How long does it take sodium to flush out?

WalkingGirl1985
WalkingGirl1985 Posts: 2,046 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Some days im just extremely high on Sodium and on those days i down the water afterwards the night before a weigh in...sometimes it works, sometimes for me it doesn't. My sodium was over 4000 yesterday..I know..it was bad..i was up over 2lbs this morning..i know the sodium was a part of that...how long do you think it takes the water to process to take the salt off in your body? I guess it takes more then 12 hours.
«1

Replies

  • datguy2011
    datguy2011 Posts: 477 Member
    it can take up to 48 hours .. depending on the how fast your system is.
  • hubbalolo
    hubbalolo Posts: 7
    sometimes i use a sauna suit when i walk or jog. it helps just got to drink plenty of water
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    it can take up to 48 hours .. depending on the how fast your system is.

    Experience tells me it can take even longer than 48 hours unless you drink huge amounts of water.
  • dcfl2012
    dcfl2012 Posts: 53
    It took me four days to lose the sodium from Thanksgiving :) I'm back on track now ! Its crazy what sodium does!!!! ;/
  • czechsmate
    czechsmate Posts: 556 Member
    It took me four days to lose the sodium from Thanksgiving :) I'm back on track now ! Its crazy what sodium does!!!! ;/

    Same for me...
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)
  • JediMaster_intraining
    JediMaster_intraining Posts: 903 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)



    this made me laugh. :laugh:
  • Thena81
    Thena81 Posts: 1,265 Member
    wear lots of clothing while you work out, but drink water too.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)



    this made me laugh. :laugh:

    Sad part is.. .its the truth.... I stopped eating her meals about 10 years ago.. between the sodium, the food poisoning episodes... UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)



    this made me laugh. :laugh:

    Sad part is.. .its the truth.... I stopped eating her meals about 10 years ago.. between the sodium, the food poisoning episodes... UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Remind me never to come round for dinner!
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)



    this made me laugh. :laugh:



    Sad part is.. .its the truth.... I stopped eating her meals about 10 years ago.. between the sodium, the food poisoning episodes... UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Remind me never to come round for dinner!

    Sounds like a plan! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
  • DizzieLittleLifter
    DizzieLittleLifter Posts: 1,020 Member
    as long as your body needs to rebalance. Just make sure you keep up the water, and add some potassium rich foods (pretty easy to do).
  • emmyvera
    emmyvera Posts: 599 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)

    :laugh: OMG, I feel the same way! She put out a vegetable just for me this year! :laugh:
    It was in a can, but hey, it's a start.......
  • lniffa
    lniffa Posts: 675 Member
    Took me about 3 days to get rid of all that Sodium.
  • mahidac
    mahidac Posts: 126 Member
    as long as your body needs to rebalance. Just make sure you keep up the water, and add some potassium rich foods (pretty easy to do).

    your body uses aldosterone to flush out potassium - and recoup sodium. You would ideally want low potassium and high sodium plus lots of water then your body will not produce aldosterone for a little bit in order to retain potassium and kick out the excess sodium and water.

    just drink a lot of water - if you are high on water then your body wont produce any aldosterone and you will flush out all the excess sodium --> sodium leaves your body in direct proportion to water, your renal clearance is a ratio of your sodium and BUN so the higher your renal clearance (how effective your kidneys are) the faster you will dump the extra sodium - so its going to vary from person to person - but anywhere from 24-72 hours

    wearing a sauna suit is dangerous - sweating a lot will help but it also will cut down blood flow to your kidneys so its a catch22 - just make sure to rehydrate really well if you do a big sweat session
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Don't try to flush it out too quickly. Remember, sodium is an essential mineral for life (it's at the basic cellular level). But it's the BALANCE that is important. Too much or too little can be dangerous; that's why the body retains water when you have too much sodium (because it's the concentration that matters). So trying to flush it too quickly with lots of excess water can be potentially dangerous (granted, it would probably take a lot of excess, but water intoxification is a real thing even if I can't spell it today). Better to stay lower on the sodium (not always possible, I know, I love sodium too) and then up the water some but not a lot on the days you've gone over. It's not the # on the scale that really matters anyway, that's just one way of measuring your progress.
  • Sonchie
    Sonchie Posts: 259 Member
    a nice long run usually does it for me. :)
  • ashfuse
    ashfuse Posts: 224 Member
    if I consume my mother-in-law's cooking, DAYS.... DAYS I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! It just aint right... ugh! (LOL)

    Same here!!! Mother in law has the best cooking but I pay for it for days!!

    With that being said, 4000 is 2 days worth of sodium!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very dangerous. I recommend finding more low-sodium alternatives.
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    For me, the scale doesn't drop again for 2-3 days after heavy sodium consumption.
  • EMc4452
    EMc4452 Posts: 187 Member
    Anywhere from 2-4 days for me.
  • SAC0O3
    SAC0O3 Posts: 95
    When I binge eat and don't eat what I normally eat (ice cream, poptarts, fatty foods, all high sodium) I gain about 5lbs. But I usually binge it for a couple days in a row (I know, I am working on it.) I usually weigh my normal weight again and am no longer bloated 3 days and work outs later.
  • alyssa92982
    alyssa92982 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Keep chugging down the water. Also eat potassium rich foods as potassium counteracts to sodium
  • Alacey88
    Alacey88 Posts: 486 Member
    it can take up to 48 hours .. depending on the how fast your system is.

    Experience tells me it can take even longer than 48 hours unless you drink huge amounts of water.

    It really depends on HOW MUCH you drink that will determines how fast the sodium goes down.
  • artist8041
    artist8041 Posts: 6
    take a pee...it should clear you right out
  • jipsyoracle
    jipsyoracle Posts: 1
    lol
  • jstegman
    jstegman Posts: 1 Member
    Wow, the rehetoric of 4000 sodium is dangerious...I have trouble getting mine below that.
  • carliekitty
    carliekitty Posts: 303 Member
    It takes me about 4 to 5 days if it is really high in sodium. I don't eat a lot of foods high in sodium so my body loves to hang on to it =(
  • bigbadbrett36
    bigbadbrett36 Posts: 1
    I experienced nearly the same exact thing you did. Yesterday i weighed in, in the morning at 207.6 lbs. Today i weighed in at 209.4 lbs in the morning on the same conditions.. I had ALOT of sodium yesterday but i was still under my max amount of calories for the day. Do you think if i didnt consume alot of sodium for the next 2 days and i keep everything else , such as my calories, in check then will i be less weight 2 days from now.??????????????? And i also forgot to mention i have been very active during the time frame mentioned
  • bcjammerx
    bcjammerx Posts: 1 Member
    edited February 2021
    actual studies on the topic
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jch.13353

    https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/463831

Categories