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Sodium?
DaniH826
Posts: 1,335 Member
Is going over the 2500 sodium a big deal? My 2-month average is about 3000. I did a quick peek at my journal and found some of the harder hitters so I'll see if I can find some better alternatives.
What's your take on that, generally speaking? I did a forum search and came up empty (mostly white noise as usual and a bunch of conflicting information). Unfortunately I can't do specific group post searches (wish we could). Apologies if this is redundant. If y'all have a thread already or links to trusted resources, just point me there and I'll read up. I work in the medical field and am privy to a lot of reports from that angle and have a hard time buying into sodium demonization.
I don't have any medical issues in general or with high blood pressure (that's always been in the healthy range), my kidneys are fine and my blood tests are always dandy. I guess they consider me "healthy" at my doctor's office, for what that's worth.
No need to hurry responding. It'll keep. Thanks!
What's your take on that, generally speaking? I did a forum search and came up empty (mostly white noise as usual and a bunch of conflicting information). Unfortunately I can't do specific group post searches (wish we could). Apologies if this is redundant. If y'all have a thread already or links to trusted resources, just point me there and I'll read up. I work in the medical field and am privy to a lot of reports from that angle and have a hard time buying into sodium demonization.
I don't have any medical issues in general or with high blood pressure (that's always been in the healthy range), my kidneys are fine and my blood tests are always dandy. I guess they consider me "healthy" at my doctor's office, for what that's worth.
No need to hurry responding. It'll keep. Thanks!
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The only real issue (which is not really an issue) is water retention (assuming that you are not going totally crazy with the salt).0
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Hey thanks for the quick response!
So if I'm not a fan of that (I notice it here and there, especially since I started lifting, but it's more annoying than alarming), cut the sodium? Up the water intake? Both?
Wasn't really an issue before weight training, honestly. Except TOM bloating. Such fun being a woman sometimes ...0 -
Increasing your potassium will help mitigate the sodium to a degree.0
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Increasing your potassium will help mitigate the sodium to a degree.
My husband suggested the same thing, so thanks for the confirmation! I'm still fairly new to weight training and the things my body does as a result.
Feel free to close, that's all I needed.
Thanks, and enjoy your holiday weekend!0 -
Sodium 'bloat' is really a different thing than the water retention you get from lifting, which is glycogen and water in the muscle itself.0
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Locking thread - PM if you need to open.0
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