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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2024
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There's a difference between truly ethical shopping and shopping to pose. It is also a lot cheaper to eat well than most people think. Back in 2018 I switched to a whole food plant based diet after major heart surgery. Whole food plant based means no animal products (including honey), no salt, no oil, no sugar, and no processed foods. My grocery bill is now a fraction of what it once was, but I did need to start cooking and baking my own food from scratch. I normally prep on Sunday for the week.
The parent commenter must be eating something like canned nuts or some other salted snack. You don't need very much salt to survive so I could imagine that they wouldn't die if they ate some of that on a regular basis.
The idea that salt, the oldest seasoning known to mankind, produced by evaporating seawater, is not "natural" or must be excluded in a plant-based diet is wild.
The original commenter had a major heart episode, then I'm not surprised they'd be switching to a low-sodium diet, however. Cheap, highly-processed foods are laden with sodium. I am needing to switch to a similar diet as well, I just haven't figured out recipes that I like that are cheap and simple to cook at home.
I don't buy or use any salt.