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Originally Posted by wchs2007
I guess I am really clueless to all of this.. I never watch my sodium..
I lost weight just fine without watching it and never drank water either...
But I can not help but wonder how much better the weight might have came off if I had of keep up with it..
I love Salt.. but I guess I might need to watch it a bit more..
Salt doesn't influence how fast you lose weight, but it can temporarily bloat you if you eat a lot of it, which can throw off the scale. But that's water gain, not fat.
All in all though, a lot of salt is not good for us. I stay away from all canned soups, V8 juice, etc. because of the super high salt content. The worst I ever saw, though, was a 12 oz. can of bloody mary mix on a plane-- 1 can had 2100 mg of sodium.
2400 is the Daily Value listed on food labels, but that is about 1000 mgs than many experts suggest. A teaspoon of salt has 2300 mgs of sodium.
I use Kosher salt in cooking, because I think it tastes better. But I try not to use much.