Dehydration Signs and Use of Salt
Thirsty--you are already dehydrated, that's not an early warning sign.
Tired
Irritable
Confused
Tired
Muscle cramps
Headaches
Dry or scaly skin
Sagging skin
Intolerance to heat
Lack of sweating
Dark urine: should be thinner, pale yellow
Using diuretics for kidney disease, for example
Edema: can't get water in cells if you are lacking minerals so it accumulates in ankles, lungs, or around the heart pushing up blood pressure.
Food intolerances/allergies from the lack of electrolytes that are part of hydration.
Hydration is not just drinking water. You need minerals: salt, magnesium, potassium
Number one is natural unrefined salt. Not pure white salt. Salt at least light gray.
You need more than you think. More than salting heavily to taste.
If you can't tolerate any salt you need potassium first, and maybe magnesium, too.
Dehydration involves a salt deficiency.
When you get enough you will gain water weight where it is needed.
The wrong kind of salt, white salt, will increase edema.
You might need extra mag or pot to utilize the salt.
So at first you gain a few pounds or more in water.
Then you start burning fat and losing weight over time, or gaining weight as your muscles grow. Or both at the same time. Many people have done it.
Hydration with salt helps deliver all nutrients to the cells and their mitochondria for energy.
The electrolytes are necessary to make all nutrients work and when you can't use nutrients the food they are in may produce a negative reaction.
Diuretics help remove unutilized water from edema but remove even more sodium but that makes the root case of sodium deficiency worse. Treat the symptom and make the cause worse. You can get off diuretics very quickly if you take enough salt right away.
Salt works fast to deliver and retain water.
The right salt puts water in the right places. The wrong salt can put water in the wrong places.
If you have had long term dehydration and electrolyte deficiencies then you probably have other nutrient deficiencies and symptoms to address, too. Like thaimine that depends on potassium that also depends on salt.
I can't give any personal advice or product recommendations in comments. Individuals have unique needs and complications.
Tired
Irritable
Confused
Tired
Muscle cramps
Headaches
Dry or scaly skin
Sagging skin
Intolerance to heat
Lack of sweating
Dark urine: should be thinner, pale yellow
Using diuretics for kidney disease, for example
Edema: can't get water in cells if you are lacking minerals so it accumulates in ankles, lungs, or around the heart pushing up blood pressure.
Food intolerances/allergies from the lack of electrolytes that are part of hydration.
Hydration is not just drinking water. You need minerals: salt, magnesium, potassium
Number one is natural unrefined salt. Not pure white salt. Salt at least light gray.
You need more than you think. More than salting heavily to taste.
If you can't tolerate any salt you need potassium first, and maybe magnesium, too.
Dehydration involves a salt deficiency.
When you get enough you will gain water weight where it is needed.
The wrong kind of salt, white salt, will increase edema.
You might need extra mag or pot to utilize the salt.
So at first you gain a few pounds or more in water.
Then you start burning fat and losing weight over time, or gaining weight as your muscles grow. Or both at the same time. Many people have done it.
Hydration with salt helps deliver all nutrients to the cells and their mitochondria for energy.
The electrolytes are necessary to make all nutrients work and when you can't use nutrients the food they are in may produce a negative reaction.
Diuretics help remove unutilized water from edema but remove even more sodium but that makes the root case of sodium deficiency worse. Treat the symptom and make the cause worse. You can get off diuretics very quickly if you take enough salt right away.
Salt works fast to deliver and retain water.
The right salt puts water in the right places. The wrong salt can put water in the wrong places.
If you have had long term dehydration and electrolyte deficiencies then you probably have other nutrient deficiencies and symptoms to address, too. Like thaimine that depends on potassium that also depends on salt.
I can't give any personal advice or product recommendations in comments. Individuals have unique needs and complications.
