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So, I stumbeled upon my old fitday account. I decided to enter in what I've been eating today. I try to keep track of the amount of food I eat, so I can maintian a healthy weight, but I almost never pay attention to how much sodium I eat. I decided to check how many mg of sodium I've eaten so far, and after 2 servings of instant noodles, a can of V8, and some other non-high sodium foods, I'm somewhere near 4500 mg of sodium, and that's for half the day. This is pretty much how I normally eat, and I have pretty low blood pressure. It's normally around 90/60.

I understand that sodium is supposed to make you retain more water, and therefore raise your blood pressure, but clearly it's having little effect on me. I'm far from being hypertensive, and I pee all the time. My question is, is there any other health risk to consuming a large amount of sodium? If I'm not excessively thirsty, and I don't have high blood pressure, do I have anything to worry about?
 
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In actuality if you consume enough water, DV% levels of sodium are far to little to be considered isosmotic.
 
Sodium should be in the diet, IMO. But, some "people" can have complications when over consuming.

From what I have read on it, Sodium can assist with these functions:

1. Muscle contraction

2. Fluid balance

3. Nerve impulses

I believe what is recommended is up to 2300 grams per day.

Everyones body can function differently and thus react differently to the foods they eat, but there is some research that specifies that consuming (far too much) Sodium can lead to risk of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke.

One ought to bare in mind, though vitamins are good to take, vitamins can become toxic if one takes in too much. So put things in proper perspective.

There is alot of sodium in some of the foods we eat. I wouldnt be "overly" concerned with it, unless it is personally effecting you.

Best regards,


Chillen
 
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2400 mg or less per day is recommended.

Some eat much more with no problems. I've had borderline bp in the past, and a few isolated pretty high readings so I don't tempt fate. I stay under that
 
I keep my daily sodium around 1500mg or less. I don't have any bp problems but I still choose to keep it low as I feel crappy when I eat too much salty food.
 
get rid of the table salt and season with pepper. I've never been a big salt eater. I grew up with tons of pepper on everything so I guess I've just aquired that taste.

I try to stay away from other sodium rich foods like canned soup, V8, Ramen noodles and **** like that.

Soup pisses me off because its marketed as a healthy choice but really its not at all. Kids are eating it thinking its great for you.
 
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yup Jared its not your best choice. LOL
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son of a *****....

i eat a footlong turkey breast on whole wheat with carrots/onion/lettuce and light vinegar at least 4 times a week from there! maybe that explains my sudden halt in fat loss....:eek:
 
Shinra said:
son of a *****....

i eat a footlong turkey breast on whole wheat with carrots/onion/lettuce and light vinegar at least 4 times a week from there! maybe that explains my sudden halt in fat loss....:eek:
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Dude deli meat is one of the worst things you can eat. Plus whole wheat has no less carbs than white bread. Read the package.

Go whole grain bread. I found Aunt Millies whole grain only has 18 grams of carbs for 2 slices and it taste pretty good too.

Whole wheat typically has about 26 grams of carbs for 2 slices.
 
You can get low cal food there, but for me the problem is healthfulness. Processed meats are loaded with sodium and other chemicals that have been recently linked to increased cancer risk.

I have no problem with well made whole wheat bread, but I'll bet theirs has added sugar, maybe HFCS

...and don't get me started on Jared, I hate that bastard:D
 
Excess sodium in the diet screws up the Na+/K+ pump, an enzyme in the membrane of all cells, especially nerve and muscle cells, that can cause hypertension and irritability.
 
In the modern food world, sodium is used everywhere. Mainly found in frozen food, and processed food. The problem is that most of these type of food are lacking in the nutritional department and calories dense. So basically, you get double the dose of calories, with little to no nutritional value, and then you get a high does of sodium.

I think if you're eating healthy, sodium shouldn't be a huge problem.
 
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