Certainly I "crave" salt, but that is because my sodiium is always low,
and I excrete most of the large amount of salt I take in in my urine. I
can't hold onto sodium. I think this perhaps explains why I feel so much
worse when I've tried taking magnesium or potassium. They unbalance my
already low sodium even more.
Adrenal insufficiency, or adrenal fatigue, seems to be becoming more and
more common, though hardly any MDs or other medical practitioners
believe it exists. But certainly I do have it, my cortisol levels are
extremely low, and I may also be low in aldosterone as well as
cortisol. Aldosterone is the adrenal hormone that controls sodium and
mineral balance. If I was able to, I'd get aldosterone and renin tested,
perhaps I need supplemental aldosterone (fludrocortisone). Whatever, on
the thyroid and adrenal lists I have joined, many many people are very
low sodium, and many of those are "salt wasters" like me, and are low
sodium though they take in copious amounts of salt.
Therefore, when you see someone "addicted" to salt, consider they may
simply be giving their body what their body is telling them it needs.
From my own personal experience, I am very leery of supplementing
minerals when sodium is low. I have problems even eating minimal amounts
of high potassium foods.
sol
cyndiann9 wrote:
I was like Faith for decades, only taking in minor amounts of salt. I
had problems eating some prepared foods because to me they were too
salty.
A few months back I changed and started adding more salt (sea salt) on
things. Still not like other people I've seen addicted to salt but an
improvement over how I was.
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