The Tastebud “reset.” I just experienced it. What’s your story?

Been eating low sodium to reduce/limit kidney stone formation after being told by a urologist. It’s been 1-2 months and this sub has helped a lot.

Needed a quick meal yesterday and got out something from the freezer that I knew was high sodium, had been there since before my new life. A frozen pasta meal from Trader Joe’s. I portioned it appropriately and removed 1/4 of the frozen sauce squares to limit sodium so that I would be getting 800-900 mg in this meal, knowing that my other meals stayed super low.

Even with my modifications, I almost choked on how salty it tasted. It tasted completely different than I remembered. I couldn’t taste anything but the salt in the sauce. This is something I used to eat a couple times a week.

I’ve really been enjoying the natural taste of things like unsalted roasted cashews, fruit, vegetables. The seasoning recs on this sub have all been great. I was so shocked to really experience the taste bud reset.

When did you experience it? What was the meal that shocked you?