Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 2400mg of sodium is only 1 teaspoon of salt. That's a fine upper limit in most cases. You can consume considerably less than that if you're really being vigilant, or quite a bit more if you're eating lots of processed food or restaurant meals. Again, it's the potassium to sodium balance that's more important than the total amount of sodium. If you're eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and drinking plenty of water, you won't have any bloating or adverse effects from the sodium. I suspect that I actually consume more than 2,400mg most days. I have low blood pressure, and if I combine that with sweating buckets, drinking lots of water, AND cutting my sodium really low, I get the purple room spins. :-) On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:03:13 -0500, Demoness Abigor <goddessabigor@...> wrote: > > I know it's been discussed before but what would you think is a good > amount of sodium per day. In my balence log progam, It says 2400mg but > that seems a little high. > -- > |Demoness Abigor|net.goth|The Pinkest Deceptagon in da world! > |AIM|AbigorBot| > |Josh: you mentioned Transformers! and didn't use the words " are lame " > in the same sentence! you are my dream girl! > |Hedwig: " I'd like to share with you a bedtime story that mother once > whispered to me in the dark and later retracted. " > |LJ|http://goddess_abigor.livejournal.com > |MoBlog|http://abigor.textamerica.com/ > |JROCKROLEPLAY|http://www.earth-inferno.com/jrockroleplay/ > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 I found this on the American Heart Association site under Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Americans. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1330 *Eat less than 6 grams of salt (sodium chloride) per day (2,400 milligrams of sodium). I know their stuff doesn't really coincide with a heavy builder's routine but.... anyhoo, that's my 2 cents. Debra > > > > I know it's been discussed before but what would you think is a good > > amount of sodium per day. In my balence log progam, It says 2400mg but > > that seems a little high. > > -- > > |Demoness Abigor|net.goth|The Pinkest Deceptagon in da world! > > |AIM|AbigorBot| > > |Josh: you mentioned Transformers! and didn't use the words " are lame " > > in the same sentence! you are my dream girl! > > |Hedwig: " I'd like to share with you a bedtime story that mother once > > whispered to me in the dark and later retracted. " > > |LJ|http://goddess_abigor.livejournal.com > > |MoBlog|http://abigor.textamerica.com/ > > |JROCKROLEPLAY|http://www.earth-inferno.com/jrockroleplay/ > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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