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I would like to back that up. I used to be the guy that ordered miltiple additional portions of fries all the time. I thought I really liked fries.

Eventually I figured out it was the sugar filled ketchup that was doing it to me. Now I eat fries without ketchup and do not usually order additional portions (unless I am really hungry). Best of all, I do not feel like I am starving myself. When I do not have ketchup, I do not get the desire to eat more.

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I can eat fries without ketchup just fine. My issue is with the salt. Give me more of that wonderful NaCl.

Fortunately no issue with NaCl. It has been demonized but turns out, humans with their salty blood are exquisitely tuned to regulate salt. Most of us have absolutely no problem with any amount of salt.

any amount of salt

Less Salt water than you might think can kill you. Lower levels can also prove deadly when your body is stressed.

However, long term effects do seem limited.

There's that lady that deliberately lived for months on a raft in the ocean, drinking only salt water. I'm doubting that salt water is terribly harmful.

Very similar stories on my side... I used to need a lot of food to feel "satisfied" or "full". Now, a regular meal, like my wife who has always eat small portion and healthy food, and I am good until the next meal.

I eat them with mayo. I wonder if that has sugar? Anyway, still crave them, eat as many as I find on my plate (and half of what's on my wife's plate).

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