Confessions of a salt fiend.

briyowes

I used to salt almost everything. Since I started my journey in January, I cut out adding salt and started watching sodium intake. I try to stay below 1500 mg, some days I do go over. I use different varieties of Mrs. Dash on my food along with garlic or onion powder. I thought I would never be able to eat vegetables without adding salt, but I don't miss it. Also, like most people have said, I can really taste the salt in foods now. I try to by low/lower sodium items.

finchest

Rinse all your canned stuff, including tuna. Here's an article about how much salt you can eliminate by doing so:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/chat-leftovers/chat-leftovers-salt-down-the-d.html

THIS IS AWESOME NEWS!!! Ok I do rinse my canned stuff very thoroughly (like chickpeas / beans) - great study, thank you for posting!

ninerbuff

Sodium isn't an issue if you balance out potassium in the right ratio and you are consuming enough water. If you have high blood pressure, then you should check with your physician to ensure you're taking in the right amount based on blood tests.


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finchest

Sodium isn't an issue if you balance out potassium in the right ratio and you are consuming enough water. If you have high blood pressure, then you should check with your physician to ensure you're taking in the right amount based on blood tests.

personally, i have low blood pressure - but i'm interested as to how the ratio thing works. what should we be aiming for?

970Mikaela1

Sodium isn't an issue if you balance out potassium in the right ratio and you are consuming enough water. If you have high blood pressure, then you should check with your physician to ensure you're taking in the right amount based on blood tests.


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how do you find if you are balanced is there some form of math for this? Edit to say Figured it out need more potassium and less sodium still !!!!!!!! watching this stuff gets trickier the more you know

finchest

Just wanted to say I got my "Spike" in the mail today and am excited to give it a try! I'll report back, fellow salt fiends!

ninerbuff

Sodium isn't an issue if you balance out potassium in the right ratio and you are consuming enough water. If you have high blood pressure, then you should check with your physician to ensure you're taking in the right amount based on blood tests.


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how do you find if you are balanced is there some form of math for this? Edit to say Figured it out need more potassium and less sodium still !!!!!!!! watching this stuff gets trickier the more you know

A normal sodium/potassium ratio is between 2.5:1 and 4:1.

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SoDamnHungry

I don't even check my sodium. I have low blood pressure and the doctor told me to eat more salt. ...I don't think it's physically possible for someone to eat more salt than I do. Still, I'm going to try and cut back for a couple of days to see if I lose some water weight.

newve

Bump

finchest

I don't even check my sodium. I have low blood pressure and the doctor told me to eat more salt. ...I don't think it's physically possible for someone to eat more salt than I do. Still, I'm going to try and cut back for a couple of days to see if I lose some water weight.

that seems crazy to me that a doctor said "eat more salt!" i have low blood pressure also - dropping down the salt has certainly helped my weight loss! i think because it also curbs my craving for processed food, which is usually high in salt, and which obviously is not usually the best choice from a caloric perspective!
let me know how low sodium works out for you!

by the way, to the previous poster who recommended Spike - i bought it and have been enjoying it! it's not salt, but it is flavor, which is nice! i like their garlic spike, too!