How much salt do you eat in a day? page

[dizzyorange]

Primal for 1 week, but I'm still eating quite a bit of salt. I'd guess about twice the RDA every day. Today I used about a teaspoon of table salt (~2400mg sodium) and ate 12oz of bottled salsa (~2200mg sodium), plus maybe ~200mg from butter.

I feel like overall I'm eating fairly healthy. Today I had:

1lb of salmon
6 servings of green leafy veggies
8 large eggs
12oz organic salsa
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp coconut oil
1oz of dark chocolate.

So the only thing continuing to be wrong with my diet is the high sodium consumption, a vestige of my hot pocket days. My BP was 126/80 today, so not that bad really. It usually is in the 120s/80s.

How much salt do you eat in a day, and is it working well for you?

[Drumroll]

I eat between probably 2,000 - 3,000 mgs of sodium a day, mostly from fermented foods.

But really, it's more about being able to keep your potassium to sodium ratio in check. I've heard recommendations of 3:1 so, if you consume 2,000 mg of sodium then you should be shooting for ~6,000 mg of potassium give or take a little.

[paleo-bunny]

I've never had high blood pressure and low bp is much more of a concern.

[ryanmercer]

I do not add salt to anything right now. Period. Sure, stuff has sodium in it but I don't intentionally add table salt for a couple of medical reasons (one including a super-excessive intake of sodium that left me 95% paralyzed for several hours and my heart nearly stopped beating in the ER).

[Damiana]

I eat a lot of fermented Japanese and Korean stuff so I think I consume 4-5k sodium daily. I'm not concerned about it in the least. My normal bp is 90/60 to 100/70 range.

[yodiewan]

It seems that salt has been wrongly villified, just like fat. Here's a post in a series that Chris Kresser wrote a while ago:
Shaking Up The Salt Myth: Healthy Salt Recommendations

[FlyingPig]

It seems that salt has been wrongly villified, just like fat. Here's a post in a series that Chris Kresser wrote a while ago:
Shaking Up The Salt Myth: Healthy Salt Recommendations

Exactly, who cares? I sprinkle salt on my food royally.

[PHaselow]

I've never had high blood pressure and low bp is much more of a concern.

I'm in the same position with low BP. I had to add salt to my diet. I have no clue how much salt I eat, but I no longer eat processed food and I typically don't add salt while cooking so my guess is very little.

Himalayan pink salt and celtic sea salt. Yum.

Make your own salsa if you are going to eat it en masse. Tastes better. Less sodium.

[RichMahogany]

It seems that salt has been wrongly villified, just like fat. Here's a post in a series that Chris Kresser wrote a while ago:
Shaking Up The Salt Myth: Healthy Salt Recommendations

Yeah, I was planning to link to this when I saw the thread title. +1

To answer the question, as much as I can, within reason. Cutting out all packaged, processed, boxed, and bagged foods also means cutting out a ton of sources of salt. I use the pink stuff from the Himalayas.

[reallygravity]

I am of Indian origin, and a lot of our dishes (meat and otherwise) are primal friendly. I always thought I was a good cook, until my mom visited this summer (of course!). The seemingly "extra" salt made all the food more delicious. I always undersalted, and then was so unhappy with how the meal tasted.

Dont get me wrong. I hate salty food. It has to be just right (for your palate). Also, for me, eating appropriately salted food has diminished my craving for sugar/ sweet stuff.