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In Oprah magazine Dr. David Katz, has a Q & A column called “The Way To Eat.” This month I almost skipped a question because it began with someone saying they are obsessed with eating chips. While I like them it’s not an obsession of mine. But I read for all of us and was glad I did.
Dr. Katz teaches that when our taste buds are repeatedly bombarded with a flavor, they need more of it to satisfy the craving. The need to eat salt comes from eating a lot of it and some may be lurking in places we least suspect.
Take your morning bowl of cereal. Yes cereal. Katz reports, “Ounce for ounce breakfast cereals have more salt than the chips you love, and that dose in the morning leaves you craving more in the afternoon.”
Who wouldda thunk it?
I pulled out my cereals to check up on the docs theory. Sure enough here are the tallies;

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