Doctor's orders: Eat more sodium!!! Favorite high-sodium ideas??

bms34b

Alright. Was at the neurologist today and apparently I've been dizzy/passing out and he told me to eat more salt and drink gatorade/powerade in place of water.

The thing is, I already thought I ate lots of salt! I never have tried to avoid it. However, I do have very low blood pressure and I am happy to try to fix that with no medication.

I've adjusted my diary settings to show sodium, and I am going to use this as a reason to track what I eat and drink more consistently.


What are your favorite high-sodium foods or drinks?

jasonp_ritzert

Pickles, any jarred pepper, and cheese.

jrline

margaritas on the rocks with salt on the rim

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fleetzz

Broth..
Ramen noodles (reminiscent from college)
Soups

I really don't like salty food in general so have lower blood pressure also. I never add salt myself to food. Most processed foods have salt and cottage cheese has a ton, but those first three items I listed I force myself to have when I feel low blood pressure symptoms. You can skip the noodles I suppose since Ramen is pretty nutritionally empty.

wilsoncl6

It sounds like your electrolytes are all off. Gatorade and PowerAde are good suggestions but be careful of the large amount of calories from sugar unless that's what you need. Also, all processed foods have tons of sodium, such as canned tuna and lunchmeats.

ThePhoenixIsRising

I like a bone broth tea! I have low blood volume and was told to increase sodium too. Cottage cheese, salted nuts and seeds, avocado with salt, salted butter, everything is better with a dash of extra salt!!!!

lorib642

The first thing that comes to mind is soy sauce

willrun4bagels

Stir fry sauce or soy sauce. I normally don't use it much at all when I cook because of the sodium in it. I also make a lasagna dish with cottage cheese in place of the ricotta traditionally used, and a 600 calorie serving has 1,100mg sodium in it. A lot of canned soups and sauces are also high in sodium. Oh... and my beloved Xplosize Pizza flavored Goldfish crackers are also very salty.

ETA: I forgot about hot sauce!

marciebrian

and of course Bacon! Glad you're tracking your sodium. it will help a lot. Agree with the soy (just had sushi myself). Olives, pickles, any canned soup is loaded with sodium. Good luck!

brandigyrl81

Soup would be a great idea especially since it's gotten colder out. Progresso soups will allow you to get more sodium while staying within your daily caloric allowance. Pickles are awesome too!

bms34b

Thanks! These are all great ideas!

jasonmh630

Cook with soy sauce lol.

RodaRose

Olives. Beef jerky. V8. Canned soups. Cheese.

EMTFreakGirl

All the above are great ideas. Nothing new to add here. I was going to say soups, cheese, cottage cheese, and the Asian-type sauces. Oh, and I love bacon, but haven't been able to fit it into my daily macros, but the Jenny-O Turkey bacon, believe it or not, is very yummy, but very high in sodium! (only 30 cals a slice)

Ludka13

Low BP here too. When I was a kid I used to eat salt out of the salt shaker.

- Salted nuts. (I have 1 ounce a day or less. IIFYM.)
- Miso soup - you can get packets you mix with water. Low calorie and very salty! Helps get your fluids in too. http://www.edwardandsons.com/es_shop_miso.itml
- Canned soups are usually full of sodium. Also full of the liquid you need.
- Canned veggies are sodium heavy, as are canned beans.

Here's some more ideas http://www.healthaliciousness.com/articles/what-foods-high-sodium.php

chivalryder

Jerky.

Don't forget your potassium to balance out the sodium. In general, you want to eat more potassium than sodium, so try to get 2-3x as much potassium as you eat in sodium.

Bananas are your friend.

Frankly, all natural foods have a good amount of potassium (and sodium!). Most foods don't have potassium listed on the nutritional information, but it is there!

For example: One chicken breast (about 140 g) has 583 mg of potassium and 770 mg of sodium. That's a lot, and there's nothing added to it!

CallMeCupcakeDammit

Someone suggested for me to eat a pickle before my workout. Live off canned food and you'll never have a problem!

LianaG1115

Frank's Hot Sauce!! OMG It's awesome stuff and has lots of sodium! If you use Emeril's Essence Seasoning that has lots of sodium too. These are my 2 things I love but have serious sodium in them! )

zchastain

Jerky all day long!

Mexicanbigfoot

I wish someone told me to eat more sodium, I have the opposite problem

All processed foods are laden with sodium!! Lots of seasonings and sauces. Salad dressings.

jasonmh630

herrspoons wrote: »

marciebrian wrote: »

and of course Bacon! Glad you're tracking your sodium. it will help a lot. Agree with the soy (just had sushi myself). Olives, pickles, any canned soup is loaded with sodium. Good luck!

This. Always bacon.

Bacon is the answer to everything. I'm ok with this, too.

Pickles, cheese, canned broth, olives, salted nuts, and of course there's adding salt to the food on your plate.

TimothyFish

chivalryder wrote: »

Jerky.

Don't forget your potassium to balance out the sodium. In general, you want to eat more potassium than sodium, so try to get 2-3x as much potassium as you eat in sodium.

Bananas are your friend.

Frankly, all natural foods have a good amount of potassium (and sodium!). Most foods don't have potassium listed on the nutritional information, but it is there!

For example: One chicken breast (about 140 g) has 583 mg of potassium and 770 mg of sodium. That's a lot, and there's nothing added to it!

If the problem is low blood pressure, eating additional potassium could be a bad idea.

Lounmoun

Cheeses
Bacon, sausage, lunchmeats
Salad dressings
Soy sauce and other condiments
Regular V8 vegetable juice
Bread products
Trail mix
Salted butter
Adding salt to recipes
Olives, pickles
Any processed food not labeled low sodium

acheben

Instead of drinking gatorade, I add nuun tabs to bottles of water. Each tab has 360 mg Sodium / 100 mg Potassium / 25 mg Magnesium / 13 mg Calcium and less than 8 calories each with no sugar. I like the Lemon+Lime and the Strawberry Lemonade flavors.

biorobotics

udon noodles are the one thing that gets me over my daily sodium.

bms34b

I really like the nuun idea...that looks interesting! I'm thinking about adding more microwave noodle stuff for lunch. Not super healthy, but it would be easy with my schedule and bump up sodium. Maybe cottage cheese for breakfast since many of my issues happen in the morning?

Also, I do recognize that I eat a lot of sugar (not TONS, but my sweet tooth is my weakness) and maybe replacing the sugar snacks for salty snacks would kill two birds with one stone.

myheartsabattleground

ramen noodles

ItsJordanNicole

CHIPOTLE!!!!!!

ThePhoenixIsRising

Ok I just took a peek at your diary. I am seeing on the days you log, aside from today, you tend to restrict to VLCD intake. If this is a true look at how you are eating there is more to this fainting than just salt intake. At sub 800 cals it is hate do get enough sodium let alone enough of any of the other needed nutrients. I hope it is just incomplete logging, be well.

arditarose

There's a woman around here who eats 10 cans of tuna a week. She says the sodium is high.