Low-Salt Diets Can Make You Sick.

 

All my adult life I have read that too much salt is bad for the body. When my husband had a stroke, the doctors put him on a low-salt diet. I was dieting myself at the time and barely ate any salt or carbs. Over a year and a half I lost around 20 pounds and was very happy, however I became sick

My daughter, Christine, is a nurse who lives about 6 hours from us. When she came to visit, she looked over my diet schedule, which included what I ate and how much. She became worried and said, “Mom, you aren’t eating enough!” I said, “Yes, I am. This diet is working great!” I had never found it easy to diet and was very proud of myself. She told me I don’t eat enough carbs. As far as I was concerned, carbs were the enemy of losing weight, so I ignored what she said.

Then, shortly after she went home, I started vomiting when my stomach was empty. It would come on all of a sudden, with hardly any warning. I would run to the kitchen and grab a bowl. Afterwards, I could sit down to eat my lunch, so I knew it wasn’t the flu. Also, I began to feel like I was going to faint, and my legs became very weak when I awoke in the morning. I was used to having weak legs because I have fibromyalgia, but this was much worse.

Then my husband got the results of his blood tests, and it said his salt was low. I looked this up on the internet and found all the symptoms I was having. My husband decided to eat more salt and so did I. The vomiting stopped and if I eat salt before bed, my legs are not weak. I don’t like salty food, so I put some in a glass with water.

I am including two addresses off the internet to share with you. There are hundreds of sites to visit about this subject. I am not telling everyone to eat more salt, I am just telling you what happened when I did not eat enough. I’m also eating the Dreaded Carbs. This makes me mad, but I have found my energy goes up when I eat more of them. I think I have gained back maybe 3 pounds. I need to figure out how to maintain the weight I am at. What a pain in the neck.

Merry Christmas, Everyone. May God’s light shine upon you and your families. May he bless you with his presence and bring peace, joy and love to your soul.

 

Daily Salt Intake: How Much Sodium Should You Have? (healthline.com)

Hyponatremia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

 

If You Do This...That Will Happen. (Not Necessarily.)

Me, walking by the Pacific Ocean when I lived in Vancouver, BC.

I walked one to two hours a day. Loved living there.

I remember when I was in my thirties, forties, and fifties. I was always trying to lose weight. I used to buy women's magazines and each decade they would have a new idea on dieting. The first was having a low-fat diet. If you cut your fat intake down to so many teaspoons a day - you will lose weight. I did it for a year. Try enjoying toast with 1/2 tsp. of butter. I did it, but I never lost a pound.

They would tell us to walk for half an hour to an hour a day and we would lose weight. I did it for years. I did get toned up, but I never lost a pound. They told us to do aerobic exercises for half hour a day. Our metabolism would go up and we would lose weight. I did that by going to a gym, doing step-aerobics and going on the treadmill. I never lost a pound. I did look better though. I looked like I lost 10 pounds, but I didn't!

The one time I did lose weight was when I joined Weight Watchers. They put you on a 1,200 calorie a day diet. I lost weight the first week and every week thereafter. It isn't easy. I was hungry all the time. But that's how it goes if you want to lose weight. Now that I'm old and sick and can't walk far, I gained all that weight back. But at 66, I don't care too much.

I've also read if you have a bad habit, such as drinking Pepsi every day, if you stop it for one to three months your craving for it will go away. I did stop drinking Pepsi one time, I still craved it 2 years later. I don't know where all these health experts come from but they are wrong about a lot of things.

In my Christian life, I've noticed that when Joyce Meyer says if you quote the Bible out loud if you are feeling depressed, peace and joy will come to you. And she says the more you do it, the easier it is to do. The more you fight depressing thoughts with good thoughts from the Bible, the happier you will become. I started doing this regularly about a year and a half ago. I found it to be true.

Because I was sexually and physically abused by my father from a very young age, I have always struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts. Some years were better than others, but a crisis could bring on a terrible depression that could last a long time. I think if I had done what Joyce said, all those years ago, I wouldn't have had the trouble I've had. My life would have been happier. I didn't know the power of the Scriptures or the power of God for so many years.

But I'm so happy to have learned God's power personally. I used to wake up each morning wishing I was dead. Now, I wake up happy, knowing God will help me through the day and make me feel good about life. It has been an amazing 18 months of chasing sad thoughts away, amazing because it actually works!

If You Do This...That Will Happen. (Not Necessarily.)

Me, walking by the Pacific Ocean when I lived in Vancouver, BC.

I walked one to two hours a day. Loved living there.

I remember when I was in my thirties, forties, and fifties. I was always trying to lose weight. I used to buy women's magazines and each decade they would have a new idea on dieting. The first was having a low-fat diet. If you cut your fat intake down to so many teaspoons a day - you will lose weight. I did it for a year. Try enjoying toast with 1/2 tsp. of butter. I did it, but I never lost a pound.

They would tell us to walk for half an hour to an hour a day and we would lose weight. I did it for years. I did get toned up, but I never lost a pound. They told us to do aerobic exercises for half hour a day. Our metabolism would go up and we would lose weight. I did that by going to a gym, doing step-aerobics and going on the treadmill. I never lost a pound. I did look better though. I looked like I lost 10 pounds, but I didn't!

The one time I did lose weight was when I joined Weight Watchers. They put you on a 1,200 calorie a day diet. I lost weight the first week and every week thereafter. It isn't easy. I was hungry all the time. But that's how it goes if you want to lose weight. Now that I'm old and sick and can't walk far, I gained all that weight back. But at 66, I don't care too much.

I've also read if you have a bad habit, such as drinking Pepsi every day, if you stop it for one to three months your craving for it will go away. I did stop drinking Pepsi one time, I still craved it 2 years later. I don't know where all these health experts come from but they are wrong about a lot of things.

In my Christian life, I've noticed that when Joyce Meyer says if you quote the Bible out loud if you are feeling depressed, peace and joy will come to you. And she says the more you do it, the easier it is to do. The more you fight depressing thoughts with good thoughts from the Bible, the happier you will become. I started doing this regularly about a year and a half ago. I found it to be true.

Because I was sexually and physically abused by my father from a very young age, I have always struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts. Some years were better than others, but a crisis could bring on a terrible depression that could last a long time. I think if I had done what Joyce said, all those years ago, I wouldn't have had the trouble I've had. My life would have been happier. I didn't know the power of the Scriptures or the power of God for so many years.

But I'm so happy to have learned God's power personally. I used to wake up each morning wishing I was dead. Now, I wake up happy, knowing God will help me through the day and make me feel good about life. It has been an amazing 18 months of chasing sad thoughts away, amazing because it actually works!