how bad can salt be?

How much salt do you all have you eat before it makes itself known on the scale the next day?  Anyone ever kept track?

I've never kept track but I'm addicted to the stuff.  I add it to my food all the time, even if I've cooked with it already, I add it to the food on my plate.  I often wonder what the scale would look like if I toned it down a bit.

 

I just bought Nura Salt... with a salt substitute and taste just the same... (rather than sodium, its postassium)

It's not really the effect on the scales that's the truly bad part about salt.   Weight-gain is only ever temporary but  the effect on your blood-pressure over time of a high-salt diet can be rather more serious.

i have no idea, but after eating "instant wontons" frequently i feel like i have more water weight.

Original Post by peachynerd:

I just bought Nura Salt... with a salt substitute and taste just the same... (rather than sodium, its postassium)

 WOW. "Salt" that is good for you??  Where did you find this magical salt?  I would love to try it!!

Salt is not "bad" for you.  It's an essential element to an animal's diet (including us) - that's why deers and other animals that don't get enough sodium go on salt licks.  It's just that modern western foods contain too much sodium that it's a bad thing - too much of anything is a "bad" thing, even water has been known to be toxic at such high levels.  The point is to "moderate", watch your sodium intake and try not to go over 16g a day

 

Good point adonvll! I guess I should have said that I would love to know an alternative to cook with and use on food once I have reached a healthy amount that I do not want to go over for the day.  I do not have a problem with sodium (especially since I workout and sweat a lot of it out) but I always love to hear alternatives.  :)

"Most recommend between 1,500 and 2,400 milligrams (mg) a day for healthy adults." ~The MayoClinic

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU002 84

We have far too much salt in our diets. Salt is one of the reasons you don't see weight loss, as you hold onto excess water weight. Lower your salt intake, and you should drop water weight, sometimes upwards of 10 pounds in one week. Mind you, this is NOT fat loss, but too much salt can be a bad thing for your blood pressure!

I usually notice the effects from increased sodium intake rather quickly.  If I eat chinese or thai food, for example, I can feel the water retention especially in my hands, when I wake up the next morning.  I've recently changed my eating habits (again) to eat more unprocessed foods, which in turn cuts out a LOT of sodium, and I took more than 3 pounds off in the first week.  I would guess half of that was water weight.