Did you know

mgreenham
mgreenham Posts: 40 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Did you know if you go into the settings menu and go to the Change Diary settings, you can pick other things to track in your food consumption. and that you can change back and forth to get an even better picture of what you are eating. I added Sodium to my list of tracked items... DAMN, you would be shocked at the high levels of sodium that can be found in seemingly "healthy" foods.

I have read that a high sodium diet which would logically lead to a high sodium intake, may find weight loss a little bit harder from fluid retention. I'm no dietician, so I don't know with any scientific certainty but it passes my sniff test. Not to mention if you have high blood pressure this is one of those evil hidden realities.

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Retaining water isn't fat. People get too hung up on the number on the scale. If you avoid all sodium and drink very little you can lose some pounds over a few days but it's only water and it comes right back. The only reason to really monitor sodium levels is if you have a problem that requires you to do so, if all you are worried about is retaining a bit of water it really isn't worth the effort.
  • Anamdalta
    Anamdalta Posts: 56
    I did discover that a while back. I track my sodium, too. The default sodium levels on MFP are (IMHO) way to high - I adjusted down to 1500mg/day and track it daily.
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Sodium does throw my weight ins. I keep it to 1500 or less the 2 days before weigh in. I cook from scratch but with winter here I find a lot of my foods are high in sodium... Between pea and ham soup, chilli, smoked ham and pork crunch this week it's sky high. Just make sure I drink lots of water and keep it low the 2 days before weigh in... I've seen it add up to 5lbs onto my weight! X
  • coolonedee
    coolonedee Posts: 36 Member
    The American Heart Association recommends between 1500-2000 mg of sodium per day. If you have been diagnosed with a disease such as heart failure or hypertension then you should intake closer to the low range. (1500) If you are a healthy adult then shoot for not going above the 2000mg mark daily.

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