EAT YOUR SALT!
tmoneyag99
Posts: 480 Member
So this morning I felt REALLY nauseous. Sluggish. Just aweful. PLUS the heart rate monitor on my fitness tracker (which has been deemed medically reliable) Was high... really high.
I googled my symptoms and likely I was dehydrated not due to drinking enough water, but from not eating enough salt.
What I'm about to tell you is straight from my Biology 105 course from college:
You see your body needs to have a certain balance between electrolytes. The kidneys will retain water if the electrolyte water is too high, (you've eaten too much salt, or drank too little water or both.) and will flush water like crazy if the electrolyte balance is too low (You eat too little salt or drank too much water or both). The result of the later is that not only will you be dehydrated but your heart will pound like crazy working to pump blood. Why? Because your blood volume and therefore blood pressure is out of wack. As a result your heart has to work harder to get your blood where it needs to be.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373711
https://www.verywell.com/what-happens-if-i-dont-consume-enough-sodium-2507757
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-dangers-of-sodium-restriction#section6
I googled my symptoms and likely I was dehydrated not due to drinking enough water, but from not eating enough salt.
What I'm about to tell you is straight from my Biology 105 course from college:
You see your body needs to have a certain balance between electrolytes. The kidneys will retain water if the electrolyte water is too high, (you've eaten too much salt, or drank too little water or both.) and will flush water like crazy if the electrolyte balance is too low (You eat too little salt or drank too much water or both). The result of the later is that not only will you be dehydrated but your heart will pound like crazy working to pump blood. Why? Because your blood volume and therefore blood pressure is out of wack. As a result your heart has to work harder to get your blood where it needs to be.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373711
https://www.verywell.com/what-happens-if-i-dont-consume-enough-sodium-2507757
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-dangers-of-sodium-restriction#section6
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True, and don't forget that olives, pickle juice, bacon and others are also good places to obtain more sodium. I love pickle juice since going keto. On some forums I read where folks say to force fluids, but don't increase your water without making sure to increase your sodium.5
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I like to pick up a handful of salt packets when I go somewhere fast food, then I can keep them in my desk, or purse, or coat pocket, and put some salt under my tongue if I start to feel not quite right.6
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I travel a lot and I swipe them from the condiment stations inside food courts in airports. I have a handfull in every handbag I own it seems.2
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So now I understand why the local McDonalds started hiding the salt behind the counter.
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GaleHawkins wrote: »So now I understand why the local McDonalds started hiding the salt behind the counter.
LOL. That's what I've been thinking. When @tcunbeliever mentioned it my 1st thought was, 'She's too young to be doing that'. Filling pockets and purses with free food and condiments is stereotypically something reserved for those of us who are 60 plus. That and the Early Bird Specials. 3 -
Get off my lawn!
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Try to use pink salt if possible. Way better for you. It’s not that much more expensive but if you have a costco nearby it’s really cheap!2
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Pink Himalayan salt is great. Whole foods sells it bulk. And always on sale at TJ Maxx etc. Tastes a lot better (to me) too.2
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Try to use pink salt if possible. Way better for you. It’s not that much more expensive but if you have a costco nearby it’s really cheap!
I use the pink salt as well - because of the taste (yes, it does taste better!).
Any health benefits that your graphic (not attacking you, just the graphic) is attributing to the trace minerals is greatly exaggerating the amount of the minerals in the salt. Yes, the minerals (like magnesium, calcium, etc) are good for you, but you need a LOT more than you are going to get from the pink salt.
Here a link to a breakdown of the TRACE elements found in the salt:
https://themeadow.com/pages/minerals-in-himalayan-pink-salt-spectral-analysis
Examples from the chart:
Magnesium -> 0.16g/Kg, so if you eat 5 grams of the salt, you get 0.0008 grams
Potassium -> 3.5g/Kg, so 5 grams of the salt yields 0.0175 grams0
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