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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / January 2005Can't Get Away from Sodium????
Hi, All: What's the worst that can happen with high daily sodium intake? I mean, there's just no avoiding it! Even them stupid weight watchers entrees have like 33% USRDA of sodium each! I mean, short of cooking stuff myself (which I do, but can't always)...is there no hope?? Could regular exercise (3x/wk. @ 2 hrs.) mitigate, if not outright negate, the effects of high daily sodium intake? I mean, I do sweat a lot...so maybe all that salts going out that way?? I have low blood pressure, BTW, and am in excellent health (as far as the standard physical check-up goes -- I ain't talking about compared to athletes, necessarily). TIA!! > Hi, All: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > TIA!! Why are you worried? Most people aren't sodium sensitive anyway, and if your blood pressure is on the low side, what's the point of getting worked up?  Signaturespammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. To jump to the end of the story, as a result of this I need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ Well, I'm trying to be healthier. I lift weights, jog, bicycle...but I don't know if that's enough, 'specially since I'm getting older and older and it really looks like I ain't the same boy I used to be! I mean, even I've noticed how much easier it is to gain weight now, and how much harder to gain muscle, etc. So anyway, I'm trying to eat healthy, besides just pumping out and running around. What's sodium sensitive? What are the effects of too much sodium intake? This just doesn't seem like something I can control for, unless I'm gonna cook for myself all the time!! I mean, sheesh, 25g of protein but 660mg of sodium (~33% USRDA) in one shot! Say, any "healthy eating" sites around -- but with an eye towards the weight-lifter?? You know, I don't want advice like "have a yogurt for breakfast".... >"NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > What's sodium sensitive? What are the effects of too much sodium > intake? Only about 1/3 of the population is 'sodium sensitive' where their kidneys can't handle extra sodium - specifically SALT - very well. This is partly due to higher aldosterone levels, so they retain too much sodium, which can cause or contribute to cardiovascular disease and stroke. There is also the usual effect of high sodium on other chemical levels, such as a ratio conflict with, or loss of potassium, magnesium, and others, which can result in additional medical conditions. The chloride component of salt may be a another consideration for its beneficial and adverse effects. >"NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > What's sodium sensitive? What are the effects of too much sodium > intake? Only about 1/3 of the population is 'sodium sensitive' where their kidneys can't handle extra sodium - specifically SALT - very well. This is partly due to higher aldosterone levels, so they retain too much sodium, which can cause or contribute to cardiovascular disease and stroke. There is also the usual effect of high sodium on other chemical levels, such as a ratio conflict with, or loss of potassium, magnesium, and others, which can either result in additional medical conditions - or improve them, if they are caused by low sodium. The chloride component of salt may be a another consideration for its beneficial and adverse effects. > Hi, All: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > the standard physical check-up goes -- I ain't talking about compared > to athletes, necessarily). Other than higher blood pressure, which seems not to be an issue for you, what "effects of high daily sodium intake" are you concerned about? I don't know about the medical/scientific validity of what's on this page: http://www.acu-cell.com/pna.html "Despite its essential requirement, sodium continues to suffer a bad reputation as a result of being linked to cardiovascular disease and stroke. While one cannot dispute its involvement, sodium only affects about one third of the population in that regard. The rest does not have to worry as much as far as intake is concerned. In fact, for those who tend to be on the low side blood pressure-wise, adequate sodium or salt intake is very important,..." For me, eating a lot of sodium makes my weight go up a pound or two until I stop eating a lot of sodium, at which point it goes down again. Many low-<something> foods have more sodium to make up for the loss of flavor that happens when you leave out the <something>, but, e.g., my kids like a particular brand of hot dog that comes in both a regular and a low-fat style. Given that hot dogs are pretty high in fat, much of it the less than desirable kind, we usually by the low-fat hot dogs, which are only low in fat when compared to other hot dogs, not other foods. They do have more sodium, but my wife and I feel it's an appropriate trade-off in this instance. The kids like both styles equally well - and, yes, I know, even the lower-sodium hot dogs have tons of sodium already. -S- http://www.kbnj.com > Could regular exercise (3x/wk. @ 2 hrs.) mitigate, if not > outright negate, the effects of high daily sodium > intake? I mean, I do sweat a lot...so maybe all that salts > going out that way?? Drink lots of water and dont worry about it. <<joni>> |
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