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IF CHLORIDE IS THE CULPRIT IN SALT AND NOT THE SODIUM WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES ONE CAN USE? WHAT GIVES SALT THE SALTY TASTE IS IT THE SODIUM OR THE CHLORIDE? ARE THERE OTHER FORMS OF SODIUM ONE CAN USE? IS THERE SUCH A THING AS SODIUM CITRATE?

ANTOINETTE JOURARD of FL 1:18PM October 05, 2008

I am 83 years and need at least 1800 to 2000 calories a day or nI will lose weight. I am 5'11" and weight 150..telol memhow I can get 2000 cals on yur diet..please

Vince Roby of TX 6:07PM September 22, 2008

I find the article on the DASH diet to be quite interesting and fairly informative. The one major point that needs to be addressed, in my opinion, is that mentioned in the subject above. I am a graduate chemist with an advanced degree in Biochemistry. It has come to my attention that there is a vast amount of research, both in this country and other areas of the world, which strongly indicates it is not the sodium in salt that is at the root high blood pressure, but the chloride. One may access much of this by simply searching for chloride as the cause of high blood pressure on the internet. If this is true then the popular substitution of other chloride containing chemicals in place of table salt is certainly counter productive.
Associated with the above is another thing that continues to bother me greatly. This the use of sodium and salt interchangeably in the literature on the subject of high blood pressure. "Table salt is Sodium Chloride not just Sodium!"
I hope this cause some discussion and possibly at least the use of the words Table Salt instead of just Sodium in articles discussing the problem of high blood pressure.

C. R. Longwell of MO 4:53PM April 25, 2008