Salt: Are you getting Enough? (More Sodium & Health)

Most people are taught to get less salt to be healthy, but for most cases *more* is likely safer.

Salt doesn't get too much attention nowadays as most people are taught that a low sodium diet is always going to be better than a high sodium diet, and that's all there is to it. However, the low salt advice that has become conventional wisdom doesn't pan out for several reasons.

★I plan to do more coverage on this topic soon. There's still a lot to be said about Salt, as far as how bodily systems react to having more or less salt and how other factors like potassium intake come into play. (You may have noticed in the portion where I talked about South Korean dietary trends, heart health increased with more Sodium *and* more [or ample] Potassium)

[WhatIveLearned]

I keep seeing comments asking "How is 2300mg of Salt = 5.75g????"
What I'm saying in the video is "2300mg of *Sodium* ≈ 5.75g of *Salt* " - if there's a part where I mistakenly said 2300mg of Salt = 5.75g of Salt, someone please comment so I can add an annotation!

[observer]

my dad constantly demonizes salt and chastises me whenever he sees me dare to do as much as grind some salt onto my meal. my dad also:
-has heart problems
-has chronically low energy levels (sleeps all night and then 3 hours in the afternoon)
-frequently complains of headaches and general unwellness

all the while he still consumes sugary carb-laden garbage. strange world we live in

[SuspendedLogic]

The story of the boy was sad. Really sad.

[NameBrand__]

Should I take this information with a grain of salt

[sokusudoku]

This video saved my health, thank you. I have "geneticly inherited" hypertension. After watching this I read "the salt fix", stopped reducing salt and increassed potassium with supplements and food.
I have the lowest, NORMAL blood pressure results in my life since then. It's been a month already.
THANK YOU!

[jansoriano]

The sodium to potassium intake ratio is an important factor.

[midnightoilers]

How to be healthy:
1)read the fda guidelines
2)do the opposite

[LPFan]

He who controls the salt, controls the universe.

[OmniPieTV]

This video makes so much sense to me. I used to be pretty much addicted to salt when I was a very active kid and was moving around 3+ hours a day with my friends. I was addicted to noodles at the time because I loved the taste of salt in them. But as I got less active, I started craving it less and the government said that more salt means worst so I thought that was good but when I tried fasting, having salt reduced my headache. I'm so glad you made this video, it makes all my experiences with salt makes sense.

[theCodyReeder]

Explains why salt is more effective than caffeine at keeping me awake during all nighters.

[RickarRickani]

Story of origin:
In olden time of Rome, the warriors serving the empire were payed with a handful of salt each day. Later, the officers in charge of distributing salt started finding the transport and preservation (from rain etc.) of the huge bulk inefficient, hence, the reward of salt was replaced by a sum of money allowing each man to buy his own. The money thus received was referred to as their 'salarium' (Latin) or salt-money. The term salarium entered into English which modified to modern day salary!

The salt-money concept traveled to France where they paid the warriors with a special coin called 'sol', and the payment was known as 'solde' (also the payment of a sailor). It's no surprise the French call their soldiers, 'soldat'.
The origin of the term 'soldier' for a warrior or protector of the land is related indeed.
It is said to be derived from Old French 'Soudier', which in turn is derived from Medivial Latin 'soldarius'-- one working for pay. It is also said that the term is derived from the Old Latin word 'Solidus'-- a Roman Gold coin. It was called solidus for it was literally a solid coin.

[MilosParipovic]

Please research and make a video on oils because there is even bigger misunderstanding on which oils to cook on and which ones are unhealthy after certain temperatures.

[charlesmiller]

My blood pressure went higher and higher over the years until I was well into hypertensive (165/100) and all that time I was careful with salt and even for a whole year counting sodium and taking lisinopril trying to bring it down. Nothing really worked until I started intermittent fasting to lose weight and then reduced carbs and went to a sort of keto/paleo low carb diet. At the same time I massively increased salt intake, putting as much as I wanted on everything. Within weeks my blood pressure came down to around 135/80! More salt, lower blood pressure!

[rickalvarado]

I'm on a low carbohydrate diet, and I'm also working out. I have a very complete diet, but I didn't know why I was feeling thirsty at night, even dehydrated. This video made me realize that my sodium intake should be much higher. This has been extremely helpful. Thanks.

[Visionr]

When your heart-rate is going up and you feel tired and weak, the usual and immediate reply from people is to eat less salty food. That is the worst piece of advice.

[jaijaiseetaram]

Salt craving is just a survival mechanism driving us to consume what the body needs. Eye opening.

[lucasmoreira]

Great Job

We should be fighting sugar, not salt.

The world is up side down

[alphacause]

As always, your expertly crafted videos, which so deftly debunk prevailing nutritional myths, are doing the world a whole lot good, and I really appreciate them.

[AbudBakri]

It was great this year in medical school when the professor had to admit that lowering salt WAS NOT effective at lowering blood pressure significantly (only 2-4 mmHg).

Sugar, insulin havoc, inflammation. Those are the culprits.

[jamescarsten]

When I was a kid. I had a craving for salty fish sauce in my food. Everyone around me were worried that I had been consuming too much salt, and it finally convinced me to restrict salt intake. Nowadays, I feel fatigue easily and have a light headache most of the time. Thanks for the video. I will now try out to consume my favourite fish sauce as much as my tongue crave.