Posted on 08/30/2021 1:03:23 PM PDT by Red Badger
I take mega-doses of Vitamin D, so can I still use as much regular salt as I like.
I leaned on Freerepublic that Vitamin D prevents/cures everything so I don’t have to worry.
OMG, I finally found my long lost twin! I rarely salt my food, and there’s not enough pepper in the world for me. It has to be fresh ground though, and preferably a medley of peppercorns, like green, white, etc.
Potassium and sodium are electrolytes. They work together to create nerve impulses. There is a necessary ratio of approximately 3 sodium atoms per one potassium atom. When sodium goes down too low, it’s called hyponatremia.
Too much potassium will kill you. That is called hyperkalemia. It is a component of euthanasia drugs and execution cocktails. Sodium is eliminated primarily through perspiration and peeing, potassium cannot be eliminated except through vomiting.
Nope, you need salt. Potassium is a matter of spinach a baked potato or a glass of milk. This study is based on people who have horrible diets and get salt from chips and other snacks. Don’t trade salt for anything. Just have one baked potato a week and your pretty fine.
.....Almost everyone in the world eats more salt than they should.....
Except for those of us who have low blood sodium!!!!
Kidney patients... DO NOT DO THIS. The Potassium is even worse than the salt! Unless you live in the hot desert cut out BOTH to be healthier.
If you do that and cut sugar and most processes /junk foods as well you can eat as much salt as you like with no issues.
First off this study has a 50% chance of being fraudulent right out of the gate. Then we’ll see if it’s causation or the usual correlation that medicos are so in love with.
The CREATOR’S SALT, I.E. SEA SALT is what was intended to go into the body. Sea salt that has been stripped of everything other than sodium chloride is what causes all these “salt” issues. Humans are not supposed to be consuming large amounts of a single chemical - sodium chloride.
But how does it taste??
We use Morton Lite Salt
50% less sodium and tastes like salt
TOO much sodium. Reasonable amounts like regular sugar are not bad for you
Be VERY careful buying into the “low sodium” and “drink more water” generalizations. Having not eaten the “SAD”(Standard American Diet”) in decades, following the “cut sodium” can lead to LOW sodium and chloride levels in blood work. If one sweats during exercise or working AND consumes a LOT of water, levels can result in an ER visit.
How did I learn this? Followed the “cut your salt” and “drink more water” mantra. Having blood work 4 times per year(2 at employer, 2 at PCP doc) caught it. I add salt to almost all meals and my sodium and chloride levels are “In Range” now.
I love, love, love salt and have for decades but it is always sea salt, not the chemical sodium choride, what people call salt today. Salt underwent this bad transformation with the advent of modern food processing in the 20’s and 30’s. The Creator put those 15% of minerals in there for a reason. They are very important to how the body uses the sodium chloride component. MAN SCREWING WITH THAT FORMULA is the problem, not salt, real salt.
That’s like sticking your food into a capsule and washing it down with water! No TASTE! Not me! I sweat! I apply salt!
Right ! I was told just last week that my potassium level was borderline high, still recovering from surgery and kidneys are not quite 100%. The co-ordinater who called said to watch it with the raisins, bananas, tomatoes and other foods high in potassium. I love farm fresh tomatoes! Our neighbor has been giving us some from her garden and we have been in tomato heaven. NowI have to cut back?
@#$&@#$&@!!!I have been using a salt substitute, but I guess I’ll just have take my chances with kosher& sea salt, sparingly.
It seems like no matter WHAT we eat, it’s wrong.🤨
Cough cough… soy sauce or tamari and salt ...
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