Craving late-night salt

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ShunkyDave
ShunkyDave Posts: 190 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I know what's going on when I'm tired and craving sugar an hour after having a donut. But what's going on when my wife and I are watching TV at night, and we both start craving something salty?

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  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    It could be your body wants salt. It's a mineral we all need but can't produce on our own.
  • jbootman
    jbootman Posts: 145 Member
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    be sure you are tracking your sodium, it is very hard to be eat less than 500mg per day which is the minimum,

    I highly doubt you are NEEDING salt,

    salt-sugar-and fat form a cruel and powerful addictive triangle,

    get these three under control and dieting is even easy,

    for now realize cravings are the body's withdrawal and like a drug junkie you need to suffer,

    I promise you if you eat 500-100mg of sodium, no sugar, limit your fruit even and eat very low fat for even 3 days the cravings will calm,

    go thru your favorite veg and protein foods and plan out a clean day, then DO IT,

    this addiction adds to our uncontrolled appetites,

    also distract yourself, take a long bath, watch a movie, and go to bed early,

    overweight people are statistically sleep deprived
  • 512cheangela
    512cheangela Posts: 133
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    I munch on seaweed snacks -- 35 calories and not all that much sodium. Helps kill the craving.
  • nanababy9
    nanababy9 Posts: 5
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    Whenever I am craving salt I just grab a handful of the small pretzels or just some plain tortilla chips. They usually have salt to quench the craving, but aren't huge calorie takers. Just a little can go a long way

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