SALT

[iLoveSugar]

Salt is a big topic for me. Ray outlines how it's so important for us, but also to only salt to taste. I can go Every day of my life without it. I could go without buying salt in my house, and would never miss a beat.

Supplement with it;
Or go by taste and never use it?

 

[Westside PUFAs]

I can go Every day of my life without it.

No you can't. It's a vitamin. If you don't use any added salt then you're still getting it from somewhere or else you'd die from hyponatremia. You must be hyper parathyroid. The parathyroid makes mineralocorticoids which suck up salt. People who are hypo parathyroid can't make mineralocorticoids and must have some added salt.

 

[iLoveSugar]

So supplement with it or no?

 

[artlange]

I did without salting food for many years, and finally my metabolism crashed. I was also missing other nutrients. After supplementing with extra salt for a few months and getting a sufficient amount of all of the other electrolytes, I now can salt to taste, and get enough. (Now OJ without a 1/2tsp of added salt tastes pretty flat.) I've upped Ca in diet and my BP is 120/70, even with 1.5-3 tsp/day salt.