As we continue to do our best to live a healthy lifestyle and lose or maintain our weight we usually focus on eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly and taking nutritious vitamin supplements. These are the three most important factors in a healthy weight loss program. But, when it comes to losing weight many people believe that salt or sodium consumption may hinder it or even cause weight gain. So what causes us to lose or gain weight?
In order to lose weight permanently and in a healthy manner, we must burn more fat calories than we eat. This is a very simple yet very important definition since there are various other things we often do that cause us to lose or gain weight that are neither effective nor permanent. Permanent, effective weight loss only occurs when fat is reduced and a diet that’s high in sodium will not aid with fat reduction.
A diet high in salt or sodium will cause you to retain water. This water retention will cause you to gain water weight, but this is not permanent. Conversely, if you lower your sodium intake you can temporarily lose weight. This is simply a reduction of water weight which is temporary.
A diet program or fast that focuses only on increasing you potassium intake or reducing your sodium intake will result in a quick, but short term loss of water weight. This may encourage you and prompt you to continue following the diet plan or purchasing the diet pills, but you must remember that this weight loss in not permanent.
In reality, diets that are high in sodium are bad for you. Not because of the temporary weight gain but because of how it affects your immune system, blood pressure, digestive system, and cardiovascular system. Generally, too much salt is not good for your health. People should consumer no more than 2400 mg of sodium each day, but most Americans regularly consume in excess of 3500 mg daily.
You should get used to reading labels and paying attention to the fat, calories, sodium, and sugar content in foods you eat. You should avoid using table salt, instant foods, sport drinks, Soy Sauce, MDG, and many canned foods. Canned soup is normally has a high sodium content. While these foods are known to have high sodium contents, you should check all labels carefully.
When you read labels you should pay close attention to the amount of sodium, fat, calories, and sugar that food contains. You should avoid using table salt and eating foods that are known to be high in sodium like MSG, Soy Sauce, sport drinks, instant foods, fast foods, and most canned foods. Canned soup is known to be particularly high in sodium. In addition to avoiding these foods, you should get in the habit of reading all food labels before eating the food.
One other thing you can do to offset some of the effects of a high sodium diet is to add more potassium which will offset some of the negative effects. It is best to reduce your consumption of sodium while you add more potassium to your diet.
One other thing you can do to offset some of the effects of a high sodium diet is to add more potassium which will offset some of the negative effects. It is best to reduce your consumption of sodium while you add more potassium to your diet. This will lead to a healthy, long life and you being the best that you can be.
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