How Much SALT is Good for You? (How Much Salt is Bad for You?) 2024
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- Should you use less salt? Should you use more salt?? Should you salt to taste???
We've all been told a thousand times to use less salt, but what does the research say about this?
You might be surprised at just how much salt is healthy and worried about why the American Heart Association recommends so little...
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I always take the AHAs recommendations with a grain of salt.
Good one! 😁
"...and die less often" lol
😂 Love that
Ba dum tss
😂 😂
At one time salt was more valuable than gold and people were paid in salt.
"Salary"
Hmmm.....
Salt was more expensive than gold. Salt protects meats from bacteria, cured meats, that was before the invention of refrigeration. Having salt meant you could survive winter with food.
@@wgjung1 And the fact you die within days without salt.
@Cyril I did not know that. Fantastic!
Very good!
@@555Trout you die within days without sodium. Not salt.
I had my first doctor's appointment today since starting a keto diet and had the lowest blood pressure in probably 20 yrs. On eggs, bacon, cheese, beef, butter and salt. I'm so grateful to folks like you who are, rightly, tearing down all the dangerous lies we've been told.
Eating the absolute best! I'm also saving money on Keto.
"Your body is smarter than the American Heart Association ". I love that. God's made us to survive and sustain. If we just listen to our bodies all would be well
Do not trust the American Heart Association. Sugar companies paid to have Ansel Keys put on their board to push his yet to be proven lipid hypothesis. The Canadian Heart Association is controlled by lamp oil.
Yes, your body will let you know when you've had enough salt. That's why you should only go by taste.
Agree. I burst out laughing at the point.
*looks at obese people* not really. Remember we didn't evolve for the modern world. Salt and sugar was not nearly as accessible nor were fats, and humans were not so sedentary. It is very easy to overdose on salt and sugar as it is so commonly available in many products.
Yeah my brain telling me to eat waffles and ice cream at 1am
I’ve only just started carnivore and your tip about taking a few grains of salt on the tongue to help curb hunger when fasting, has made a huge difference to me. I’m now adding salt ‘to taste’ Thank you 🙏
I can't count the times I ate a bag of pork rinds when really all I needed was the salt.
I’m fasting right now and I’m feeling hungry. Thanks for the tip. I just took a few grains on my tongue ! Thank you !
I STARTED HAVING LESS SALT UNTIL I GOT USE TO NOT HAVING SALT, AND GUES WHAT MY BLOOD PRESSURE WENT BAZURK DUE TO THE KACK OF SALT, I AM OK NOW BUT IT TOOK ME TWO MONTHS TO GET MY BLOOD PRESSURE MORE OR LESS NORMAL, THE BODY NEEDS SALT ALWAYS NOT GO TO THE EXTREMES
@@ladyluck5248 You might want to take some electrolyte as well. Here is my own recipe, it is dirty Keto as I don't know what the ingredients in Kool-aid really are.
Cici's Amazing Keto-aid:
One packet of Kool-aid(any flavor but make sure it is UNsweetened)
1/4 teaspoon+1/8teaspoon of No-Salt (Salt alternative)
1/2 teaspoon of salt. (I use Kosher)
1/4 cup of Apple cider vinegar or any vinegar (don't use balsalmic) of your choice. I use red wine vinegar because I have plenty on hand.
Mix with 2 quarts of water.
add the sweetener of your choice. (I use Stivia and Splenda brand-Monk fruit and Erythritol).
This has Zero calories and zero carbs. This recipe supplies 968mg of NaCl (salt) and 1035 mg. Of K (potassium).
Good luck to you!
@@damesaphira9790 I do very similar recipe, but use Cream of Tartar instead of Kool-aid. Cream of Tartar has a pretty neutral flavor and good amount of potassium as well.
I told my doc I supplement with 1/2 a tsp of salt every day. He almost dropped his cookies. My BP is normal.
If your doctor heard how much salt i take, he'd drop more than his cookies, and I have low blood pressure
Were they peanut butter cookies? Those contain salt.
I bet those cookies were deleted choc and caramel😂🤣😂
I have been having muscle cramp problems and my doctor told me I need to increase my salt intake.
@@martyk1156 Sounds like you have a good doc. You might look at magnesium supplements as well.
I’m still laughing at the “expert” goons that had iodine put into the salt then told everyone that salt needs to be restricted. Haha! Outrageous idiots running these agencies! Who listens anymore???
@@PacoCapitola USA- the country that allows poison chemicals in our foods and says it’s ok when other countries ban these items! Welcome to America! Where anyone can “earn” breast cancer, colon cancer and autism for free! And apparently non-Hodgkin lymphoma too!
Iodine actually is important to human physiology. When people began moving inland away from oceans and couldn't get fresh seafood they began to develop goiters. This is when the thyroid swells to a large size to try and grab whatever iodine you manage to consume. This was a huge problem in the Midwest. Adding iodine to salt was an easy way to fix the problem. Today it's easier to get seafood anywhere in the country and many more foods are fortified with iodine.
@@jakryk not disagreeing with a need for iodine, but I wonder if some context is missing. Humans likely didn't evolve near oceans / eating seafood to begin with, and certainly many populations of hominids survived just fine without seafood in their diet
@@olegstacie Interesting point. Is there evidence that our longevity / brain size explosion coincided with more seafood / iodine / DHA etc. in the diet? Genuinely curious, as I've consistently been exposed to the expensive tissue hypothesis, where brain size was able to develop as gut size diminished due to the general move to high nutrient density animal foods.
I put 3/4 good pinches of Himalayan salt, 3/4 drops of Iodine in 16oz of water daily
I take salt on the tongue when having a headache. It makes all the difference!
I get headaches and drink my electrolytes. Sure enough. That cures it.
I also sometimes start to get a headache later in the day, before I've eaten anything, if I don't get enough salt in the morning. I have a cup of bouillon (1400 mg of sodium) every morning, and that solves the problem.
Yep. Did that today.
Thanks for that reminder! I've been having more visual migraines recently, a histamine reaction I think. Oddly, humming low and long notes helped the migraine quickly subside. My hypothesis on why it might work is that the vibration of the humming may stimulate the vagus nerve thus activating the para-sympathetic system to calm things. Humming. I tried it again today and it helped. But next time, I hope I remember the salt!
Thanks! I have to try that
I'm so thrilled to be able to eat salt again! Dropped the wheat, the "vegetable" oils, and most dairy, and lo! NO INFLAMMATION! Regardless of salt intake.
It's quite amazing isn't it?
I lowered my carb intake but primarily it was the seed oils and PUFA intake dropping, imo. I also took up daily fasting, with a 6 hour eating window, 4-10pm.
My chronic nerve pain, in my right leg, was a constant 5-6, with flare ups that hit 8-9.. bad enough I couldn't think properly.. only opiates took the edge off...
Now I have zero pain, zero drugs, not even OTC. I only have issues if I deviate from my diet for more than a couple days... Then I start to feel a dull ache of the pain returning..
Other benefits.
Allergies are way better. From 11 months out of the year, to barely any during peak season. What is left is primarily eye allergy issues now, not sinuses.
My sinuses are clear and not inflamed now.
Sleep apnea cured. I still obstruct in my throat when I sleep, but since my sinuses are clear, I just breathe through my nose instead.
I sometimes use nose strips to facilitate this.
With better sleep, my mental health is better. I was diagnosed bipolar 20 years ago, and learned to manage it by ensuring proper sleep...
When I started to feel off, I'd just call in sick to work, so I could rest and sleep more. This kept it in check, with no meds, for the most part. Now I don't even so that.
Asthma is drastically improved, almost non existent. I didn't even bother to refill my inhaler for 2 years, nor my script for Singulair.
@@Unsensitive this only been at this since July. Massive Improvement in seasonal allergies. Most of that Improvement I think was due to dropping the liquid Dairy. I do still have eye allergy now and then oh, and I was on daily Flonase year-round plus a pill during the worst times. My skin looks better my nails are tremendously stronger. I haven't been able to maximize sleep benefits because my job has been insane especially in the wake of hurricane Ida. So I'm still losing out on that. But since the end of July I've lost 30 lbs. I've been able to have my bmic with my insurance waived because I finally dropped back under 30 BMI. My prehypertension has gone away. I've lost over four inches off my waist. I don't crave anything but occasionally salt if I didn't have enough. I'm not spending all the money on fast food and I'm spending less at the grocery because I'm eating less overall. And I don't get snacky late at night. That's one of my biggest victories period and it's only 2 months.
@@Unsensitive wonderful list of improvements in your health. Bravo!
@@Unsensitive hi I also have persistent 5-6 nerve pain in my left leg. Trying to get on a keto diet so hopefully will see improvement. Do you eat seafood as well?
@@Clairdelunee
Short answer: I only eat Seafood if it is wild caught. Avoid all farmed seafood & fish.
Longer answer:
I eat any ruminant animals(multiple stomachs), or monogastric animals(single stomach), and animal products from animals fed their natural diet. (E.g. oysters are farmed but eat their natural diet, so these are ok farmed)
Monogastric animals fed a higher polyunsaturated fat diet, such as seeds/beans/grains etc, will sequester these fats in their tissues.
For farmed seafood this means you are not getting omega-3, since they get it from their diet, and also getting excessive omega-6.
Of primary concern is excess Linoleic Acid, a particular omega-6, which has many harmful effects document in the literature.
The only source of Linoleic Acid in any significant amount is seeds/beans/grains, or monogastric animals fed them.
My wife is a RN. She has been convinced that salt is bad. I was an SF qualified medic in the Army. Salt tabs used to be common practice in order to combat heat injuries! We all know it is nice to drink 2-3 quarts of water a day but when you only have a 1 quart and a 2 quart canteen obviously you will not stay hydrated! Salt will balance the fluids in your body! I could hump an 80# rucksack all day long and drink less than a quart. Used to be a normal blood pressure was 100 plus your age! Now day's that is way to high.What changed? Big Pharma commissioned the studies! As we all know numbers can be manipulated in any way you want the end to be!
It also used to be prohibited from Doctors to be invested in pharmaceuticl companies! I think that is where everything went wrong!
I know more about real medicine than most doctors do today!
In Iraq around 2005 I had a Philippine worker that had a huge lipoma on his back. We had a British trained doc at the time and he wanted to send him out of country to have it removed! I called bullshit because at that time if he left the country he would not be able to return! In short I got him in the exam room and I took it out since to so called doctor was incompetent!
I have no use for doctors that have been trained in the last 30 years! They don't know shit other than I need to refer you to a specialist!
Thanks for sharing such useful info. Kindly, may I ask: years ago, normal BP = 100+age (i.e. for me at the age of 62, it was acceptable normal BP=162, is this correct? And the year such formula was still acceptable till?
By the way, what did you provide as treatment/remedy to that Philipino worker?
Much appreciated for your help. God Bless.
Heck. In my experience, they won't even send you to a specialist unless you insist on seeing one.
I appreciate your service AND your shared life experience Jim!
@@nikkion2140 100 plus age was considered normal up until I got out of medicine in 94. I’m not sure when it changed. But I’m comfortable with it coming fro real doctors.
The lipoma I took out myself and sent it to the Air Force lab to make sure it was benign.
@@jimbrock8310 good information right here. Love this stuff. F the narratives
Thanks for this Ken :) For the longest time I was suffering "Itches and Twitches and Cramps" (oh my!) in the night, and my doctor had no idea. He thought it could be fixed with stretching before bed (nope). I looked at magnesium (wasn't that either) and potassium (not available as a supplement in Canada and I eat lots of salad anyway. In the end, I discovered that the itches, twitches and cramps all went away when I had two cups of hot water with a half teaspoon of salt (3g) dissolved in it before bed, which works a treat. You're the first expert I've seen who understands this.
FYI night cramps really suck :p
Thanks for your tip. I'll keep it in mind.
I don't have problems yet but I'll help those that do. ❤️
Muscle cramps can also be from low iron. And low iron can be from low B12 & Folate.
Can you buy "lite salt" in Canada? That is cut 50% with potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride. I take a full teaspoon of that each night and get my sodium but also my potassium.
Cream of Tartar, used in cooking , is
Potassium Citrate.
I take it mixed with Himalayan salt.
half a teaspoon of Tartar, eighth tsp salt
in a glass of water. Ratio 4:1
Solved my hassles with cramps.
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Edit
I live in a hot dry climate,
Usually in summer I take it before breakfast,
that is , once per day.
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My cholesterol came back 20 points too high and the doctor wanted me to take statins. I absolutely refused.
I am now off them too
Statins give you neuropathy.
@@RogueCylon brain is made partly of cholesterol, statins eat your brains out, dimentia.
Mine came back 1 point higher than normal and the dr wanted me to take statins….. I refused
'Lies My Doctor Told Me'
Just remember in 15 Nov 2017 - American Heart Association President John Warner suffered a heart attack during the organization's annual conference in Southern California. He should have upped his salt!
Now your just rubbing salt into the wound...
@@BareFootDuck Lol. That's funny😃😃😃
Well said Steve🤣🤣🤣🤣
My grandfather use to chip off a chunk of salt from the cattle’s salt block when he did chores. Eating this much salt was horrible for him! It killed him! He died at 98 from prostate cancer. 😂 While I don’t chip off the cattle block I do salt everything I eat. 98 year old works for me!
Salt in every cup of coffee!
Sadly I can’t stand salt in coffee lol but I’ll gladly take it in everything else lol
I know it sounds weird, but I actually prefer it that way now.
@@andystuckey2561 is it just something you have to get used to? I have a hard time with black coffee cause I can’t stand the taste so I try to use a bit of almond milk creamer cause that’s about the only way I enjoy it.
@@claudiawangfitness drank coffee all my life. Became a black coffee drinker in my 50s. From 2 to 35 I drank it with condensed milk and sugar then sweet and low and condensed milk😂😂😋. At 50, I knew I needed to change you and now cannot stand anything in it except salt.
@@andystuckey2561 so it’s probably just a matter of me drinking it consistently and adapting it as a new taste preference. 😅
Salt doesn't cause high blood pressure, sugar and grains do because they make you fat.
Refined grains not whole grains.
@@indesdaryl Wholegrains too, but to a slightly lesser extent. The ancient Egyptians atw wholegrain and the preserved mummies are riddled with atherosclerosis.
what about skinny people that have high bp
And lamp oil.
@@henrytang2203 there's evidence the Egyptians made and used sesame oil, which is 40% Linoleic acid. This omega-6 fat, at least in excess, is implicated in metabolic disturbances, as well as atherosclerotisis.
This is likely the primary factor, but the wheat wasn't helping at the very least.
"Live longer and die less often." Loved that! My sodium lever runs a 139, they say the range is 135-145. If I were an cow or elk, I'd be the one salting the mineral lick.
How to use WHO, and AHA, guidelines: print them out, keep them in your bathroom in case you run out of toilet paper.
Be sure to print them on absorbent paper!
Hahahaha😂😂😂
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I use them as catbox liner cause they’re too scratchy on my tender backside.
I was foolishly trying to do Keto with 36 hr fasts without electrolytes. That's when I discovered the crucial dire need for salt to end the horrid headaches. Dr B got me to save myself with LMNT and Redmond.
LMNT??
@@timratcliff6590 LMNT is an electrolyte that doesn’t have any additional crap.
@@kathleen9456 thanks much 😅👍👍
Hello there well done on the fasting i am also on a similar journey of long fasts and I'm seeking the best way to supplement salt during the day
Is it mixed with your electrolytes? A litre of water with 3 grams of salt?
Cheers
@@marvinyo5 LMNT is so pleasant by itself, I would not spoil it with any salt. Also I learned to stop over-diluting LMNT. I found I had to drink a min of 6 liters distilled water each fasting day. Drinking less went poorly. 3 tablespoons of quality salt was plenty for me. The normal 400 mg of mag is fine on feeding days but we men need 600 mg on fasting days. Calculating the elemental mag in any given tablet with all the diff forms of mag supplements requires a Mensa mind. I got nightly leg cramps if I failed to take a 550 mg Nature Made Potassium Gluconate tablet with the USP seal on the label.
Your life will be much better if you turn off the News & ignore your main stream Dietitians :)
...works for me !
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My mother almost died last year because she wasn't getting enough salt. I never even knew that was possible, but it is, and the doctors said it was a miracle she hadn't died because her levels were way, way, way below where they should have been. She was in the hospital for one week.
So sad. I have the opposite problem now where I cannot quench my thirst for days after even a little bit of salt added to food. What kind of symptoms did she have if I may ask?
@@underated17 Being unable to quench your thirst is a big sign of diabetes, so you may want to get that checked. My mom's symptoms were dizziness, loss of appetite, anger, mood swings, depression, etc. We finally found out what was wrong with her when she got up in the middle of the night to use the restroom & got so dizzy, she fell against the wall and put a hole in it with her head. She was unconscious and rushed to the hospital. That doctor discovered that the majority of the medications her PCP was prescribing for her were depleting the salt in her body and immediately ordered all of it to be stopped and an IV inserted to start bringing her back. He later told us that usually when someone's salt is that low, they die. He saved her life.
@@donnat2793 Everyone tells me that about diabetes and it is NOT diabetes. I was tested many times for diabetes and nothing shows up. I don't tolerate salt. Dr. Robin Felder talks about salt sensitivity in videos on RUclips. I just had my blood tested this week and last week I was pricked. I do not have diabetes. My blood work shows lows vitamin D but for now my doctor says it is unrelated.
Some people have the opposite problem of low salt, they just cannot tolerate salt. I have to lose weight especially since I store it in my belly which could imply sodium retention. It may be diabetes insipidus which has nothing to do with diabetes. But I likely do not have diabetes insipidus. I have been referred to an internal medical doctor and hopefully also will see an endocrinologist.
Lord Have Mercy 🥺 🙏 😫 😩 😪 😭 🥺 🙏 😫
I just love it when we have a family meal and everyone freaks when I add the salt to my foods.
and your Mom is like " you'll get a heart attack"...
The American Heart Association used to be fine with trans fats because they were made rich and powerful by cooperating with the makers of Crisco. They should voluntarily disband, but I doubt they ever will.
Picked up a prescription today and the pharmacy tech asked if I wanted to contribute to the American Heart Association. I told her I disapprove of the AHA, and that I realize that I sound like a lunatic…
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100%. AHA was nothing before P&G's "donations" incentivizing them to promote Crisco, and the AHA still promotes canola oil as heart healthy to this day, under the oversimplified premise that it lowers cholesterol when used in place of saturated fats. How many years of people's lives have been lost to this health advice from a "trusted authority"? The AHA are criminals, plain and simple, and they should be held accountable. Thankfully people are waking up to this. We've been poisoned for decades by the likes of big food / pharma putting their profits above their customers' health, but for a health agency to be part of the scheme is completely inexcusable.
I used to belong to a charity group that had a fundraising event for aha. I ignored the event completely while being present. The elder lady was trying hard to get my participation in paid raffles and the like by telling me how aha saved her husband. I wished her husband speedy recovery and thought to myself aha guidance is probably the reason why his heart was sick. Never a penny from me to health organizations that contribute to sickness with their bullcrap guidance.
I love salt. I put 1/4 tsp in my coffee all the time and salt my steaks and ground beef for sure. Thank you!
Adding salt to your coffee cuts the bitterness of the coffee.
We require potassium, magnesium, calcium to balance sodium. An imbalance of salt is what causes issues. Give the body what it needs. It will regulate its own levels and is much smarter any doctor or scientist
yes but you get those in the food, you don't need to add it, the amounts of those that you nee is much lower.
@@yanostropicalparadise755 It's only assumed. We require about 1to1 or 1.5to1 amount for potassium to sodium. I doubt everyone is eating 10 cups of greens daily. Animal foods contain smaller amounts of it, some of which gets cooked out into the broth or oil. Studies reported that up to 80% of Americans are magnesium deficient. Electrolytes most people don't pay attention to unfortunately. Thus the keto flu that sometimes never get corrected.
@@JYAN2852 why would you need ten cups of greens? 1.5lb of beef contains over 2 grams of potassium. other meats and sea foods contain varying amounts. as to the amounts you need that's questionable. i not sure we expel potassium and magnesium like we do sodium. when we sweat the majority is sodium not magnesium or potassium. you are not deficient on an animal based diet. plants while touting to have more in some cases the amounts you have to eat to get it is impossible to consume. then the question of bioavailability come in, can we get all of it out of plant foods? i doubt it, but we get almost all of it from meats. the reason people on keto are low in both is that modern day keto pushes low protein and high fat it should be reversed. most on keto do not eat a pound of meats a day let aloe 1,5 pounds of it or more. dr. shawn baker can eat 6lbs of beef every day, he's a big guy, i have trouble with 2lbs.
@@yanostropicalparadise755 The problem is exactly what you stated. Beef is not on the top of the list for many people doing low carb keto or even carnivore for that matter. I switch between keto and carnivore. When I was long term carnivore like many others, Saladino included, developed muscle spasms and cramping. Calcium is on the low end for animal food unless the person is consuming dairy. Magnesium is known to also be on the low end. People do also consume a lot of coffee or tea which act as a diuretic. We not only lose sodiuk via sweat but also other electrolytes. I vouch for keto and carnivorw but I am not dogmatic against supplements and most plants. People eat differently even on carnivore. Many prefer chicken, some prefer pork, some prefer seafood. Most don't do organ meats. Some don't do dairy. Some do mostly beef. It's impossible to get all of the required electrolytes. But for Shawn it may work fine for him. Same for some vegans who never need to supplement B12, iron, zinc. There will be the exceptions but the general rule is to be balanced, at least for electrolytes. A high amount of sodium is totally fine (I intake 2-3g sodium daily) but many people do not account for balancing out the other minerals either thru food or supplements is all.
@@JYAN2852 i agree, i hate dogmas, that said i prefer to mainly eat beef, seafoods, lamb. i love fruit and do eat it. just not every day. i eat cheese, chicken and pork once in a while. i don't eat vegetables or greens salads, i don't like them. i eat mainly meats and fats with protein the focus. i agree their are many out there who are deficient and for those who aren't eating as they should then supplementation is a necessity, vegans are the example.
This advice has made a world of difference in my health! Thank you doctor for sharing your wisdom and experience. 1 tsp Himalayan salt left me craving salt, experiencing IBS, hyponatremia and frequent urination. I love the idea of listening to our bodies above the AHA. You are a saviour to so many people. Keep up the inspiring work. 🙂
I'm so happy I found Niesha & Dr. Barry's videos, and our online community. Kindness, support, and healthy truth prevails here! We're improving our health together. Much love and appreciation to all. Thank you.
Everything about salt, sodium made sense when I began reading labels: Before realizing bacon had 25 mg per two slices, I was so scared of having too much. Lol, I have 3-5 now. Stress is causing the bp to rise not salt. Sharing is caring. Thank you, Doc, for being informative.
Keep in mind that Dr. Berry eats a pretty natural, unprocessed food diet. Processed foods has a ton of salt. I started eating keto-ish and my blood pressure and blood sugar is coming down.
That’s because of carbs and sugar, not salt
@@g.t.7362 I think this is 2 different statements.
1) processed food has tons of salt which the dr doesn't eat.
2) following a keto-ish diet was producing results.
Processed food contains bad salt... not sea salt or himalayan salt which is good.
I think what original poster is saying is that Dr Berry is not getting grams of salt thru his diet (bc it's not processed foods). So it's important to take into consideration (regarding your daily salt intake) how much of your food intake is processed (because that will affect how much salt you should add).
Dr Ken Berry had me hooked at "Die less often"
Just the thing I needed to forward to my friends... Keep up the good work doc. Greetings from Croatia.
Thanks for this,my dr told me to not use salt since i have high blood pressure and im overweight, but im doing keto now and i will follow this.
My BP was high until I increased my sodium intake. Now its well in the healthy "normal" range.
Me too!
I started with sea salt, then switched to Himalayan pink salt, and finally went with Redmond Real Salt that Dr Berry recommends once I heard about that. I do like it the best too, as it seems to have a more mild flavor. And yes, I salt my food to taste. And since I recently started fasting till evening (except on the weekend), I have a cup of bouillon every morning to get some sodium in me before I go out to work, as I work outdoors in Florida, so sweat a lot in the summer heat, and I start to get a headache later in the day if I don't have sodium early in the day. And just to note, I am 60, and my blood pressure has always been normal. Just took my BP 3 times and got an average of 108 over 65.
If u like Redmond's, don't try celtic sea salt :) that stuff tastes so good and has a similar mineral profile and quality sourcing as well (depending on where u get it from). Tastes sooooo much better than any pink sea salt
I always love your informed approach on diet and weight loss! Is there any quality data on healthy weight gain for us on the other end of the spectrum?
Very helpful as always, Doc. Salt & electrolytes are so important when eating the phd!
What advice would you give to a person who has stable Angina (diagnosed), but their symptoms get worse after consuming an even moderately salty meal?
I've been strict carnivore for the past 2.5 years. I typically eat OMAD, sometimes I'll eat 2MAD if I'm really hungry. I have a TCO in my LAD (compensated for by extensive collaterals) and 70% block in my left circumflex. On normal days, I can reach a moderate level of activity (heart rate around 120 - 130) before I begin to experience chest pain. When I eat salty food (say full salt bacon, pork rinds, or even sausages) I become very thirsty, and for the next 2 days, it takes much less exertion to trigger chest pain. I can even replicate this by salting meat to taste with Redmonds.
A variety of lecturers have spoken to the importance of sodium, and how low sodium is linked to higher all cause mortality. So obviously I'm concerned that I can't eat anywhere near the recommendation for sodium. I'd love to hear any thoughts on why my body might not be reacting well to a normal level of sodium intake.
Thanks!
Thank you sir….
I love Realsalt! Haha, I wrote that before you said it! Been using it for decades. My grandmother used to stress the importance of salt. She said she knew people that were sick because of restricting sodium.
She lived to be 98. Her mother was born in 1850 and died 1958. Of course, they ate well and we're happy .
Totally sharing this... Thanks for including the reference links
Good info and well explained Dr Berry
Gotta say that you're looking very young and healthy sir
Thank you!🌼
Awesome info Doc. Keep up the good work , thanks for the research you do., and God bless you and fam.
Thank you so much Dr. B for your advice on all this!
Thank you, Dr Berry, for this video in which you have busted the medical myth about salt. Ever since I bought your book - Lies My Doctor Told Me - hot off the press two years ago, I have enjoyed my food, salted to taste. I use Himalayan Black Salt and Tasman Sea Salt. Dr Berry busts this myth in Chapter 13 in his book. The book must sit on your study table or along side your recipe books in the kitchen to be read and informed before you cook or plan a visit to the doctor ☺️
Remember, sodium is not salt!
Salt = sodium + chloride
1 tsp of salt (6g) = 2.3g sodium.
With thyroid disease you have to eat salt
@@sharondavis1665 Depends on what type. Consuming iodized salt or any excess iodine if you have hyperthyroidism or Graves disease can make you much worse.
So humans need the chloride part too?
Chloride is used by our stomach cells to produce hydrochloric acid, a key factor for a healthy digestion.
"According to the Institute of Medicine, the tolerable upper intake for chloride is 3.6 grams per day for adults. The tolerable upper limit is the maximum level of daily intake that's known not to cause any adverse effects."
I can always appreciate the simple language in which you state matters :)
Great video.. thank you for all the work you put into guiding so many of us humans to the proper human eating plan .. I have a question please .. after 3 years of carnivore of eggs and beef and pink Himalayan salt.. I experienced headaches for the last 3days .. what could have caused this .. thanking you in anticipation..
I use salt just enough for taste , sometimes my body even craves salt which I think it needs more salt ?. I do not have high blood pressure and I feel just fine.
This answers a question I've been meaning to research for sometime now, thank you. I take electrolyte daily and use about 4 x 1gram of a blend that is 66% sodium. On 'normal' days I have a pint of this, and on hot or busy/active days I'll double dose. This puts me at the 2.6-5.2grams daily, beautifully in the dish of the bell-curve. Interestingly, I arrived at this dose based on what felt right. Sometimes if I forget or miss a pint I might suffer leg cramps in the early morning, which are immediately remedied with a pint of electrolyte.
Thank you for your service 🙏🏾
I’m loving your content!
And straight forward delivery! 🎉
I've been doing Carnivore diet for 28 days since I found your channel. Military night shift lifestyle is harsh. I was getting fat and felt terrible. I was getting many health issues that were accumulating. I went from 235lbs to 214lbs and my ADD has vanished. My lab results were great. Was able to get off methotrexate for my knee swelling. ( aprox 180 CCs of fluid ) Military doctors were surprised by the results. My A1c is now at 4.6%. I believed I was prediabetic.
Scott, thank you for your service. And get off night shift asap. It’s not natural for most people.
Thank you for your service. You deserve better than that military starvation diet. It's the same as they feed to inmates in prison.
I use Himalayan salt... my hubby and kids refuse to use it... I think I may try Redmond real salt or just add some pink salt in with what they use.
Thank you - concise, and straight-forward, no nonsense advice.
Thank you for being real doctor and your health advices always make me feel so safe.
God bless Dr Berry!
Tell them to STHU. You crack me up, Dr. Berry.
That made me laugh too! 😂
Great video! Not sure how it is elsewhere, but here in Finland we have a thing called mineral Salt available. It is a mixture of high quality sodium, about 40 to 50 percent potassium and a little bit magnesium. A great way of getting your electrolytes.
Dr Berry talks about a similar salt in his ketorade (gatorade drink) video Nu-Salt (also called No-Salt/Lite-Salt). In Australia there is a similar one by Diet Rite Lite Salt
Keto /carnavore diet has changed my life 💪🏼
Thank you for all your help Dr berry
Always offering great information. 😊
Read a book called “The Salt Fix” by James DiNicolantonio. The only thing I don’t agree with in that book are his beliefs about evolution. Everything else is on point.
LOL "... his beliefs about evolution". Let me guess you "believe" the universe was created by a magic man in the sky in 7 days?? 🤣
@@javarithms If by “magic man in the sky” you mean the omnipresent God Jesus Christ, then yes.
It amazes me that atheists call God a magic man...but they believe that magically, from nothing, something happened to create something that somehow magically morphed into billions of different things. Sad
Takes more faith to believe everything came from nothing. Even many unbelieving scientists now recognize some sort of "creator" because of the complexities of dna.
@@eldenl1 true😁
I'm going to "die less-often"? Sounds good to me!😁
Fabulous Dr Berry! As many of my fellow countrymen (and women 😁) find it difficult to follow the entirety of a 10min video on English I just took a snapshot at 2:57 and will pass it on! Tanks a million!
Great reporting and thank you.
I salt to taste and everyone around me gives me grief about it! I do take a lot of salt, even pouring it on the side of the plate and dipping my finger in it! I love the taste. Himalayan pink salt or local (ireland) sea salt. Is there such a thing as too much salt? BTW, I've low blood pressure and a slow heart rate.
I eat my meat by pouring salt on the side of the plate and dipping each bite in the salt. 💜🤣
I eat both those salts.
All day every day for 18mths when I first went keto. Then the salt intake slowed down and ended up with all sorts of problems until just recently I upped my salt intake again. Im going to carry on eating it like I use to. I seem to need a lot of salt.
I think since better health is about eating less seed oils and processed foods/carbs the salt thing is irrelevant. When you are told to eat less sodium I don't think people really do it. So much hidden sodium in processed food.
Nope. People will give up salt. I have a few friends that still refuse to eat salt......sigh
They'd rather pills from the dr.
It’s not just sodium. Good salt has lots more essential minerals that are now not in your regular supermarket groceries.
I LOVE your presentations. Thank you
Love the line- You’re going to die less often. Dr. Berry, you are the best.
But it also depends on "what kind of salt" you intake because all salts are not the same.
I buy lots of different good salt brands so that I have a bigger variety of minerals.
@@fionabennett197
I feel ya. 😁
My favorite is from Redmond Life! Very high in minerals that our bodies need 😋
He addresses this towards the end of the video. He recommends Redmond Real Salt.
Thank you Dr Berry, your video is really appreciated
Another Awesome video as usual 👏
Thanks for sharing your knowledge doc. 🙏
It took me a few years of experimenting on myself, to find the right amount of salt. I came up with 10 grams, or 10,000 mg. A day. This amount just feels right. I stopped getting muscle cramps every night, I felt better when eating, I even felt better when fasting (thats not to say I ever felt bad when fasting, in fact I felt great. But I would feel like I wanted to eat something, more of a craving, for salty food, like pork rinds !7;^D)
I save the last 3,000 mg of salt for my bedtime. I add it to 0.5 litre bottle of water. Of which I might drink half of before bed, saving the rest for muscle cramp relief, just in case. If you've ever awaken in the wee hours of the morning, with a leg cramp from hell, drinking some salt water is a near instant cure. About 30 seconds and its gone. I dont know how many times I've spent, trying to get it stretched out, standing up against a wall slowly backing up, and leaning into it, palms against, to get that calf muscle stretched... Uhg, it would take 15 minutes of stretching. Im agony the entire time. If only I knew about salt at that time.
It really works.
Keto Vitae!
Glad you found what works for you! How much is 10 grams a day of salt in teaspoons??
@@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 It's probably about 2 teaspoons, but get a scale out and test my theory
@@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 4-5 teaspoons
I bet the type of salt you use is important. Sea salt, Celtic sea salt or Baja salt I heard are good.
That sounds a lot to me 🤯 but I just had a teaspoon because of heart pounding and insomnia
Make sure your salt has as little microplastics as possible, Redmond real salt is a good one. Technically salt from the north sea is best, but can be pricy.
Himalayan salt should theoretically be good, but is often plagued with false sourcing
celtic salt!
I am glad of Dr Berry's reassurance about eating salt to taste, it is what I do and somehow I had always believed that we do know instinctively, just as animals do when they go looking for salt and mineral licks, how much we need.
The last bit about dying less often was especially welcome as I had always hope to have to die only the once. I am relieved to know that that dying multiple times is now less likely as long as eat enough salt!!!
Dr, Berry, love your videos.....
I know everything you tell us is so true.. I truely believe low carb would work... I just have a very hard time getting started on this way of eating... my will power sucks....I watch your videos all the time I wish I could get started on this... I just feel like a failure. because I don't give it a chance ty for your info
I'm guessing you aren't getting any Christmas cards from the AHA in a while?
I have been on hydrochlorothiazide for years because of edema. I had very dry skin and also took 40mg of potassium just to hit the very bottom of range. A week ago I was told my labs are great so I decided to stop the diuretic and potassium. It has been a week and I have gained 6lbs. Do you think I will go back to losing soon? I am Carnivore after a long time keto. I was doing so well.
I made the mistake of not salting my foods after I went carnivore and it really affected my health. I have high BP because of not getting enough sodium in my current diet. After seeing a previous video from Dr Berry on HBP and salt I decided to add a teaspoon of salt to my half gal jug of water per day and now my BP is well in the normal range and Im feeling a lot better.
I have high blood pressure and am constantly told to limit my salt intake. I smile and say ok. I use the salt you advocate here. It has a different taste than regular salt and it's the only salt and only thing, besides butter, that I put on my steak!
I've been suffering the past few days with a low salt diet, trying to eat food without salt. My chest on the right side and back started hurting so bad and my stomach hurt from hunger and getting leg cramps at night. Finally I broke down and ate a bowl of cereal with milk and the pain went away and my blood pressure was better. So I decided I'm not gonna torture myself anymore. I want to taste my food.
Who would have thought listening to a government entity would harm your health.. Gee, I am so shocked!
I laugh with all my doctors because I have learned to control my blood pressure with meditation/breathing. I get anxious about going to the doctor's offices, and so often the stress will get my blood pressure up. So as the nurse is untangling the cuff to put on my arm I drop down into my breathwork. Literally, only have a minute or two. I can take what would be 143 over a high number down to 110 over 65. Lately, I have gotten so good at lowering it, that the nurses get upset at me because I will take it down to 104 over 50 or even 45. Hehehe! Then, I just tell myself to think a stressful thought and I can get it back up to 110 over 65 or 70. The nurses and the doctors all know that I control my numbers with my breath and meditation.
When my doctors tell me to breathe normally, I breathe deep and slow as I have taught myself to do through meditation. My PCP says you breathe like someone who does Yoga. My pulmonologist tells me to breathe faster when I breathe my normal slow. I have asthma from my dad smoking for the first 30 years of my life, and then the California fire seasons really affected me. I was also born with Albinism.
I know what you mean one time i was at the dr and my bp was like 200/90 or something and the nurse came in and was about to put something in my Iv and i asked whats that and she said BP medicine and i refused it and told her come back in 15min and she scampered off mad and the doc came with a mad looking face and i told him it will go down on it's own so he left in a bad mood then she came back 15 min later and took it and it was 117/72 then when the dr came back he seemed all happy like he just avoided a malpractice suit haha
I knew it was high because i was rushing to get there before it closed in bad traffic and i had only been there 5 min when they took my bp no time to relax yet
Great information again,
Thank you Doc!!!!
Thank you, Dr Ken! Appreciate the truth!
I can say this. My whole life I’ve been told not to eat salt and I figured I got pretty much enough in process food when I was eating garbage for 50 years that I almost never used it unless I was cooking meat or recipe called for it or some thing was just really really bland and even then I used a very small amount. I’ve had high blood pressure for several years I’ve been on lisinopril but I’m in The middle of my fourth week I’m doing a clean keto diet. I started about a month before that and got kind of sick so I quit and started sending your videos and others and learning what I need to do and then restarted 3 1/2 weeks ago doing a very clean keto diet, or as clean as I can afford. I’m adding the keto chow electrolyte drops, I put five caps of that in a gallon jug of water with lemon cut up in there and a very diluted green tea, I use four teabags for the whole gallon, And I’ve been using probably about half a teaspoon or a little more which I think is about 3 1/2 to 4 g per day. 3 1/2 weeks my blood pressure has dropped significantly to the point where I’m checking it daily but at 53 years old and well over 100 pounds overweight my blood pressure right now with the lisinopril is usually below 120/80, I would say an average is probably about 114/72 when I’m relaxed, I’m moving and driving back-and-forth between Tennessee and Kentucky and I’ve been incredibly stressed for the last two weeks but my blood pressure even when I’m stressed out rarely gets close to 140 anymore. The lisinopril dropped it about 10-12 points and I was eating very very little salt, probably no more than 1.5 gram a day. So even more than doubling my salt intake my blood pressure is still dropping quickly my hydration is way better, they just kept telling me to drink more water and I was up to a gallon a day or more and was still dehydrated. That gave the obvious keto tape problems but adding the electrolyte drops and studying soluble versus non-soluble fibers and eating less kale and spinach and more brussels sprouts and broccoli and cheese seeds that’s all fine now. Lol. But with more than doubling my salt intake my blood pressure is still dropping and I’m sure a lot of it is dietary changes as well but the salts not hurting my blood pressure anyway. I will be getting a new doctor I guess since I’m moving to Paducah Kentucky on Friday, And if my blood pressure keeps dropping and normalizes under the 120/80 which it is most of the time now, I’ll ask the doctor if I can get off of the lisinopril come out that way I won’t be taking any prescriptions and at that point the only thing I’ll be taking would be Aleve which I take for osteoarthritis to control inflammation. I don’t like taking meds and for years I’ve had problem with doctors who just want to push prescriptions on me but don’t really help which is kind of what I’ve decided to do this diet, not specifically keto but after I got sick Tranquilo the first time I started studying why I was doing it wrong and I’m just aiming at this point and eating perfectly and just getting out of the habit of eating for pleasure for two or three months to get control of all of this and try to just start eating healthy and hopefully lose a lot of weight the healthy way and be off of any kind of medication. Don’t get me wrong I don’t hate Drs but I have a whole Lotta problems with the medical education establishment and the so-called authorities which are these associations and government agencies not just in the US but all of western society and how they pick which data to use as the regulation guidelines and dietary suggestions. Salt is one of the things that doesn’t make sense and I’m finding there are many things that don’t make sense as I look at the studies and listen to a lot of doctors.
Hi Dr. Berry, a question that I have, and that I've noticed other people asking is how salt intake changes (or if it does change) if your kidney is beginning to function at a lower level, or if you potentially have CKD?
So helpful, thanks.
👌🏼 Thank you Dr. Berry. God bless you and your family! 🙏🏼 😊
Dollar Tree has 1- and occasionally 2-pound packets of pink Himalayan salt from the big mine in Pakistan. $1 each. Probably okay.
I buy Celtic seasalt as well, just incase🤣😂 I will never give up salt.😁👍🦘
@@ShipCreek I like sea salt but worry about microplastics…
How does sweating affect your daily salt intake? My job is physically demanding and I can sweat profusely. Wondering if on extra sweaty days if I should take more salt.
Naturally you should. Sweat has salt in it.
Thank you dr!!
Thank You Dr Berry We Love You!
currently taking anywhere between 15 to 25 grams of salt per day, really helps optimise so much!
I agree!
15-25g of salt or sodium?
@@Jewlz4ever salt, I am using local Mesologgi sea salt in coarse crystals throughout the day.
@@eugeniakoumaki3669, so basically you take 1 - 1.5 Tbs of salt a day? How do you possibly get that much in? I find it hard getting 2 tsp in everyday.
@@Jewlz4ever I take a little bit every now and then. I take that much because I use coconut oil (higher ketosis needs more salt), I’m otherwise carnivore , and drink coffee. Not everyone needs that much. I measure it on a kitchen scale, put in a small bowl/jar if I need to go out, and take a little bit every now and then.
Salt is SO HEALTHY. Professional bodybuilders don’t ever cut salt out of their diet when it comes to contest day.
They still would cut sodium on contest day because it holds water weight like carbs.
@@thevomit5851 Hello ! Are you sure about that ? I don't doubt that salt retains water, but we aren't talking about hundreds of grams of salt like in the case of carbs/glycogen. Even if salt retained ten times its weight in water, unless you're eating dozens or hundreds of grams a day, you wouldn't be storing excess water I guess. What do you think ?
@@Mathilde_Moksha_333 yes they do, salt does retain water and its usually a good thing, but for bb contest more shredded is better...
@@frandjanis8690 Oh I get it ! It's one of those "optimize as much as possible" situations then 🙂
Thanks :)
None of you guys watch professional bodybuilding lmao. Get out of here 😂
🇨🇦 Thank you so much for clear words snd counsel on salt intake. Salt to Taste. What could be more simpler snd make most sense. In other words for me that means don’t salt the cooking water. Well maybe for pasta.
I bought lbs of regular salted butter to stock up before it is unaffordable.
I know this is true intuitively. In the evening I crave a good deal of salt and nutritional yeast together with my supper. It's delicious. When I'm done my meal my body feels like it's humming and relaxed. I think you're correct saying salt to taste because I know exactly what I need.
I have increased much salt intake cramp are no longer an issue. The more I listen and follow some of these Doctors on line the more I realize I have been lied to for years. My current doctor is amazed how much weight I've lost eating fatty foods.
Thank you for all I've learned watching your videos 😀
I second that!
My dad said the Heart Healthy diet was, “if it tastes good, spit it out.”
Thank you Doc . Super helpful. God bless 🙏😎
I shared your video with my daughter who is a chemistry teacher. She was captivated by the chem glassware stands behind you on the window shelf. 😂 Can you share your resource for those? I’d love to get her some for Christmas.