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sodium

purplespeckle
purplespeckle Posts: 652
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
what is your limit on sodium for the day?

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  • utes09
    utes09 Posts: 561 Member
    MFP has it set to 2500 mg a day.
  • Anna19911
    Anna19911 Posts: 141
    Mines 2500 but I usually go over. I drink alot of diet soda through out the day.
  • utes09
    utes09 Posts: 561 Member
    Mines 2500 but I usually go over. I drink alot of diet soda through out the day.

    FYI, water would be a better option.
  • missgreen74_2003
    missgreen74_2003 Posts: 52 Member
    mine is 2500 also
  • majikal6
    majikal6 Posts: 72
    The max for anyone in a day is 2500mg, optimally should you keep your intake of sodium to about 1500 - 2000mg a day.
  • Nigel99
    Nigel99 Posts: 498 Member
    2500, and I've been able to stay under it the last week, but it isn't easy to achieve my calories AND stay under the sodium totals.
  • jessimacar
    jessimacar Posts: 291
    I changed mine to 2000 a day.. That way I'm more likely to consume less.
  • toxicbox
    toxicbox Posts: 22
    Yeah mine is 2500 as well. But if you work out a lot and sweat it out you can fudge a little. But always remember the sodium is what holds the water weight! :)
  • Talieowl
    Talieowl Posts: 46 Member
    Mine is 1500 mg a day. The CDC is likely to recommend this as the new daily limit since 2500 is too high for most people and exposes more of us to high blood pressure.
  • jen0619
    jen0619 Posts: 414
    The new RDA amount is 2300 so that is what I have mine set at.
  • purplespeckle
    purplespeckle Posts: 652
    thanks everyone based on everyones responses i'm gonna keep mine at 2000 (try at least) and see what happens i do nottt want water weight....
    speaking of water weight (and this may be a dumb question) everyone says to drink LOTS of water well wouldn't that make you have 'water weight' ? why can't it just be 1 cup that way the sodium won't hold it? how does this work?
  • utes09
    utes09 Posts: 561 Member
    Found this on livestrong.com about water weight:

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/335897-natural-ways-to-lose-water-retention-weight/
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