"HeatMan" wrote in news:ZAq_d.31876$Q83.20127
@bignews5.bellsouth.net:

Man, all that sodium in your diet?

Hmm, let's do a bit of math to figure out just how much sodium this really
adds up to.

Assume total hardness of 10 grains per gallon.
Assume that you actually drink about 1/2 gallon of water a day.

5 grains of sodium ions per day, at 0.06479891 grams per grain
0.06479891 * 5 = 0.32399455 grams

For comparison purposes, a single dill pickle has three times the amount of
salt.

So, your salt intake has been bumped by a "whopping" 0.3 grams per day.
Personally, I'll worry more about the dill pickles in my diet.