Sodium intake

[themamasan]

Does anyone know what a healthy sodium intake range is? More importantly what your sodium limit per day should be. I was wondering, because I ate a snack today that was 1000mg of sodium....which seems very high.

 

[LAM]

a normal person can easily go 3-4 grams a day with a sufficeint water intake so an athlete can easily consume much higher than that

 

[themamasan]

Ok...cool. I am trying to watch my fat and sodium intake, so that is good to know.

 

[Robyne Arrow]

Food for thought:

If ever craving food high in sodium compare the different food choices available and choose the one that has the lowest amounts of sodium and highest amounts of potassium. Sodium is a water retainer and potassium is a water balancer thus, excreting any excess water out of the system. Compare food choices and their food labels.

 

[kicka19]

ehhh, high sodium seems to be a byproduct of any high protien diet

 

[Robyne Arrow]

So true! Sodium is found in most highly processed foods. In fact if you tried to get the recommended grams of sodium by consuming natural foods it would be a full time job.

 

[ASSPUNCTURE]

I am a bodybuilder

I eat anywhere from 1-3g per day, maximum