Without salt, you will die and other than from the ocean or a salt mine, you'd be hard-pressed to get enough from a natural diet in the wild. You can live for only a few days to a few weeks without salt, it's just as vital to survival as water, food, and shelter.
Although "doctors recommend" a low-sodium diet, there are at least six good reasons to consider how much salt you should have.
6 Little-Known Dangers of Restricting Sodium
I'd consider how much you sweat normally and how much physical activity you engage in daily. I naturally sweat more than most and when working hard I will soak my clothes to the point I thought I could get an idea of how much sweat by weighing the clothes before and after a good workout. There would be even more sweat and moisture I'd be losing, but I'd get an idea that way. So hydrating with just water is probably not as good (maybe even bad) compared to a sports drink with sodium.
Hopefully what was presented is actually true, I'd like to believe it.
From the 1973 movie "Sleeper" starring Woody Allen . . .
ETA: I ran a search for "salt content of human sweat" and the Google AI bot came up with this . . .
I'm not so sure the AI bot has all the facts on this subject, or any subject for that matter. This source is better . . . https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267797/
Although "doctors recommend" a low-sodium diet, there are at least six good reasons to consider how much salt you should have.
6 Little-Known Dangers of Restricting Sodium
I'd consider how much you sweat normally and how much physical activity you engage in daily. I naturally sweat more than most and when working hard I will soak my clothes to the point I thought I could get an idea of how much sweat by weighing the clothes before and after a good workout. There would be even more sweat and moisture I'd be losing, but I'd get an idea that way. So hydrating with just water is probably not as good (maybe even bad) compared to a sports drink with sodium.
Hopefully what was presented is actually true, I'd like to believe it.
From the 1973 movie "Sleeper" starring Woody Allen . . .
Quote:
- Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk."
- Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
- Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge?
- Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
- Dr. Melik: Incredible.
ETA: I ran a search for "salt content of human sweat" and the Google AI bot came up with this . . .
Quote:Sweat typically contains 40-60 mmol/L of sodium, leading to approximately 20-90 mmol of sodium lost in one exercise session with sweat rates of 0.5-1.5 L/h. Reductions in sodium intake of 20-90 mmol/day have been associated with substantial health benefits.
I'm not so sure the AI bot has all the facts on this subject, or any subject for that matter. This source is better . . . https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267797/
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