Salt makes food taste alive. Fries without it feel unfinished, popcorn tastes flat, and soups lack soul. But here’s the problem: too much sodium pushes calcium out of the body through urine. The body then replaces what’s lost by borrowing from the bones, and over time, that’s a recipe for thinning them out. Salt doesn’t just come from the shaker – it hides in bread, instant noodles, chips, pickles, and even “healthy” snacks. Swapping heavy-handed seasoning for herbs, spices, lemon juice, or lightly salted roasted nuts keeps flavour without the constant calcium drain.
