A TikToker who goes by Callie (@callieeeef) has said her blood work came back completely normal after thousands of viewers urged her to see a doctor over a TikTok video showing her dipping potato chips into a container of salt. The video, which has since gathered 7.1 million views, shows her repeatedly coating chips with a generous layer of salt before eating them. The clip sparked a wave of concern in the comments, with some viewers suggesting she might have an underlying health condition.
In the original video, Callie is seen reaching into a bag of chips, opening a container that appears to be white salt, and dipping each chip in before eating it. Many viewers in the comments section linked the habit to conditions such as Addison’s disease and POTS, a disorder affecting blood flow. One commenter who identified themselves as a nursing student wrote, “As a nursing student you’re the person my exam questions are about.”
Other commenters shared personal experiences. “So, this was me and turns out I have Addison’s Disease,” one person wrote. “Go get your labs done!” Not everyone was concerned, though. One commenter wrote, “I don’t see anything wrong..my shaker in the car by my bed in my work bag ..IM CONFUSED.”
Callie responded to the health concerns by getting blood work done, and her doctor said she was fine
In a follow-up video, Callie addressed the reaction directly. “There’s a video of myself eating tortilla chips with sea salt, and it’s blowing up. I don’t know why,” she said. She added that comments ranged from people telling her she needed medical attention to others saying they had found their “bestie.” It is not the first time an unusual food habit has gone viral on TikTok and divided viewers.
Callie then clarified what salt she uses. She said she typically uses Realsalt, a mineral-based salt, and explained, “A lot of the salt that we eat doesn’t contain the minerals that we need. So, I use that salt. And then when I want to be fancy, I use the flaky sea salt that you can get literally anywhere.” In the follow-up, she was eating Border chips made with beef tallow, which she described as tasting like “a steak dinner.”
@callieeeef Salt salsa 💃
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On the health concerns specifically, Callie said, “For all the people commenting that I have low iron, or I have POTS or whatever the other comments were – I have none of that. I actually did get blood work done and my blood work is completely normal, it’s just me wanting salt.” She also clarified that she does not do this every day, calling the salt-and-chip combination her version of salsa, which she referred to as “saltsa.”
@callieeeef Saltsa if you will 🧂
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In a second follow-up, she encouraged viewers to try the combination before judging her, and denied claims that her videos were edited to exaggerate her salt consumption or that they were made as “ragebait.”
@callieeeef #saltsa @Boulder Canyon
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She also revealed that she eats butter in large amounts, saying, “I eat butter like it’s a blueberry,” and noted that a viewer had found an older video of her doing so. TikTok has also seen other creators going to unusual lengths for viewer reactions, such as one woman who repeatedly ate a Hollywood star’s printed photos hoping to get noticed.
In an emailed interview with BroBible, Callie said she posted the video because she “realized I was doing something that most people probably don’t do, so I figured it would be fun to post.” She described the response as “crazy” and said she had not expected the video to gain traction since she had posted it about a month before it went viral. She said most of the comments had been “negative and/or others concerned with my health.”
On those health-related remarks, she said, “I appreciate the ones that are actually concerned and not mean about it. I regularly consult my doctor, and he told me I was fine.” Callie said she has been eating the chip-and-salt combination for a few months, though she said she does it only occasionally, roughly two or three times a month.
She explained that the habit started when she felt that Boulder chips’ sea salt flavor was not salty enough for her taste, so she began dipping the chips directly into salt. “It was a game changer,” she said. According to the American Heart Association, the recommended daily sodium limit is no more than 2,300 milligrams, with an ideal target of 1,500 milligrams for most adults, while Americans consume an average of over 3,300 milligrams per day.
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