I'm counting calories, and I've noticed that everything is high in sodium. Is that bad?
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Well sodium isn't nesecessarily bad but only in moderation. If you are frequently eating stuff with over 10% of your DV then that is too much. Excess sodium will lead to water storage which in turn is water weight. If you are trying to lose weight I'd opt to stay away from sodium if possible.
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because it's some bad sodium stuff
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THE LEAN CUISINE MIGHT CAUSE YOU TO RETAIN WATER... IT'S NOT HOW MUCH YOU EAT AS WHAT YOU EAT, STAY AWAY FROM PROCESSED FOODS THAT ARE HIGH IN SODIUM... CHECK YOU CALORIE INTAKE VS. CALORIES BURNT PER DAY THIS SHOULD HELP...
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Pickles are not a bad snack in terms of fat or sugar, but where you get into trouble is sodium. Pickles are extremely high in salt.  What they might burn in calories they will make up for in water retention and/or increased blood pressure.
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Salt is bad for EVERYONE. Not just guys. It's good to eat a little because it has Iodine, a necessary nutrient, in it. To much can cause high blood pressure and/or clog your ateries.
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lots of vitamin c, and\nthey thin your blood, that could be good or bad. too much is bad, obviously.
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2400mg Max! Its hard to do coz all process foods have salt.Dont add salt to anything and read labels carefully.Cheese pizza and hamburgers are loaded with salt!Forget fish and chips all together.Look at bread labels, cottage cheese,even yogurt and you will be surprised at the amount of salt they have! The AMA is trying to force the FDA to add a new label to foods.I hope they can do this coz it will be a great help.
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The amount of salt that we eat has a direct effect on our blood pressure. The more salt we eat, the higher our blood pressure. This is true, not only in people with high blood pressure, but also in people with normal blood pressure. A high salt intake also causes other health damage such as greater retention of water in your body, which leads to swelling of the ankles. Too much salt also worsens thinning of the bones (osteoporosis), asthma and kidney disease and is closely related to cancer of the stomach. Therefore, everyone should cut the amount of salt they eat.\n\nThe Department of Health and Food Standards Agency recommend that everyone should cut their salt intake from the current amount of 10 to 12 grams of salt a day to 5 to 6 grams a day, or less. If you can reduce salt intake more, this will lower your blood pressure further
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Ok I am not sure what you are actually asking however sodium does cause you to retain water in your body as well as raise your blood pressure which can cause a stroke if left unchecked.
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It's healthy as a whole the reduction of the salt as daily intake must not be above 5gr., hence it facilitates the dietary regimes , in reciprocity losing weight.\nHave a nice day!
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depends on the body weight, height & gender of the person. I do not think your caloric intake should be any different from someone with normal blood pressure, but you should restrict sodium & fat intake. Try KCl (Potassium Chloride) as a salt substitue
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That sounds incredibly ropy, the water will combine with other contents of your stocmach. the second that occurs, one thing the water isn't, is pure!!\n\nIt is true that drinking *any* reasonably clean water to great excess can cause problems because you start removing salts from your body when you urinate.\n\nLosing electrolyte due to drinking gallons of water in a short space of time (can easily be fatal) is totally different than blaming it on the water being "too pure".\n\nI think I would counter your lab workers comments by asking them how many seconds they feel it takes the water to reach your stomach. Then after they ave said "ooh, about 1 perhaps", then ask them if the water would still be pure - swimming around with dil Hcl and the remains of the mornings breakfast.\n\nThen remind them of the ultra-pure water leaching out the "nutrients".\n\nNutrients?   And where would these leached nutrients "go" ?  Would they be filtered out by the kidneys (retained) ?\n\nLOL I am going to have to stop now or I could write for ages on this and I really need to do a little more work!
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yes, it's high in sodium but you can buy a low sodium variety.
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Cut every bit of salt out of your diet for a week or so.  Make sure it's not just added salt, but also look for the sodium content on the labels of wahtever you're eating.
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Salt itself cannot make you fat.  It has no caloric value.  Your body needs some of it for correct function.  If you eat more calories than you burn, then your body will store it as fat.  Calories are contained in sugar, starches, and dietary fat, and to some extend, protein.  Salt also plays a part in retaining water in the body, which will make you weigh more, but which does not make you "fat" because it's still water.  Water is calorie-free and cannot be converted to fat.\n\nSome dietary advice restricts salt, because too much can be problematic.  Lots of snack foods and prepared foods have lots of salt or sodium compounds, and are blamed for rising rates of hypertension.  It is possible that if you snack on potato chips you will get fat, but that is due not to the salt content, but because of the fat content in potato chips.
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no.  you should be more concerned with the total # of calories you are consuming and at what time.
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If you have salt-sensitive hypertension, I suppose binging on Gatorade could raise your blood pressure.  Otherwise, your kidneys should be able to handle the fluid and electrolytes just fine.