What are the best sources of Sodium?
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Himalayan pink salt in some warm water and salted on food is far healthier than table salt. Celtic sea salt is also a good option. Salt raises blood pressure so if you’re on the high side you might want to talk to your doctor before supplementing.
There is nothing healthier about one salt over another unless it is iodized. Colored salts are that way because of impurities and some found in pink salt have been found to be toxic like mercury, arsenic, lead, thallium, radium, uranium, polonium, plutonium, etc.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pink-himalayan-sea-salt-an-update/
Basically all salt is sea salt. The only difference is if it is gathered from dried up sea beds or from recently evaporated sea water. What trace minerals you do find are in such minuscule amounts that you need to eat 2 cups of salt a day to get anywhere close to the RDA of any of them. Of course, you will last only a day or two if you eat 2 cups of salt.
OP, if you need more sodium just add a sprinkle of any salt to your food. Go with a specialty salt if you like the texture but plain old cheap table or kosher salt will do the trick.6 -
tangent836 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »@cwolfman13 @janejellyroll @estherdragonbat @singingflutelady @Jruzer
I realize that. It seems it's pretty difficult to completely avoid processed foods. I'm not chemist or dietitian, but it seems that the salt in sodium pills will not be as affected by processing, as whatever they put in cans of tomatoes. Just a hunch. Like I said, what is the OPTIMAL solution? I'm not asking for the ideal.singingflutelady wrote: »Sodium pills are processed
I can't imagine how sodium could be "affected" by processing and still be sodium. It's an element. Are you imagining it's going to become some radioactive isotope of sodium when it meets up with a little tomato?
No, but the processing will affect the tomato
Yes, it will. But does it necessarily follow that it is worse for you as a result?3 -
@diannethegeek Thanks!0
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I made my diary public. You guys can probably see why I eat things like cheese and canned mushrooms to increase my sodium intake.0
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Some of the entries you are choosing are off, like the salmon one.0
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tangent836 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »@cwolfman13 @janejellyroll @estherdragonbat @singingflutelady @Jruzer
I realize that. It seems it's pretty difficult to completely avoid processed foods. I'm not chemist or dietitian, but it seems that the salt in sodium pills will not be as affected by processing, as whatever they put in cans of tomatoes. Just a hunch. Like I said, what is the OPTIMAL solution? I'm not asking for the ideal.singingflutelady wrote: »Sodium pills are processed
I can't imagine how sodium could be "affected" by processing and still be sodium. It's an element. Are you imagining it's going to become some radioactive isotope of sodium when it meets up with a little tomato?
No, but the processing will affect the tomato
True. It will make the tomato more nutritious. Many vegetables (tomatoes included) have nutrients that become more bioavailable when they are cooked. Aspargus, mushrooms, carrots, spinach, etc. are also included in that list. Yes, there are other nutrients that get lost in the cooking, Vitamin C especially, so the ideal is to eat both raw and processed so you can gain all the nutrients.6 -
Now that your diary is open, I'd double-check some of your entries. Just at a glance, salmon should have sodium. Cabbage doesn't have much but it should have some. The database is full of little errors like this.
If it were me, I'd just used iodized table salt on my food. You're eating a lot of whole foods already (it look like that's what you're aiming for) and I don't see what harm salting your salad would do.3 -
Salt, soy sauce, fish sauce, or Bragg's aminos, which have 2,400 mg of sodium per 1/2 teaspoon. Probably cheaper at a store than at Amazon. Usually found with the soy sauce or natural foods section.
https://smile.amazon.com/Bragg-Natural-Liquid-Aminos-16oz/dp/B000QVDSUM/
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I use a variety of non-traditional salt, including this one, both fine and chunky, for my salt grinder. None of my salts are iodized, and if I'm not eating Thai food regularly I supplement with iodine.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005MER0RA/
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I tried the liquid aminos, and really didn't like it. Soy sauce and fish sauce, yes, please! In fact, mix the two together and with some lime and that's a favorite sauce or dressing for some salads.
I will again recommend merely cooking with a little salt, also. (And being careful to choose entries that contain the sodium amounts.)1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »I understand that an adult man has to consume at least 500 mg of Sodium a day and more if he exercises. Ever since I started dieting, I've realized that I am often not eating enough salt. What are the healthiest sources of salt? How do I make sure I eat enough of it? Is it a bad idea to simply add table salt to the food I'm eating?
THIS is hilarious!!! Dude, you really need to educate yourself on nutrition. Sodium = salt! WTF. SPRINKLE SOME EFFIN SALT ON YOUR FOOD. There are some of the stupidest people on this website. LMAO. Man...
For starters, Salt = Sodium + Chloride In fact, salt is MOSTLY chloride. Sodium is a nutrient that is found in many foods, salt being only one among them. My question was whether salt was a good source of sodium, or whether it's better to get it from other foods such as vegetables.
If you're actually low on sodium, you're not going to beef it up much with vegetables. I would look more to minimally processed foods like canned goods, cottage cheese, vegetable juice, etc.
I'm trying to avoid processed foods like the plague. Wouldn't it be better to just take a sodium table like @RunnerGrl1982 suggested? Also, wouldn't it be more convenient to take when I'm working out? That way I don't have to drink gatoraid (yuck).
Do you really think there's something horribly wrong with canned tomatoes or canned beans? I understand wanting to limit or cut out ultra processed food items, but avoiding canned tomatoes like the plague seems a bit over the top. It's not like they're adding all kinds of things to them. The processing on most canned goods like that is very minimal, which is why they're referred to as minimally processed foods.cwolfman13 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »I understand that an adult man has to consume at least 500 mg of Sodium a day and more if he exercises. Ever since I started dieting, I've realized that I am often not eating enough salt. What are the healthiest sources of salt? How do I make sure I eat enough of it? Is it a bad idea to simply add table salt to the food I'm eating?
THIS is hilarious!!! Dude, you really need to educate yourself on nutrition. Sodium = salt! WTF. SPRINKLE SOME EFFIN SALT ON YOUR FOOD. There are some of the stupidest people on this website. LMAO. Man...
For starters, Salt = Sodium + Chloride In fact, salt is MOSTLY chloride. Sodium is a nutrient that is found in many foods, salt being only one among them. My question was whether salt was a good source of sodium, or whether it's better to get it from other foods such as vegetables.
If you're actually low on sodium, you're not going to beef it up much with vegetables. I would look more to minimally processed foods like canned goods, cottage cheese, vegetable juice, etc.
I'm trying to avoid processed foods like the plague. Wouldn't it be better to just take a sodium table like @RunnerGrl1982 suggested? Also, wouldn't it be more convenient to take when I'm working out? That way
Do you really think there's something horribly wrong with canned tomatoes or canned beans? I understand wanting to limit or cut out ultra processed food items, but avoiding canned tomatoes like the plague seems a bit over the top. It's not like they're adding all kinds of things to them. The processing on most canned goods like that is very minimal, which is why they're referred to as minimally processed foods.
I also try to avoid processed food mainly because it’s riddled with toxic things from the manufacturing processes. Not only do they put things in the food that are unheathy to persevere it they use hazardous materials to contain the food itself. Canned food, for instance, has been found to contain chemicals that have leached into the food from coatings they use on the inside of the can.0 -
Confused! I don't think cwolfman said either of the things you quote him as saying (although the first quote is reasonable enough so I can imagine him saying it).
As for: "I also try to avoid processed food mainly because it’s riddled with toxic things from the manufacturing processes. Not only do they put things in the food that are unheathy to persevere it they use hazardous materials to contain the food itself. Canned food, for instance, has been found to contain chemicals that have leached into the food from coatings they use on the inside of the can."
I think avoiding canned beans and tomatoes is likely to result in less desirable choices both nutritionally and environmentally. And if you read the label there's nothing unhealthy in them, at least not the mainstream ones I buy.
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diet cola2
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Add me to those doubting you need to supplement salt. Are you losing a lot of water through high intensity exercise? Doing the keto diet which can cause water loss due to glycogen depletion? Have you noticed any health symptoms which would lad you to believe you need to increase your sodium levels? What's your blood pressure like?0
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jasonpoihegatama wrote: »diet cola
There's not that much sodium in diet sodas though.0 -
jasonpoihegatama wrote: »diet cola
There's not that much sodium in diet sodas though.
Plus if the OP objects to the amount of processing of table salt, I doubt they'll be much inclined to swill diet sodas all day.5 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »tangent836 wrote: »Roberta H. Anding is a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and a registered dietitian. She says that the less processed something is, the better it is for you.
But that doesn't necessarily make sense. You need more sodium, right? So if a processed item has more sodium, then it's actually better for you currently, right?
Possibly. I'm looking for the optimal solution. I want to consume the correct amount of sodium daily while avoiding processed food. Can't I have the best of both worlds?
Other than seafood (plants, crustaceans, and mollusks, mainly), I don't think there are any unprocessed foods with high levels of sodium. And I don't recommend going to the beach and eating whatever plants wash up. Unless you live alone in some remote part of the world, commercially harvested and processed sea weed is going to be a lot healthier than what you pick up on the shore (given the state of pollution of most ocean waters in populated areas).
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I just looked at your diary, and your sodium intake looks absolutely fine. Most Western diets contain far too much. Some of the food entries don't include sodium when they clearly should (like the salmon one already pointed out). If you really want to top up, then just add a little seasalt.0
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