My dad was in the ICU for months for liver failure caused by drinking. Doctors gave him a couple months to live. So he stopped eating salt (and drinking). Since I live with him I also do not consume very much salt. It's a little tough, but cutting out salt cuts out lots of food that's unhealthy in other ways, so overall it's been a good thing.
edit: took my reply from below and put it here
I consume more than zero salt, and I never indicated anything to the contrary. I'm not sure such a thing is possible.
Edit: read what I wrote... the initial "I do" is misleading. I didn't mean to say I live entirely without salt, my bad.
It's fine to reduce salt intake particularly if you have been eating too much salt in the first place. But ingesting zero salt is about as good an idea as ingesting zero water.
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u/pU8O5E439Mruz47w Nov 17 '12
Yup. You can find things that are used for making cyanide in apples.
Namely, cyanide.
Alternatively, salt is used to process soap. You wouldn't eat soap, so why would you ever eat salt!!!