I eat quite a bit of vegetable and soup and enjoy seasoning them with generous serving of salty condiments (salt and pepper, soy sauce, and other sauces with high salt content). I think/estimate I probably consume maybe 3-5K mg of salt per day which is higher than the 2.3k mg generally recommended. However my blood pressure has been very normal and I don't have any other health issue. Is there any other drawback I should consider with consuming ~2x daily salt intake as the "recommended" amount?
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11-27-2016, 01:07 AM #1Registered User
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High Salt Consumption Given Healthy Blood Pressure
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11-27-2016, 01:13 AM #2Eating all the gains
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If you make sure to get an adequate/comparable intake of potassium to balance out the sodium along with drinking fair amount of fluids you should be fine.
Most people who are active can benefit from not avoiding sodium.IG: @West_Whey
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11-27-2016, 01:32 AM #3Registered User
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Should not be a problem. I reviewed the literature on this extensively a few months ago. I made a thread detailing my findings; you can search for it if curious. You'll be fine at that sodium intake.
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11-27-2016, 04:29 AM #4Registered User
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Can you send me a link to that? Would love to look into it further
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11-27-2016, 04:51 AM #5IFBB Amateur, M. Physique
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Last I looked, only a small percentage of people are sensitive to salt intake by default, in regards to blood pressure. Something like 20-30%. And considering your blood pressure is normal anyway, I don't think it would matter even if you were sensitive since your quantities aren't that high and salt alone wouldn't shoot your blood pressure to unhealthy levels.
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11-27-2016, 08:13 AM #6Registered User
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http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...ghlight=sodiumOriginally Posted by henry888
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