how much is too much salt?

hiphop10
hiphop10 Posts: 135 Member
edited November 8 in Food and Nutrition
how does salt affect our diets?
can salt increase body weight by retaining fluids?

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  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    Makes you retain water.
    Yes.

    Just drink more fluids to alleviate this. And don't bother weighing yourself for about 2-3 days after eating a high sodium meal.
  • CarrieCans
    CarrieCans Posts: 381 Member
    The FDA recommended daily allowance is 2300 mg or less per day.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    MFP sets its limit at 2300, but most doctors (and all cardiologists, I think) are now saying 1500.

    If you have too much, your body will fight it and extra water is part of that. When the sodium levels normalize, the water drops off. The sodium weight gained is from the extra water. You aren't gaining fat. :)
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    CarrieCans wrote: »
    The FDA recommended daily allowance is 2300 mg or less per day.

    The government has an anti-Chipotle agenda
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Too much makes me retain water, sigh...bane of my existence.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Too much makes me retain water, sigh...bane of my existence.


    This. I stay under the 2,300 and I'm okay. One meal out at Buffalo Wild Wings and it's 2 or 3 days of bloating for me. :grumble:
  • hiphop10
    hiphop10 Posts: 135 Member
    1500 mg of sodium equals about 3/4 teaspoons or 3.75 grams of salt per day, while 2300 mg equals about one teaspoon and 6 grams of salt per day. Most people today are eating much more than that. The average intake of sodium is about 3400 mg.

    Ok you all were using some equations of salt that I had to google to find out what it is!!
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    hiphop10 wrote: »
    1500 mg of sodium equals about 3/4 teaspoons or 3.75 grams of salt per day, while 2300 mg equals about one teaspoon and 6 grams of salt per day. Most people today are eating much more than that. The average intake of sodium is about 3400 mg.

    Ok you all were using some equations of salt that I had to google to find out what it is!!
    The thing with sodium isn't the amount you shake from your salt shaker. It's the amount added into processed foods.

    Ask your doctor how much sodium is right for you, then read labels and weigh the food to get a good idea how much you're getting. :)
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    The problem is, we don't know yet. Excessive or low sodium intake is associated with increased mortality.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24651634
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