Increasing salt intake

2»

Replies

  • SnifterPug
    SnifterPug Posts: 746 Member
    Maybe get some empty capsule shells and put salt in them and swallow like tablets if you don't want very salty tasting food?
  • jdhcm2006
    jdhcm2006 Posts: 2,254 Member
    SallyH77 wrote: »
    I've taken to chicken broth and adding some salt to my food while its cooking. Ive also got a powdered electrolyte drink from the nutrition shop that has sodium in it as well which is helping.

    This added 3kg to my weight over 2-3 days, which took about a week to start to move, :o freaking me out quite a bit! But I stuck with what I know I needed to do for my health and the extra weight has just now started to move, gain is now only about 800grams which im putting down to extra blood volume that I need.

    Thanks again to all who so helpfully responded :)

    That isn’t fat gain, that’s water gain. I make myself fried rice on Sundays so I can have an easy lunch Monday - Thursday. I “gain” about 2-3 pounds bc of this. But by Sunday it’s gone bc my body has released the water it was holding onto. Increase of salt, will increase your water weight but if you are keeping to your calorie deficit, it will not translate to gained fat.

    Get an app that will let you see the trend of your weight (if you weight daily). I use Happy Scale, which is for iPhone users. I think Libra is the android phone version.
  • neillc57
    neillc57 Posts: 86 Member
    Some deserts have massive quantities of salt. I think it was Jell-O instant vanilla pudding I tried. I weighed three pounds heavier the next day from the water retention caused by eating one of those guys (the whole sachet). Like a gram and a half of sodium and of course it doesn't taste salty.
    After I lost a lot of weight I would get orthostatic hypotension. I would have to hold onto things when I stood up. Horrible. Doctor cut out my BP meds but I was eating a lot of salt prior to seeing him to get rid of the terrible cramps.
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
    You've received some good suggestions for salty foods already. If you want to consider an electrolyte supplement that is very mild tasting, I've been using Precision Hydration 1000 or PH1500 in my water bottles while riding a bike or running in warm weather. A packet of PH1000 provides 500mg of sodium, plus calcium, potassium and magnesium. It is mild tasting, not too sweet. It can be bought online.

  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    neillc57 wrote: »
    Some deserts have massive quantities of salt. I think it was Jell-O instant vanilla pudding I tried. I weighed three pounds heavier the next day from the water retention caused by eating one of those guys (the whole sachet). Like a gram and a half of sodium and of course it doesn't taste salty.
    After I lost a lot of weight I would get orthostatic hypotension. I would have to hold onto things when I stood up. Horrible. Doctor cut out my BP meds but I was eating a lot of salt prior to seeing him to get rid of the terrible cramps.

    I commented on the jello pudding. I eat 3 boxes a day sometimes lol. Was amazed how much sodium they have.

Categories