Sodium Question

If you are working out regularly, and don't have any medical issues, you don't need to put much emphasis on sodium intake. I had almost 4,000 mg yesterday.

Most people consume too much sodium. On a non-workout day, you can be at 2000. But if you eat any processed food, bread, cheese, prepared meals, canned food, or fast food, you'll be way over that. If you are eating clean at all your meals, you might want to add little to hit 2500.

If you are getting cramps, be sure to hydrate and most of us like bananas for keeping them at bay.

If you are working out regularly, and don't have any medical issues, you don't need to put much emphasis on sodium intake. I had almost 4,000 mg yesterday.

If you keep eating 4000 mg of sodium a day you will have serious medical issues. New sodium guidelines are 1800 mg per day and 1500 mg if youre age 50 or over.

Check with the American Heart Assoc or Mayo Clinic websites.

Those sodium guidelines are for non-active individuals. You should check out threads on people who work out regularly, and consume a ton of water and potassium. I've been doing this for years and nothing yet. But I'll let you know if I croak.

If you are working out regularly, and don't have any medical issues, you don't need to put much emphasis on sodium intake. I had almost 4,000 mg yesterday.

If you keep eating 4000 mg of sodium a day you will have serious medical issues. New sodium guidelines are 1800 mg per day and 1500 mg if youre age 50 or over.

Check with the American Heart Assoc or Mayo Clinic websites.

Those sodium guidelines are for non-active individuals. You should check out threads on people who work out regularly, and consume a ton of water and potassium. I've been doing this for years and nothing yet. But I'll let you know if I croak.

Whatever cupcake- and not that I care, but you probably wont be so lucky to just "croak", you will probably have a stroke and have to lay in bed for 10 years depending on others to wipe your drool.

Mmmm cupcakes.

You don't care if I die? Well that's rather insensitive. How the hell can you predict that I will have a stroke when you have absolutely no idea what my lifestyle, or my genetics, consist of?

If you are working out regularly, and don't have any medical issues, you don't need to put much emphasis on sodium intake. I had almost 4,000 mg yesterday.

If you keep eating 4000 mg of sodium a day you will have serious medical issues. New sodium guidelines are 1800 mg per day and 1500 mg if youre age 50 or over.

Check with the American Heart Assoc or Mayo Clinic websites.

Those sodium guidelines are for non-active individuals. You should check out threads on people who work out regularly, and consume a ton of water and potassium. I've been doing this for years and nothing yet. But I'll let you know if I croak.

Whatever cupcake- and not that I care, but you probably wont be so lucky to just "croak", you will probably have a stroke and have to lay in bed for 10 years depending on others to wipe your drool.

Mmmm cupcakes.

You don't care if I die? Well that's rather insensitive. How the hell can you predict that I will have a stroke when you have absolutely no idea what my lifestyle, or my genetics, consist of?

Dont care much about you period, but cut the rhetoric and stay on subject. As to your question, the same applies to you; what do you know about the OP to be telling him he shouldnt worry too much about his sodium intake? And this begs the question, how do you know how much sodium to ingest? How do you know the 4000 mg you ate was the right amount?

Sodium intake is important, and anyone who can think for themselves will recognize in the developed world that there is more danger associated with too much dietary sodium then there is with too little.

One day, if you live long enough, you just may learn the wisdom of erring on the side of caution.

A lot of research regarding healthy sodium intake go against each other; some say max intake so-and-so while other say it's not that "dangerous" - I'm still waiting for that verdict. And not thinking too much about my sodium intake!

But look at it the other way around:
Sodium makes the body retain water, which is good because otherwise we'd be dehydrated. It makes you thirsty, reminding you to drink if you have too much sodium.
Too much water flushes out valuable electrolytes i.e. from your body, which is not good.

I think it's best to listen to my body and not drink too much out of fear for too much sodium - but also be aware that I might get too much sodium too - and then i'll drench my thirst. A sensible balance is best IMO!