
Another Important Nutrition Mistake to Avoid
Today’s tip is one you’ve heard before: “Consume a strict minimum of sodium in your diet.”
But I know there’s a bit of controversy around this issue.
First of all, let’s be absolutely clear that contrary to popular belief, adding any type of salt to your diet is *not* healthy.
And that includes all types of sodium-chloride items including:
- Celtic sea salt
- Unrefined sea salt
- Himalayan salt
- Nama shoyu
- Miso
- Bragg’s liquid aminos
- Concentrated seaweed salt
Even though these items are often promoted as “natural” foods, they all have the same thing in common: they’re really high in sodium.
Current health recommendations say not to eat more that 2400 mg of salt a day. Many health authorities tried to lower that to 1500 mg, without success, due to the food industry. In reality, if you look at all the research, over 500-1000 mg of added salt per day becomes problematic.
It’s also interesting to see how fast sodium adds up in the diet! I recently calculated that I get at least 1000 mg.of sodium in my diet per day, just from the foods I eat... which is actually plenty.
Even just a little bit of extra sodium adds up.
And too much sodium in the diet will lead to:
- High blood pressure
- Reduced performance
- Overall declined health
- Inability to enjoy foods in their natural state.
So my recommendation: leave the salt behind. Enjoy the taste of natural foods. Use the following to get used to foods in their natural state:
- Lemon juice
- Balsamic and other natural vinegars
- Small quantities of dulse powder (contains some sodium but not a lot)
- Celery juice
- Home-made dried tomatoes and vegetables
- Green onions and mild spices.
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Yours for health,
Frederic
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