This is from the Kaiser Permanente Healthwise Handbook, 1994: Our bodies need only 500 mg of sodium per day. Anything over 2500 mg of sodium per day is probably too much. Creative Salt Substitute ======================== Mix together and put in shaker: 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon each: Basil Black pepper Mace Marjoram Onion Powder Parsley Sage Savory Thyme Arthur Lobo apl@max.tiac.net VSG-RECIPE