Salt

[BliarOut]

Generic statement alert salt is bad for you...

I know too much salt constricts the arteries, however I also exercise to the extent that salt crystals can form on my skin...

So, should you replace the salt you loose in exercise or not?

[BliarOut]

I was hoping you were going to say you can lather your chips in salt still

[Mr Will]

Too much salt is bad, but since the whole "Salt is evil" message started being broadcast we've actually had a lot of otherwise healthy people turning up at their GPs with sodium deficiencies.

So go on, put some on your chips. Just don't live on ready meals or fill your cooking with it.

[BliarOut]

Ah.

I would use a teaspoon of sea salt in a typical 4 person dish when I cook. Is that a lot or a little?

[Mr Will]

BliarOut said:

Ah.

I would use a teaspoon of sea salt in a typical 4 person dish when I cook. Is that a lot or a little?

That's quite a bit, a pinch would normally do (IMHO)

[BliarOut]

I probably don't need to worry too much about adding extra then

[Bill]

Mr Will said:

Too much salt is bad, but since the whole "Salt is evil" message started being broadcast we've actually had a lot of otherwise healthy people turning up at their GPs with sodium deficiencies.

I don't mean to be confrontational but do you have any links to back that up? I took part in a study looking at salt intake and blood pressure that meant I had to follow a salt free diet for two weeks and it was bloody hard to do.

[ShadownINja]

Bill said:

Mr Will said:

Too much salt is bad, but since the whole "Salt is evil" message started being broadcast we've actually had a lot of otherwise healthy people turning up at their GPs with sodium deficiencies.

I don't mean to be confrontational but do you have any links to back that up? I took part in a study looking at salt intake and blood pressure that meant I had to follow a salt free diet for two weeks and it was bloody hard to do.

I suspect that he meant people who did a lot of exercise and so lose salt through sweat rather than just healthy people. But I look forward to the links.

[BliarOut]

This is all my GP's fault, they did the whole "You're over 40, we're going to do your BP/cholesterol' thing and I got the entire salt is evil lecture

Apparently my arteries are going to constrict and I'll pop an artery in my brain and be a cabbage....

[Bill]

BliarOut said:

This is all my GP's fault, they did the whole "You're over 40, we're going to do your BP/cholesterol' thing and I got the entire salt is evil lecture

Apparently my arteries are going to constrict and I'll pop an artery in my brain and be a cabbage....

fk him. Better to live one day as a tiger than your whole life as a cabbage.


Hold on...

[Mr Will]

Bill said:

Mr Will said:

Too much salt is bad, but since the whole "Salt is evil" message started being broadcast we've actually had a lot of otherwise healthy people turning up at their GPs with sodium deficiencies.

I don't mean to be confrontational but do you have any links to back that up? I took part in a study looking at salt intake and blood pressure that meant I had to follow a salt free diet for two weeks and it was bloody hard to do.

Was told by a GP friend, but I can believe it. Not likely to be a problem for your average person, but quite possible for healthy eating Nazis, especially if they exercise as well.

I've just done a bit of Googling and it appears you need about half a gram a day to keep you going, and more if you are losing lots via exercise. Considering that the average British adult consumes 9 grams a day though, I don't think it's a major worry.

[BliarOut]

Bill said:

BliarOut said:

This is all my GP's fault, they did the whole "You're over 40, we're going to do your BP/cholesterol' thing and I got the entire salt is evil lecture

Apparently my arteries are going to constrict and I'll pop an artery in my brain and be a cabbage....

fk him. Better to live one day as a tiger than your whole life as a cabbage.


Hold on...

This was about a week after a friend popped an artery in her brain and may yet be a cabbage...


FFS, I've given up fags, hardly drink and my resting heart rate can drop to 44 BPM and still they lecture

[Bill]

Mr Will said:

Was told by a GP friend, but I can believe it. Not likely to be a problem for your average person, but quite possible for healthy eating Nazis, especially if they exercise as well.

I've just done a bit of Googling and it appears you need about half a gram a day to keep you going, and more if you are losing lots via exercise. Considering that the average British adult consumes 9 grams a day though, I don't think it's a major worry.

BliarOut said:

This was about a week after a friend popped an artery in her brain and may yet be a cabbage...

:thumbdown:

Edited by Bill on Friday 7th January 16:05

[Munter]

swerni said:

If you use electrolyte tablets in your water it puts back much of the minerals lost and makes the water taste nice

http://www.highfive.co.uk/zero_INT.php

Can you get them anywhere on the "highstreet"? Or are they online only?

The Mrs got cramps yesterday after exercise so these seem ideal.