First post here...
I recently switched to the peat diet a few months ago. It's been doing wonders for me. I also do bikram yoga, which is an hour and half of yoga in a heated room with high humidity. In the yoga community... himalayan salt is king. I recently came across the recommendation for Morton's Canning Salt... and made the switch (for a week... all i could handle). I was consuming around 3 teaspoons a day on non-yoga days and around 5 teaspoons on yoga days. I immediately dropped 4 lbs, started getting up to pee in the middle of the night, started getting acne all over my body, and started waking up with massive headaches.
During a yoga session i bring a homemade drink with me. 42oz. water, 8oz. OJ, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 serving trace minerals. Normally... I drink 25oz. during yoga and finish the other 25oz after. My body weight is the same before and after with consuming these 50oz. After switching to Morton's canning salt my body does not seem to retain water... at all. I down the full 50oz. in the first 45 min and feel like im going to die. At one point there was a constant stream of water coming off of my elbow. The instructor made a joke that i was peeing out my elbow. My starting weight was 150lbs... my ending weight was 143 lbs... and that was with consuming 50oz. of liquid. Thats about a 10lbs fluid loss.
I switched back to himalayan salt and my weight went back up to 155 lbs., i dont pee in the middle of the night, i dont wake up with headaches, and my yoga is back to normal.
It seems that body retains much more water with himalayan salt... and retains almost no water with Morton's canning salt. I do not have an official diagnosis of hypothyroidism, but I am showing many of the signs. My mother had her thyroid removed and thyroid issues are known in the family.
"For starters, those with hypothyroidism have a hell of a hard time retaining salt. The lower the metabolism, the greater the propensity to develop hyponatremia (low sodium levels). This is a tremendous stress – one that can potentially trigger migraine headaches or seizures in epileptics ."
http://180degreehealth.com/2011/05/ray-peat-salt
After reading this... it seems that morton canning salt was working against me. Himalayan salt seems to fix the issues. This leads me to the question... why is himalayan salt bad? I could not find a reputable quote anywhere, but it seems that the iron/metal content is what everyone is looking to avoid.
How much Iron is in himalayan salt? Again... i could not find a reputable source for the amount of iron in himalayan salt. SaltNews.com says that there is .23729 mg of iron in 1 teaspoon of himalayan salt.
http://www.saltnews.com/2012/03/are-the ... n-in-salt/
This seems very insignificant compared to the amount of iron in beef. 3 oz. of beef contains ~33.5 mg of Iron.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/bee ... cts/3477/2
Is the problem with himalayan salt really iron? Can anyone straighten this out or me?
I recently switched to the peat diet a few months ago. It's been doing wonders for me. I also do bikram yoga, which is an hour and half of yoga in a heated room with high humidity. In the yoga community... himalayan salt is king. I recently came across the recommendation for Morton's Canning Salt... and made the switch (for a week... all i could handle). I was consuming around 3 teaspoons a day on non-yoga days and around 5 teaspoons on yoga days. I immediately dropped 4 lbs, started getting up to pee in the middle of the night, started getting acne all over my body, and started waking up with massive headaches.
During a yoga session i bring a homemade drink with me. 42oz. water, 8oz. OJ, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 serving trace minerals. Normally... I drink 25oz. during yoga and finish the other 25oz after. My body weight is the same before and after with consuming these 50oz. After switching to Morton's canning salt my body does not seem to retain water... at all. I down the full 50oz. in the first 45 min and feel like im going to die. At one point there was a constant stream of water coming off of my elbow. The instructor made a joke that i was peeing out my elbow. My starting weight was 150lbs... my ending weight was 143 lbs... and that was with consuming 50oz. of liquid. Thats about a 10lbs fluid loss.
I switched back to himalayan salt and my weight went back up to 155 lbs., i dont pee in the middle of the night, i dont wake up with headaches, and my yoga is back to normal.
It seems that body retains much more water with himalayan salt... and retains almost no water with Morton's canning salt. I do not have an official diagnosis of hypothyroidism, but I am showing many of the signs. My mother had her thyroid removed and thyroid issues are known in the family.
"For starters, those with hypothyroidism have a hell of a hard time retaining salt. The lower the metabolism, the greater the propensity to develop hyponatremia (low sodium levels). This is a tremendous stress – one that can potentially trigger migraine headaches or seizures in epileptics ."
http://180degreehealth.com/2011/05/ray-peat-salt
After reading this... it seems that morton canning salt was working against me. Himalayan salt seems to fix the issues. This leads me to the question... why is himalayan salt bad? I could not find a reputable quote anywhere, but it seems that the iron/metal content is what everyone is looking to avoid.
How much Iron is in himalayan salt? Again... i could not find a reputable source for the amount of iron in himalayan salt. SaltNews.com says that there is .23729 mg of iron in 1 teaspoon of himalayan salt.
http://www.saltnews.com/2012/03/are-the ... n-in-salt/
This seems very insignificant compared to the amount of iron in beef. 3 oz. of beef contains ~33.5 mg of Iron.
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/bee ... cts/3477/2
Is the problem with himalayan salt really iron? Can anyone straighten this out or me?