Re:Results of Potato-only diet crowdsourced study
by sph on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:50AM
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> one of the takeaways in the article was a finding that some people needed to increase salt consumption in this diet
They need to increase salt because they were losing salt thus water, it's what happens when you cut all processed food. Even the added salt is still much lower than what you'd ingest in a normal SAD diet.
On a ketogenic diet (which is more extreme that this, but to prove my point) the best solution not to feel crap the first few weeks is putting a little salt in your water. Whenever you feel a little weak, have a little salt. Works fantastically, then about a month in your body learns to retain the smaller amount of sodium better, so you don't pee as much nor need to supplement any salt.
They need to increase salt because they were losing salt thus water, it's what happens when you cut all processed food. Even the added salt is still much lower than what you'd ingest in a normal SAD diet.
On a ketogenic diet (which is more extreme that this, but to prove my point) the best solution not to feel crap the first few weeks is putting a little salt in your water. Whenever you feel a little weak, have a little salt. Works fantastically, then about a month in your body learns to retain the smaller amount of sodium better, so you don't pee as much nor need to supplement any salt.