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It you eat a ton of salt, it’s likely that the source is food that isn’t healthy for you to begin with. It’s near impossible for you to overeat on salty broccoli, but most adults could easily eat an entire bag of potato chips because processed food has much less fiber and protein which are the main drivers for feeling full.

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Fermented/pickled foods can be quite salty (to control bad bacterial growth) but still healthy - but usually eaten in smaller doses as condiments

> It you eat a ton of salt, it’s likely that the source is food that isn’t healthy for you to begin with.

While generally true, I don’t think this holds good everywhere. I recall watching some episodes of “Salt Fat Acid Heat” where the amount of salt used seemed to be quite high for day-to-day cooking (even leaving aside the salt that gets drained out with water).

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