'Salt is NOT the \"Bad Guy\". Learn how eating salt can improve your health and fitness. Download Lee\'s Bodybuilding App: http://leehayward.com/app Free Bodybuilding Program: http://leehayward.com/muscle-building Free Bodybuilding Diet: http://leehayward.com/diet Get Coached By Lee: http://leehayward.com/coaching Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/total.fitness.bodybuilding Did you know that salt is essential to life? In fact, no other mineral is more essential to human survival than sodium because it allows nerves to send and receive electrical impulses, it allows your cells and brain to function, and it allows your muscles to contract. Bottom Line, without enough salt in your body you could not live... It\'s that important! The average person eats about 3,400 mg of sodium per day. This is according to The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Now you\'ve probably heard through the mainstream media that this is \"Too Much\" and that you should reduce your salt intake. But these recommendations are based on outdated sodium research that was performed on rats back in the 1970\'s. According to new studies the opposite maybe true and the national average salt intake may actually be on the \"low side\" of the healthy sodium intake range. New research shows that most people are already eating within the safe range of sodium consumption and population-wide sodium reduction strategies are unnecessary and could be harmful. A 2014 study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, tested sodium consumption in more than 100,000 people in 18 countries. (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1311989) The study found that the healthy range for sodium consumption was between 3,000 and 6,000 mg per day. The shocking part of this study was that eating less than 3,000 mg per day was significantly more harmful to your health than consuming over 6,000 mg per day! (NOTE: consuming too little sodium is MORE harmful than too much!) The amount of salt that you need to consume per day will vary greatly depending on your lifestyle. The mainstream media suggestions for everyone to consume a \"low sodium\" diet is very ignorant and potentially dangerous. For example... Hard training athletes who sweat a lot during their workouts are going to lose a lot more sodium compared to the average person who does not exercise. It doesn\'t make much sense to recommend that everyone, regardless of activity and lifestyle, consume the same sodium intake. In the case of high level athletes, consuming too little sodium can even be fatal. This is known as Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia where the blood sodium levels get diluted from drinking a lot of water without replenishing sodium levels. Adequate sodium intake is necessary for nerves, muscles, and other body tissues to function properly. Without enough sodium in the body severe neurological problems can occur. =============================== Below you\'ll find links to several articles that explain how consuming a higher sodium intake is actually good for your health and fitness. It\'s Time to End the War on Salt... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt/ Hyponatremia - Dangerously Low Sodium Levels... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia Exercise Associated Hyponatremia… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise-associated_hyponatremia Low Salt Intake Can Actually Harm Your Health… http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/02/17/dangers-of-salt-restriction.aspx Dangers Of A Low Salt Diet… http://www.saltinstitute.org/news-articles/the-dangers-of-a-low-salt-diet/ Low Blood Sodium (Hyponatremia)… http://www.healthline.com/health/hyponatremia Low Sodium Side Effects… http://www.livestrong.com/article/414236-low-sodium-side-effects/ NYC Health Department wrong on sodium warnings… http://www.saltinstitute.org/press_releases/nyc-health-department-wrong-on-high-sodium-warnings/'
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