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evangemz90
evangemz90 Posts: 107 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does eating salty food before your weighing day affect the number on the weighing scale.

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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited February 2017
    I mean yeah salt makes you retain water....Personally i probably wouldnt worry about it though. Weight loss is hard enough without worrying about retaining water constantly. Not going to stop the fat loss. A million things can cause your weight to fluctuate you cant control them all. Ironically the stress of trying would probably cause more fluctuations. LOL
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,648 Member
    It can cause you to retain water which can mask fat loss. I try to go easy on the sodium in the few days before weighing so I'm as close to baseline as possible.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Yes. You may retain water and be a couple lbs up.

    That's why I just always eat a lot of salt consistently. Joking...maybe. Not.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Salt can cause your cells to retain water, but some research indicates that if you properly balance it with potassium that you won't experience that problem. In the cells, salt attracts water into the cell, but potassium works the mechanism to release it.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Salt can cause your cells to retain water, but some research indicates that if you properly balance it with potassium that you won't experience that problem. In the cells, salt attracts water into the cell, but potassium works the mechanism to release it.

    Can you link to this research? I've never heard this. Thanks!
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