougheven tobe used as wages.The phrase \"not worth his salt\"described theinefficient worker who didn't deserve his pay.  \nBiologically and historically,salt is important to humanbeings.What is its significance today?No longer necessary forpreserving foods,sodium is nonetheless essentialfor preservinglife.The human body requires 220 milligrams,or 1/10 teaspoon,of sodium daily,easily supplied by the sodium that occurs natu-rally in food.To provide a substantial margin of error,the Foodand Nutrition Board has set the Recommended Dietary Allow-ance at1,100-3,300 milligrams of sodium daily,about 1 teaspoon.However,the average American adult consumes almost 4 tea-spoons of salt daily,and young children consume even more.Thistranslates into the staggering figure of 15 pounds of salt con-  \nsumed per year by the average American.Despite the presenceof sodium in almost all foods and in many water supplies,thehigh sodium consumption by Americans is due primarily to theaddition of salt to processed foods.  \nWhatis the problem with excessive salt consumption?If salt isgood for us and,in fact,necessary for our metabolism,why notconsume it in large quantities?  \nThe evidence is piling up that even though we require somesodium,more is not better.The body tries valiantly tohandle theexcess,but in large quantities sodium causes health problems.The link between high salt consumption and hypertension iswell established.In fact,the scientific evidence is so strong thatthe Surgeon General of the United States,the U.S.Departmentof Agriculture,the U.S.Department of Health and Human Ser-vices,the American Heart Association,and the Food and Nutri-tion Board of the National Academy of Sciences all recommendthat we eat less salt.  \nHypertension,or high blood pressure,afflicts 35million Amer-icans,while 25 million more Americans are considered border-line.This condition significantly increases the chance of deathfrom stroke or heart attack.High blood pressure does not goaway.It can be controlled by diet or medication,but it cannot becured.While there are several possible causes of hypertension,studies show that lowering salt intake lowers blood pressure inmany people.In cross-cultural studies,researchers have foundthat populations with high salt consumption(3-5 teaspoons aday per person)have hypertension in epidemic proportions.Incultures with low salt intake(less 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