Does salt intake increase water retention?

Hudderstub
Hudderstub Posts: 11 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I am doing low carb, so know that if I go off the diet and increase my carbs then my body will retain more water. If I am eating more salt will that have any affect on how much water is retained?

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  • laurie571
    laurie571 Posts: 152 Member
    pretty sure sodium makes you retain water
  • MSimm62385
    MSimm62385 Posts: 227
    Yes
  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    Yes, it will. If you're retaining fluid, I would suggest cutting back your salt intake and increasing your potassium intake as well as drinking lots of water. And by water I mean water, not water plus crystal light or mio.
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