Humans need approx 1tsp (or less) of sodium daily as an essential nutrient. I was low on sodium this morning* then spent the day at the beach in the salty ocean air, then within about 30 minutes I wasn’t dizzy and nauseous anymore. Did the ocean air provide me sodium somehow?
*(dizzy & nauseous, I know the symptoms well since I often have no sodium in my diet and I’ve learned this through experience the last 5 years and I have to consciously remember to add sodium to my diet, and if I forget then I have dizziness and nausea)
Reddit wouldn’t let me post this for some reason, Maybe because that subreddit r/askadoctor is dead, there have been no posts there for 3 years, so instead of abandoning my attempt at a post, I screenshat it and posting it here on Lemmy.
for electrolytes I take 2,000 mg potassium every day, 500 mg magnesium every day, and try to remember to get my iodized salt in.
and I drink a gallon of water a day
The food I live on is this, it’s fantastic aside from the fact it has no sodium and very little potassium so that’s why I supplement those:
And to quell any assumptions that I don’t understand nutrition, I’m literally college-certified in nutrition, I’ve lived & breathed & practiced & preached nutrition for 20 years, and this is what I look like so I think I’m doing ok 🤷🏻♀️