OT: Low salt diet?

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Originally Posted by Demeris

In AZ, the dry air wicks the sweat, unless the temps are high (for me, 98+) so that it seems that I'm not sweating, but having lived here my whole life and having traveled to many different climates, I'm sweating as much in the dry climate as I am in the humid air. For me, hot and humid makes breathing harder, and the sweat rolls off, but if I were home in the same temp, much of the sweat would evaporate quickly, and I wouldn't need gills to breathe.

Gotcha. I find when I'm out there visiting family I need more water bc my mouth gets dry but haven't ever noticed myself needing more salt. Here I keep salt packets on me when we hike and on our canoeing trips in case I get dizzy. It helps a lot for me.


Just another comment about cutting out salt. My mother-in-law was the director of nursing at a nursing home for many years and when my hubby was in HS he worked there too for a time. There were many residents there who had problems bc they had been on low salt diets for so long. Our bodies do need sodium, just not as much as the typical American diet. Just smthg to keep in mind. The end for my mom began when her sodium levels got too low. Bc she had ALS there was nothing they could do to reverse it bc her lungs couldn't heal with the typical treatment for it.