desiree942 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Could someone explain what it means exactly and how you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetParadise49 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I guess you're asking how we increase our salt intake? If so, I just salt my food a lot. Eat salty foods like pretzles etc. Some people take salt pills....I couldn't keep them down but I know that for some people they work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aprilmarie52 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I take salt tablets and add salt to anything that I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 This varies daily for me, but it I am POTS-y I put salt on everything I eat--and sometimes in what I drink as well. Rehydration salts and water are very helpful.Katherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deucykub Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I'm pretty new to salt-loading, but here's my regimen:Drink Gatorade (64 oz) - equivalent to almost a gram of sodiumEat high sodium foods - Campbell's soup or Ramen's both have about 800 mg per serving - a meal is about 1600 mg! Boston Market frozen dinners (for me) or other frozen dinners are loaded with sodium. Triscuits, Saltines, exchanged pudding for ice cream, and ham and cheese on a bagel (lots of sodium in that simple sandwich - about 1400 mg). You should have seen their faces at the deli when I asked them to check which ham had the HIGHEST sodium! Googling for "sodium content in food" is helpful... I just eat everything they say to avoid. Here's a really good link: http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4059.htmI tried salt tablets, but they made me too nauseated. My doctor prescribed the high salt diet because my blood pressure was low to normal. It's important to have your doctor okay a high sodium diet since that can result in or drastically worsen high blood pressure.A normal diet is about 2,000-2,400 mg; mine is supposed to be about 10,000 mg. I can usually eat and drink between 4,000 and 5,000 mg a day if I try REALLY hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I noticed that when I am hungry, I am looking forward to eating something salty, anchovies, olives, salty almonds... And I add more salt to my food...I also drink something similar to Gatorade (Aquarius)... (I have a low blood pressure. The other day, at the chemist, when they checked my blood pressure, they wondered how I could keep standing )Love,Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancingLight Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 This is a popular topic on the board as salt-loading is a common thing that people with POTS do to raise their BP...Just recently there was a post called 'What are your favorite Salty foods" and there have been numerous other posts on the topic.I would highly recommend doing a 'TOPIC' search for the words 'Salt' and 'Salty' for foods. You can also do search for 'salt tablets' and 'thermotabs' as a keyword search if you would like to learn more about using these to supplement.Hope this helps! You will hopefully find lots of salty foods to stock up on!Happy snacking...Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Dame Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 Also, be careful with drinking lots of Gatorade. Most people with POTS can't exercise, and gatorade has lots of sugar and will likely make you gain weight...weight that may be impossible to lose. I used to drink gatorade but switched to water with 1/8 tsp of salt per liter. It adds up to about the same amount of sodium as gatorade but without all the sugar. Happy Salting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deucykub Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 That's a good tip about Gatorade vs. salted water, Dizzy Dame. Thank you! (An old friend of mine inherited part of the Gatorade fortune and still gets a percentage of sales. Poor, poor millionaire... what will he ever do if I stop spending so much on Gatorade each month! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stampingamy Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 My Neurologist has me drinking Pedialyte each night. MANY fewer calories than Gatorade. Though it may not be as tasty. The grape and apple flavor have done pretty well for me. He also said that the amounts of the various ingredients in the Pedialyte work better in the body for regulation such as this than the Gatorade would, at least for me.I am off to find a snack of salty pretzels!Amy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellen Posted December 21, 2006 Report Share Posted December 21, 2006 I'm eating potato chips right now ! V-8 is much higher in salt than gatorade, and has more potassium. I keep a candy dish with salted nuts on the counter and carry Seaweed in my car.--hard to find the kind that doesn't taste fishy,( I love Atlantic dulse), but that's a matter of taste. And it's good for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I just take salt tablets, 6 per day. I really do not like foods high in salt and crave sugar more than salt. Maybe because of the salt tablets. They don't seem to cause nausea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 The best thing for me is to get store water in a squart bottle and pour in salt. It tastes funny at first but I actually got use to it, and it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxine Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I drink the V-8---I love it. Chips don't really have that much sodium----pretzels have more, but chips taste great, and taste like they are really salty. So far the highest amount of sodium I can find in pretzels is 580mg in Rold Gold made by Frito Lay-----the skinny little stick pretzels----not the pretzel rods.Campbells soups----------especially chicken and stars---1100mgs of sodium-----Some of the soups that aren't marked 'healthy request" have MSG though---so if you can tolerate MSG---go for it. I'd rather not----- i'm not allergic to it, just makes me bloat & gastric upset, and a little tachy if I have enough of it.And yes---many of the frozen dinners have high sodium. However, lot's of other undesirable additives are in there also--------------did you ever read the ingredients?--------------- Fun thread------- Maxine :0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deucykub Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Just tried a new trick and thought you all might be interested. I can barely drink plain water let alone salted, but as Dizzy Dame mentioned, Gatorade is loaded with calories. Turns out you can mix 1/2 teaspoon of salt with the Crystal Light mix plus 64 oz water, and it tastes great. There are 400 calories and 880 mg sodium in a 64 oz bottle of Gatorade vs. 40 calories and 1180 mg sodium in the same quantity of Crystal Light (less expensive to buy, too). So far, I've tried Raspberry Ice and Strawberry-Kiwi.My apologies if this has been mentioned before.Happy salting!Deucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Alot of big green olives throughout the day, every time I open the fridge I eat 1-2 followed by a big glass of water.People have bought me salt licks (like for animals) as a gift.Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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