I don't recall how much salt I was using during my Paleo days, but it wasn't zero. I think I upped my salt intake when I went keto, as many ketoers recommend that and I really got into steak and salting helped draw the moisture out. Until I went no-added-salt in 2022.
Skimmed your thyroid post, and most of it is over my head heh. I don't …
I don't recall how much salt I was using during my Paleo days, but it wasn't zero. I think I upped my salt intake when I went keto, as many ketoers recommend that and I really got into steak and salting helped draw the moisture out. Until I went no-added-salt in 2022.
Skimmed your thyroid post, and most of it is over my head heh. I don't think I have thyroid issues, I've always run hot & my lab markers seem fine & my metabolic rate is fine. So I haven't read much about it.
What makes you think you're overdoing the dairy? In my experience, cheese & yogurt are way too delicious. So I have to stay away from them, at least ad-lib. Cream & butter are amazing for me. Could be that there's something similar going on for you?
I have looked into the vA aspect of cream a bit, cause it contains a boatload. Grant Genereux says it might be ok cause the fat binds the retinol. But he still advised me not to consume so much cream. Didn't follow that advice haha, wish me luck ;)
I do like not adding salt. I never missed it for a day, seared meat in butter tastes just the same without salt. Steak is just fine, too. And feels like I'm not retaining as much water, am not bloated as much from that. Also my cramps almost entirely went away even when working out now, and I have fewer headaches. Headaches when trying to go carnivore was what first caused me to cut out salt and I never went back.
Same thing for me, I upped my salt when I tried the keto diet, but it stayed when I started eating carbs again.
I think I eat too much yogurt/butter/cream too. Cheese not so much these days. For the reasons evoked, i.e. especially the high calcium content (I do not eat necessarily a high magnesium diet) and the potential vA overload. I'm afraid of auto-immune diseases and I believe vitamin A might be involved (when someone tends not to excrete or metabolize what he "over-consume" and this could be my case).
Going to try this low sodium things, hopping it will fix my issues 🤞 I think it's easy to get used to as you say but might be difficult when you eat out (if you want to be very strict about it which is not necessarily my case). This is encouraging it gave you some results (on water retention and headaches) :)
I don't recall how much salt I was using during my Paleo days, but it wasn't zero. I think I upped my salt intake when I went keto, as many ketoers recommend that and I really got into steak and salting helped draw the moisture out. Until I went no-added-salt in 2022.
Skimmed your thyroid post, and most of it is over my head heh. I don't think I have thyroid issues, I've always run hot & my lab markers seem fine & my metabolic rate is fine. So I haven't read much about it.
What makes you think you're overdoing the dairy? In my experience, cheese & yogurt are way too delicious. So I have to stay away from them, at least ad-lib. Cream & butter are amazing for me. Could be that there's something similar going on for you?
I have looked into the vA aspect of cream a bit, cause it contains a boatload. Grant Genereux says it might be ok cause the fat binds the retinol. But he still advised me not to consume so much cream. Didn't follow that advice haha, wish me luck ;)
I do like not adding salt. I never missed it for a day, seared meat in butter tastes just the same without salt. Steak is just fine, too. And feels like I'm not retaining as much water, am not bloated as much from that. Also my cramps almost entirely went away even when working out now, and I have fewer headaches. Headaches when trying to go carnivore was what first caused me to cut out salt and I never went back.
Same thing for me, I upped my salt when I tried the keto diet, but it stayed when I started eating carbs again.
I think I eat too much yogurt/butter/cream too. Cheese not so much these days. For the reasons evoked, i.e. especially the high calcium content (I do not eat necessarily a high magnesium diet) and the potential vA overload. I'm afraid of auto-immune diseases and I believe vitamin A might be involved (when someone tends not to excrete or metabolize what he "over-consume" and this could be my case).
Going to try this low sodium things, hopping it will fix my issues 🤞 I think it's easy to get used to as you say but might be difficult when you eat out (if you want to be very strict about it which is not necessarily my case). This is encouraging it gave you some results (on water retention and headaches) :)
I'd go down slowly on the salt, maybe over 2 weeks. Drastic changes in salt seem to cause headaches for me.
Thanks for the advice!