Is salt to be avoided? I ask because I want a lime with salt. But also, it's the first seasoning I'll be adding to my food since surgery.

As you know, every sleeve is different and every doc is different and recommends different guidelines. However, mine cleared me for salt and other seasonings (even tabasco sauce) at my one week appointment. I use salt, tabasco and other hot sauces daily without any problem.

I find some stuff irritates my sleeve, but it's not dangerous - it just doesn't make me feel good. (I'm at 4 weeks post).

I would watch out for sodium intake though - especially during the first few weeks of the diet when we *can* eat we fall back on what comfort foods and prepared stuff we can. The result for me is that my sodium intake has been way above normal. I'm compensating for this and it's largely a function of laziness on my part ("wow! I can have that canned soup!" instead of cooking some myself) as well as some rejoicing at getting old favorites back.

Generally, our salt consumption will be fairly low due to our overall consumption being low. Adding a bit of salt as seasoning usually won't make that much of a difference to your overall sodium levels - most of the sodium in our Western diets comes from processed and restaurant foods rather than what we typically add while cooking at home or for seasoning. Read the ingredients labels on the box and look for things like monosodiumglutamate - that's were the bulk of our sodium comes from.

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