Obviously I don’t know anything about you but I have cystic fibrosis so I lose a TON of salt and do need a high salt diet, some people who carry the cystic fibrosis gene express it fairly strongly and need more salt… could be something unusual like that I guess
If you give up processed foods you will find that salt is in nothing unless you add it. I eat no processed food and I need to add quite a bit of salt to my food
With fizzy drinks I found it very easy to shift towards flavored seltzers instead of it’s the fizz specifically. And if it’s sodas… Zero sugar soda tastes 99% the same as regular due to the mix of multiple sweeteners. Totally different from diet sodas which usually just use one or two, usually aspartame which also has a strong aftertaste.
If possible for chocolate, higher quality products often will hit that craving better than the cheap candy bar type stuff with 5x the amount of sugar.
It gets easier if you go 100% cold turkey for a few months; I stopped any kind of refined sugar in like 2016 and now more subtle sweetnesses stand out, and the occasion I eat things like ice cream with chocolate or a glazed jelly donut makes me physically ill.
I was recently given a monster and holy shit people drink that, by choice? Why is there so much??
I was recently given a monster and holy shit people drink that, by choice?
Even more amazing is that people paint the Monster logo (the three claw marks) on their fucking cars. Imagine getting your sense of self-worth from your overpriced energy taurine drink of choice.
I had this too. After a month without sugar, I lost the taste for it. I can do a few spoons of icecream or a tiny bit of cake, but that’s it. I can eat a shit ton of sweet fruit though. I ate 4 mangoes in a day. (Don’t do that.)
I’ve found that once I increased my salt intake (along with my water intake) my brain fog, dizziness, exhaustion, and pee went away.
Electrolytes, it’s what plants crave!
Your “pee went away”?
Wow seeing that gif was a forcible mental teleportation back into the early 90s.
Okay, slightly exaggerated. More like I stopped peeing as frequently.
Salt causes water retention.
Intake water? Like from the toilet?
Brawndo. It’s got what we crave!
How can you not be getting enough salt?? We don’t need that much and it’s in basically everything
🤷♂️
Maybe? Maybe not. It’s expensive to test for, and cheaper to treat the symptoms. And I can monitor my vitals myself.
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Obviously I don’t know anything about you but I have cystic fibrosis so I lose a TON of salt and do need a high salt diet, some people who carry the cystic fibrosis gene express it fairly strongly and need more salt… could be something unusual like that I guess
yeah, I saw that in an episode of Star Trek.
Mango chili LMNT packet in 40oz of ice water is my go to fav.
LMNT is awesome! Mango chili low key scares me. 😂
If you give up processed foods you will find that salt is in nothing unless you add it. I eat no processed food and I need to add quite a bit of salt to my food
But if you drink more water, you also need more salt.
Huh? If you have more salt, you also need more water.
Consider also reducing your sugar intake!
I really struggle with this one. I love sugary treats. Chocolate, fizzy drinks, etc.
With fizzy drinks I found it very easy to shift towards flavored seltzers instead of it’s the fizz specifically. And if it’s sodas… Zero sugar soda tastes 99% the same as regular due to the mix of multiple sweeteners. Totally different from diet sodas which usually just use one or two, usually aspartame which also has a strong aftertaste.
If possible for chocolate, higher quality products often will hit that craving better than the cheap candy bar type stuff with 5x the amount of sugar.
It gets easier if you go 100% cold turkey for a few months; I stopped any kind of refined sugar in like 2016 and now more subtle sweetnesses stand out, and the occasion I eat things like ice cream with chocolate or a glazed jelly donut makes me physically ill.
I was recently given a monster and holy shit people drink that, by choice? Why is there so much??
Even more amazing is that people paint the Monster logo (the three claw marks) on their fucking cars. Imagine getting your sense of self-worth from your overpriced energy taurine drink of choice.
I had this too. After a month without sugar, I lost the taste for it. I can do a few spoons of icecream or a tiny bit of cake, but that’s it. I can eat a shit ton of sweet fruit though. I ate 4 mangoes in a day. (Don’t do that.)
You’re not my supervisor!
Don’t do drugs.
Hint: sugar is a drug
TFW experiencing all the symptoms of addiction to sugar: “I must not be drinking enough water 🤔”
No u.
Electrolytes, what’s that?
(To the tune of mxpx’s “responsibility, what’s that?”)
Woah, that takes me back
sounds like dehydration