Sodium... How much is too much and what does it do to you healthy lifestyle?

MrOtto2016

Hello folks...

I have been tracking my food intake for about a month now and cannot seem to keep my sodium levels down to the suggested amount. It seems that my choices are leaving me with a high sodium intake.
Question I have is what is the high sodium level doing to my goal for ideal weight?. Does too much sodium lead to fat storage?. Does too much sodium make me crave and want to eat or drink more?. It seems that sodium is pretty much in everything that is out there...

Any insight is greatly appreciated

Thanks!!

MelaniaTrump

Your doctor suggested? He did this for your heart.
Don't give up even if it does nothing to your weight.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/heart-failure/low-sodium-eating
You have to start cooking everything from scratch. Almost no processed foods.

rankinsect

MrOtto2016 wrote: »

Hello folks...

I have been tracking my food intake for about a month now and cannot seem to keep my sodium levels down to the suggested amount. It seems that my choices are leaving me with a high sodium intake.
Question I have is what is the high sodium level doing to my goal for ideal weight?. Does too much sodium lead to fat storage?. Does too much sodium make me crave and want to eat or drink more?. It seems that sodium is pretty much in everything that is out there...

Any insight is greatly appreciated

Thanks!!

If you have high blood pressure, a low sodium diet can sometimes help reduce blood pressure by reducing blood volume. If you're hypertensive, higher sodium could increase your risk of heart attack or stroke.

Sodium won't directly affect fat loss one bit. It will make you thirsty, since it leads to retaining water, so if you drink high-calorie beverages you might gain.

JeromeBarry1

Simply because I had been ordered to see a cardiologist a few years ago, who said "Keep drinking coffee. Nothing's wrong", I decided to try to use the food diary as a way of finding and excluding high sodium foods. It is easy. If you eat chicken, you're probably choosing the cheap chicken, which is certainly injected with 10% by weight saline solution. That's avoidable. I buy and cook natural chicken and turkey breast pieces at home and both are natural with less than 100 mg sodium per 100 gram serving. I don't always eat chicken. For beef and pork I use the thin cuts. Just one. They naturally are high in sodium and that's the only way. I get my protein boost from a protein shake. I buy my vegetables frozen or fresh, and neither form has added salt. You can buy canned veg with no added salt. You can look over several months of my food diary and see. Bread is a source of high sodium, so limit your bread to less than you want. Cheese is also a source of high sodium, so limit your cheese to less than you want.

slowbubblecar

I eat a lot of sodium while trying to lose weight as well. I tend to drink a lot of water too though (probably close to 2 gallons for today). I'm generally not too concerned about it myself as I lost a lot of weight eating high sodium foods a few years ago and was in the best shape of my life (blood pressure included). Unfortunately, I put some back on and am starting to go through the process again.

While it would be good to limit your sodium, I never had any side affects with it while I had a high sodium diet and it helped me lose weight.