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Your body needs salt, which contains sodium, to work properly. Sodium helps your body control your blood pressure, blood volume, muscles and nerves, and more. But, too much sodium in you diet can be bad for you. For most people, dietary sodium comes from salt that is in or added to their food. If you have high blood pressure or heart failure, your doctor may advise you to limit how much salt you eat every day.
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A 30-year old asked:
Why would someone need to avoid salt?
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A 34-year old asked:
Avoid salt. Now i'm mainly craving salt or any salty foods. Does anyone know why?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I see people on here asking questions about low sodium. Isnt low sodium a good thing? Salt raises blood pressure. I try to avoid salt at all costs
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A 39-year old asked:
How will eating less, exercising a lot and avoiding salt affect my blood pressure?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Hi :-) I was prescribed Lipitor (atorvastatin) beginning tomorrow. But it is a salt, and I've just had lithotripsy and was told to avoid salt. Should I ask to switch?
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A 22-year old female asked:
How do I keep myself from fainting due to low blood pressure? Im 292lbs so I try to avoid salt at all costs.
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A 41-year old female asked:
I had ercp 4 days ago. I am severly swollen & want to know how to get rid of fluid retention.Drinking lots of water & avoiding salt. What else?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can avoiding salt relieve high blood pressure and red eyes?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I weigh 140 lbs I eat healthy and avoid salt, my left leg only has fluid on it and is swollen from my knee down to my ankles. it just happened all the sudden yesterday after I was on my feet for 5hrs cleaning. any ideas why?a Tyvm?
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A 44-year old male asked:
Most food causes joint pain. I drink only water and avoid salt and red meat. Ankles and right elbow affected the most. Turmeric helps. Stomach bloat. ?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Blood pressure. What to avoid other than salt? What food/herbs/supplements lower it? Weight loss is not an option. I admit, I could be more active.
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A 44-year old asked:
Please tell me what foods have high sodium that I should avoid?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Any suggestions for avoiding sodium in restaurants, other than "hold the salt & seasoning"?
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A 17-year old male asked:
I love salty food very much and i cant eat any food without adding too much amount of salt ! How to avoid that ??
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A 41-year old asked:
Why are some people salt sensitive and how do they avoid efffect on their bp?
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A 46-year old asked:
Foods to avoid on a low-sodium, low-salt diet?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Here in malaysia, our foods are high in oil, salt, and sugar. Its tough to avoid cos theyre everywhere. Any other foods to minimize effects of those?
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A 25-year old asked:
I am nine weeks pregnant and I'm craving chips in specific salt and vinegar chips. Is eating them ok or should I avoid them completely?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Too much gastric acid. What medicine should I take? What food should I avoid? Is it proper to take pantoprazole sodium to relieve the pain?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Do eggs lead to kidney stone formation or worsen an already existing condition of kidney stone? What foods apart from salt should be avoided?
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A 48-year old female asked:
What salt alternatives like "dash" are healthier than table salt? What foods can I avoid that are high in protein? to help my kidneys better)
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A 18-year old male asked:
Sodium free beans (kidney, black, garbanzo, pinto) vs sweet potatoes which is healthier for wright loss? I've been eatin beans and avoiding potatoes
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A 59-year old female asked:
Should I avoid swimming in a public salt water pool when having an active lichen sclerosis flare with an open lesion?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Autonomic dysfunction and POTS.Why is it no amount of salt/water/Gatorade helps me??Only iv fluids.How can I avoid needing iv fluids.I drink so much.
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A 18-year old female asked:
What drug should you avoid if you're allergic to naproxen sodium? And have childhood asthma?
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A member asked:
Seizures caused from depleation of good sodium in my body. Caused from over medication of drug soma. Went into hospital, they brought sodium levels up through i.V's. Taking Depakote 500 mg. 1x per day to avoid seizures. Suggest support groups, effects on
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A 75-year old female asked:
If someone is taking Levaquin they should avoid dairy but what if it's just Lipton cream of chicken powdered soup that does have non fat milk Sodium caseinate but the label says 0% calcium is that ok to take with the antibiotic?
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A 25-year old female asked about a 24-year old male:
Is gallstone cleanse effective so to avoid surgery? It is a type of diet where u eat 4x apple juice w/ olive oil and epsom salt for 6 days.
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A 23-year old female asked:
Hi there. So I had a tooth extracted about 3 weeks ago due to an infection. I developed several low grade symptoms that all cleared up within days of taking medicine (tylenol for day-fever, rinsing with warm salt water after meals, avoiding contact and al
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A 52-year old male asked:
Hi! My Dr told me to go on Iodine/sea salt free diet for 3 weeks thus to avoid fish, dairy products etc.. Does whey protein (whey is derivative of milk) contain Iodine? Or should I drink vegan protein?
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