Sodium? Is it bad to eat to little?

azazelrabbit

Anyone in the know?

I know it's bad to eat too much, but can you eat too little? Can you be deficient in salt and what are the problems with that?

For example, I'm supposed to get 2500mg of sodium a day (according to the diary), but I've logged all my foods up until (and including) dinner and I'm only on 536.
My food diary: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/azazelrabbit

Bah! Help?

Muchos gracias x

marsellient

It is possible to be low in sodium and you need some. Someone with more knowledge will probably explain why. I asked earlier today about the sodium content in greens which I found surprising. The sodium guidelines for people with hypertension issues are lower than that set on here...1500-1600mg/day.

UponThisRock

Low sodium diets have been shown to be worse for heart health compared to normal sodium diets.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17688420

The results of the present study show that a normal-sodium diet improves outcome, and sodium depletion has detrimental renal and neurohormonal effects with worse clinical outcome in compensated CHF (congestive heart failure) patient

Also increases insulin resistance: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21036373

azazelrabbit

Aaahhhh, thankyou.
So it can be good and bad... hmm. I don't really know how to increase my sodium without eating really fatty/ salty foods, which i hate (sweet tooth, me!). Maybe I'll just stick to what I'm doing.

UponThisRock

Aaahhhh, thankyou.
So it can be good and bad... hmm. I don't really know how to increase my sodium without eating really fatty/ salty foods, which i hate (sweet tooth, me!). Maybe I'll just stick to what I'm doing.

put salt on your food

10kaday

I checked several sites and they all said that the minimum for an adult is 500mg.