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Sodium
randiewilliams72
Posts: 119 Member
I just started on a Keto plan recently. I have been doing a lot of reading up on it. Most of what I read says you need a lot of sodium. My questions is how much is too much? Does anyone track their sodium intake and if so where do you try to stay? I've had a good couple weeks but just started some water weight gain and I'm not sure why exactly so I'm trying to figure it out. Thanks for any tips.
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This might answer your question:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10193265/how-much-potassium-mag-and-sodium-a-day#latest0 -
Thank you.0
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I don't know that there is a solid limit on what is "too much." For most healthy people, excess is just excreted. Now, I'm not saying you should eat a kg of salt each day. That's probably going to cause too much stress for your body to cope. But, any reasonable amount should be well within your body's abilities to handle.0
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I'm usually over the 3500 mg of sodium a day and my BP is perfect so I don't worry about it0
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Yeah I've never had bp problems but since I've gained weight I retain water more. I haven't in the couple weeks I've been doing Keto though and I've increased my salt intake.0
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I don't know that there is a solid limit on what is "too much."
Just stumbled upon a good study. The chart below shows hazard ratios for specific-cause deaths compared to sodium excreted in the urine (which is related to intake).
So 5g/d sodium looks pretty optimal. Full study here:
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1105553
Edit: same study, all-cause mortality:
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And to think, the USDA says limit sodium to about a third of that...0
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