Hi birdlady, it's not the first time I've heard similar to this. I did it once and felt good too, but it didn't seem to last. After time, things started to decline. Now whether that was because mercury started dumping later on, or what I'm unsure. But I found I needed salt again. and later just substituted natural salt/seasoning and did really well. But then I was also coincidentally taking kelp and didn't realise the significance. I was getting my iodine and didn't know it.

So the improvement from ditching salt, maybe from a combination of the wrong kind of salt and too much perhaps overall.. So maybe the initial improvement is due to that.

I find I need it. But if you feel so good without it, you maybe getting enough salt in your other foods. Remember if you were having not such a natural diet, then it's highly possible that your body thanked you for eliminating extra salt from your shakers, since it was already getting more than enough from the foods. Many foods are pre-salted and sometimes ALOT.

There maybe various reasons for the wonderful feelings from eliminating extra salt from your intake. However, if you're like me and are on natural unsalted foods? Then the extra salt maybe what your body requires. I think it's about balance and that's not always easy to achieve, since our diets and needs continue to change depending on our current condition/toxicity etc. less or more? Hard to say.

I think if you use salt, make sure you are not overdosing with pre-salted foods from supermarkets at the sametime. That's when ditching the extra salt maybe beneficial. BUT, if you're on natural foods - unsalted, then you may require the addition of natural salt. Depends. However, the needed iodine is essential and if we dont get it from salt, we need to find some way to get it.

I think going completely salt free might be detrimental, again depending on overall intake and type of salt and the needs of the person at the time. Just my opinion.