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WATER RETENTION/EDEMA/SWELLING and Protein & Salt Intake! What is the connection between these three? The more protein you eat, the more salt you need.
A low salt diet makes it hard for the body to maintain normal function. Salt deprivation can make it hard for the kidneys (1)
A low salt diet makes it hard for the body to maintain normal function. Salt deprivation can make it hard for the kidneys (1)
(2) to eliminate nitrogen by-products from the breakdown of protein. When our bodies metabolize protein, nitrogen generates toxic ammonia and has to be sequestered in the liver, converted to urea for elimination via urine. If there is not enough salt, nitrogen waste builds up,
(3) causing the kidneys to retain water in the form of edema (which can make the legs swell, for example) to dilute the toxic effects.
“Doctors frequently wrongly advise patients overloaded with toxic nitrogen and water to further reduce their salt intake. When this fails to
“Doctors frequently wrongly advise patients overloaded with toxic nitrogen and water to further reduce their salt intake. When this fails to
(4) work, we prescribe medications to force the kidneys to eliminate more salt, which helps with the edema (temporarily).... this is a recipe for disaster. DO Seek Salt!” - Dr. Cate Shanahan (The Fat Burn Fix)
For most people, the wrong advice about salt causes a lot of
For most people, the wrong advice about salt causes a lot of
(5) suffering. It really is amazing how the hormone insulin acts on so many other aspects of the body. The body can increase insulin levels in order to retain sodium by re-absorbing more. This is why on keto and very low carb diets such as carnivore or other, sodium intake most
(6) often needs to be increased and supplemented in order for a person to feel energized and well.
Most people require about 5 g of sodium per day which works out to 12 g of salt or 2.5 teaspoons of salt per day. Less than this amount is associated with higher mortality rates
Most people require about 5 g of sodium per day which works out to 12 g of salt or 2.5 teaspoons of salt per day. Less than this amount is associated with higher mortality rates
(7) than levels above 5 g of sodium per day. Our bodies require sodium to maintain the -70 mv charge on voltage gated channels in the body and for cells to maintain ion channels between sodium and potassium.
In the kidneys, sodium is re-absorbed in
In the kidneys, sodium is re-absorbed in
(8) the distal tubule of the nephron instead of excreted. This explains why people lose water on keto and the exact physiological mechanism behind by lowering insulin levels from reducing sugar and processed carb intake causes hypertension & blood pressure to go down. #seeksalt
