Low Sodium

kym117
kym117 Posts: 315 Member
edited December 17 in Food and Nutrition
Hi, I have added sodium into my food diary as a nutrient to track and I am astounded by the results, In one day I my limit is 2,500 today I will only use 391, yesterday 721 and Sunday 469 is this dangerous? another nutrient I am always desperatly low in is Iron.

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  • sarajo16
    sarajo16 Posts: 142 Member
    I'm always low on sodium too!
  • nannabannana
    nannabannana Posts: 780
    My sodium count stays 2 pts below what the normal is . ARC will not let me give blood as they consider it to low for them...Doctor says I drink too many liquids to cut back...the point is I have hypertension so I try to control sodium input. I stay confused by both of them.
  • Erika1962
    Erika1962 Posts: 187 Member
    I make it a point to stay under 1500 mg of sodium a day after carrying around 15 pounds in water weight and having severe edema in my legs, even doctor prescibed water pills wouldn't help. I started watching my sodium and dropped those 15 pounds in one week.
  • nannabannana
    nannabannana Posts: 780
    I make it a point to stay under 1500 mg of sodium a day after carrying around 15 pounds in water weight and having severe edema in my legs, even doctor prescibed water pills wouldn't help. I started watching my sodium and dropped those 15 pounds in one week.

    Yes it does help. My ankles are not swollen anymore.
  • Erika1962
    Erika1962 Posts: 187 Member
    I make it a point to stay under 1500 mg of sodium a day after carrying around 15 pounds in water weight and having severe edema in my legs, even doctor prescibed water pills wouldn't help. I started watching my sodium and dropped those 15 pounds in one week.

    Yes it does help. My ankles are not swollen anymore.


    Oh and I forgot to mention that my blood pressure is down from 155/95 to 110/75, so I think that too much sodium is not so good for my body!
  • Woooolywool
    Woooolywool Posts: 136 Member
    I'm always very low on my sodium levels too. To be honest I think it might be a good thing.
    And I'm also very low on iron levels on here, but the thing is...I don't think that the iron levels have really been entered correctly, or have been entered for all of the foods on the database. I searched up for sources of iron in foods, (both in books, and on the internet) and to be honest, basically most, if not all fruit and veg has some iron in it. So as long as you're eating a variety of fruit, veg, leafy greens, and beans, you should be fine. :)

    x
  • walker001
    walker001 Posts: 116 Member
    I have googled the average most amount should be around 2000 mg, I am never even close. Which is a good thing, sodium just slows your wt loss.
  • Ninatoots
    Ninatoots Posts: 192 Member
    If I don't get enough sodium I will die!
    Nina
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