can salt make me fat? I Had a freind that told me for every 1gram of salt you gain 1gram.?
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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.
835621
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.
47702
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.
433352
stay away from sugar...the more refined it is (ie. the sweeter it is) the fatter you get.\n\nsoft drinks, candy, cakes etc.......yuk!
1089610
Yes it does, that is why when you eat alot of sodium you hold alot of water and why more. The salt holds the water because it absorbs it and stays in your system. Also if you eat alot of salt you can get high blood pressure. Just think of a mummy when they put salt on them they don't stink are shriverl up so that is exactly what salt does in your body.
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Salt is not salt.\n\nSea salt contains a higher percentage of Potassium Chloride (KCl) than table salt which is mainly sodium Chloride (NaCl). It is the sodium content of salt that can cause damage if too much is ingested. The sodium content of the body's blood, interstitial and intracellular fluids is the key determinant in the volume of water the body retains.\n\nGenerally the more water the higher your blood pressure.\n\nSubstituting the sodium with potassium helps to lower the associated risks of excess salt intake.\n\nHowever excess potassium ingestion hasw problems of its own including dysfuntioning of electrically active cells (heart, nerves, muscles). But the concentrations needed are quite high.
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I haven't found that eating alot of salt creates more sweat but you lose more salt through sweat. Leaving some links for you to read up on the subject...\n\nWhen the water in the sweat evaporates, it leaves the salts (sodium, chloride and potassium) behind on your skin, which is why your skin tastes salty. The loss of excessive amounts of salt and water from your body can quickly dehydrate you, which can lead to circulatory problems, kidney failure and heat stroke.
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Make a visit to doctor to look for underlying causes. At the mean time, eat healthyly , make sure you are sufficient salt in your diet, but not more than 6g per day.
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That is a tough question, because it depends on a lot of factors.  One:  how high is a high sodium dose?  The kidney can only get rid of so much salt at a time.  The more water you drink, the faster you can get rid of salt, at least in theory.  However, if you are sensitive to salt, that means that your kidneys want to hold onto the salt, and that's why a normal diet can still result in high sodium levels and high blood pressure.  \n\nThe best way to figure out would be by trying out a low salt diet for a month and making daily recordings of your blood pressure, in the morning, when stress is affecting you the least, since that can also increase your blood pressure.  Then eat a regular diet and do the same thing.  That would give you a definitive answer as to whether you're salt sensitive or not. \n\nIf I had to make a complete out of the blue guess as to how long a "high" dose of salt would affect you, I'd say up to a week.
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Okay, here is a responsible answer.  \n\nEggs are very good, and good for you.  High in calories, protein, good cholestorol, and omega-3 fatty acids (the good kind).\n\nYou can buy weight gain formula, but unless you are forking over big bucks (I'm not talking $40 for a big container with a screw on lid) for it, you are probably getting junk.  Do some internet research.  Read the ingredients list.  If you can't pronounce it, you probably don't want to ingest it.\n\nI encourage you to continue with a healthy diet, but try to increase your calorie intake.  Have more of healthy food.  Lots of protein.  Natural peanut butter is good (not the stuff with lots of sugar added), bread made from STONE GROUND wheat flour or sprouted wheat, not wheat flour or whole wheat flour, or enriched wheat flour.\n\nDo feel free to treat yourself occasionally.  Plan a candy bar for each day, or maybe even something like the new Snickers Marathon bar would be good.\n\nThere is just a few of my cents (as I walk the path of wholesome food).\n\nGood luck.
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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!
789722
I lost about 35 lbs eating Smart-ones with a lot of exercise.  (200lbs to 165lbs) Eventually I had to supplement other foods for them because I just didn't have the energy to keep working out.  Another thing to be careful of is those things are loaded with salt, so I wouldn't eat too many other salty foods.  Now I just eat one for lunch and will make a healthy dinner.  If you have any other questions feel free to email me.
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CUT DOWN UR SALT INTAKE.AVOID EATING SALTY MUNCHING PASTTIME SNACKS.DRINK LOTS OF WATER ABOUT 20 GLASSES A DAY.REDUCE UR WEIGHT BY EXERCISES /ANY MEDITATION.CONSULT GOOD PHYSICIAN FOR PROPER MEDICATIONS 2 BTAKEN.STAY CALM AND AVOID ANGER AND ANXIETY.
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You could have poor circulation, heart or blood pressure problems.  How much salt do you eat?  High salt in diet can cause water retention & swelling (2400 mg of salt per day is enough)  all processed, fast & restraunt food is very high in salt.  Also, (no offence) if you are over weight, can cause swelling - best is see your DR or health care professional
1077836
none salt cause high bloodpressure and stress
281234
The big worry is high blood pressure, which puts you at major risk for heart attacks and strokes.  Let me tell you a secret about adding table salt to your food.  Like drugs, you can go cold turkey and find you are over the urge in a short time.  I did.  Just take the salt shaker off the table altogether.  In no time at all, the flavor of the food without salt will not seem too bland.  You may even start to notice subtleties you hadn't known were there.\n\nThe same is true for many other dietary changes.  Cold turkey on caffeine.  Won't miss it after a couple of weeks.  Cold turkey on refined sugar.  Won't miss it if you learn to use fructose and sugar substitutes.  Just don't buy the BS about tapering off:  it only makes the measurements an emotional game of lying to yourself.\n\nSame goes for nicotine and other dangerous drugs.\n\nAnd no, you do not have to put salt on your cold turkey sandwich!
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no it cant make u fat it is a body fliud not a sugar or calorie