Do you limit your sodium intake? If so, what is your daily intake?

Fun fact: if you stop eating so many processed foods, you likely won’t come close to recommended daily allowance. So no, I don’t limit my sodium intake.

I try to stay under 2500 mg, but I go over sometimes. I focus more on calories, but I also keep an eye on my fat, sodium, protein, and carb intake. Luckily, MyFitnessPal makes it super easy.

I have low BP and the doctor has adviced me to eat a diet higher in salt. I drink lot of juices, especially lime water with salt and sugar or coconut water. Most of the Indian recipes call for salt. But I don’t think I use more than a teaspoon of salt a day while cooking.

Can’t be arsed. I eat what I feel like eating.

I eat almost no processed foods and never pick up a salt shaker, but I do buy a lot of home-made soups from the food coop and our country store. They add a bit of salt. So, i have no idea and never think about it.

I never add salt to anything I eat or cook, and I seldom eat processed foods, but I have no idea what my daily intake is.

Nope. There was one time for a few weeks I did, because my mom got on me about eating too much salt and my next blood test showed I was low in sodium. I have never in my entire life had an electrolyte off, except for that time. It might have been a coincidence, but I took it as a sign and went back to eating as much salt as I want.

No real reason to unless you have hypertension or an edema forming state.

I mostly limit it by not adding sodium to what I cook. I find other spices more interesting anyway.

Also, a lot of things naturally have sodium in them, but I don’t suppose I am afraid of the artificially added stuff I get either.

I read once that 75% of the salt we eat is from processed foods. I try not to eat processed foods at all when I’m home. I never eat canned soup which is one of the worst things, and I try not to eat or even have in the house things like chips and other snack crap.

I do use salt from a salt shaker. I do eat restaurant food at lunch, at work. I don’t think about my salt intake. My blood pressure is beautiful and so it’s not an issue for me.

I keep an eye on my salt intake and try to avoid processed foods and I don’t have a salt shaker. My BP is normal but has slowly crept up over the years. How much salt I take I don’t know. It is impossible to tell when salt is added to almost everything you eat including bread and cereals. I’m certain it is above the recommended 6g per day.

I don’t bother to watch my sodium intake. There was a point in time that I tracked my caloric intake, and I never went over the “recommended” amount. (I think it’s 2400 mg per day.) As I don’t eat that much differently now than I did then, I don’t worry about it. My blood pressure runs around 110/70, so that’s not an issue.

Never. I’m a saltoholic. My fiancé tries to pry the salt shaker from my hands. I have no self control.

I try to keep my intake under the recommended allowance by avoiding processed food. That is my method of weight control.

I never add salt but I don’t worry about it much either as I use a lot of soy sauce in my stirfrys.

I don’t know the number. But reducing the amount of processed food is the key.
@bolwerk “I find other spices more interesting anyway” what spices do you use?
@KNOWITALL salt free soy sauce, right?

@flo Well lite anyway…I’m a soy/ teriyaki junky (shh, don’t tell.)

Millions die from too much salt

@YARNLADY If I read your link right it is actually the high blood pressure that causes the cardiovascular disease. Or, one of the causes anyway.

@JLeslie Yes, the salt is a contributing factor. Would there be high blood pressure if the salt intake had been limited?

@JLeslie : The title of the article and the conclusion is “Eating too much salt led to nearly 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010.”

CDC says, ” Too much sodium is bad for your health. It can increase your blood pressure and your risk for a heart attack and stroke. Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in the United States.”

The other six factors that influence blood pressure are age, weight, familiy history, physical inactivity, inadequate intake of potassium, fruits and vegetables, and too much alcohol.

Well, if we go back to @Rarebear‘s answer if the salt isn’t causing high blood pressure or edema, no worries, I agree with that. He is a doctor.

My point is the salt is only causing the heart attacks if the person gets high blood pressure from it (not all high blood pressure is caused by salt by the way) so what is the most important thing is to get your blood pressure checked, because it is actually the blood pressure problem that damages the cardiovascular system.

I think the article should be about the dangers of high blood pressure and then mention the causes for high blood pressure, but that’s me. I don’t think the article emphasizes enough that the high blood pressure is actually what is so worrisome, and not the consumption of salt.

@flo: I use a lot of garlic and pepper, but I think I use most of my spice cabinet at least modestly.

@bolwerk those are tried and true items in my book.