I had my first doctor's appointment today since starting a keto diet and had the lowest blood pressure in probably 20 yrs. On eggs, bacon, cheese, beef, butter and salt. I'm so grateful to folks like you who are, rightly, tearing down all the dangerous lies we've been told.
I’m still laughing at the “expert” goons that had iodine put into the salt then told everyone that salt needs to be restricted. Haha! Outrageous idiots running these agencies! Who listens anymore???
@@PacoCapitola USA- the country that allows poison chemicals in our foods and says it’s ok when other countries ban these items! Welcome to America! Where anyone can “earn” breast cancer, colon cancer and autism for free! And apparently non-Hodgkin lymphoma too!
Iodine actually is important to human physiology. When people began moving inland away from oceans and couldn't get fresh seafood they began to develop goiters. This is when the thyroid swells to a large size to try and grab whatever iodine you manage to consume. This was a huge problem in the Midwest. Adding iodine to salt was an easy way to fix the problem. Today it's easier to get seafood anywhere in the country and many more foods are fortified with iodine.
@@jakryk not disagreeing with a need for iodine, but I wonder if some context is missing. Humans likely didn't evolve near oceans / eating seafood to begin with, and certainly many populations of hominids survived just fine without seafood in their diet
@@olegstacie Interesting point. Is there evidence that our longevity / brain size explosion coincided with more seafood / iodine / DHA etc. in the diet? Genuinely curious, as I've consistently been exposed to the expensive tissue hypothesis, where brain size was able to develop as gut size diminished due to the general move to high nutrient density animal foods.
"Your body is smarter than the American Heart Association ". I love that. God's made us to survive and sustain. If we just listen to our bodies all would be well
Do not trust the American Heart Association. Sugar companies paid to have Ansel Keys put on their board to push his yet to be proven lipid hypothesis. The Canadian Heart Association is controlled by lamp oil.
*looks at obese people* not really. Remember we didn't evolve for the modern world. Salt and sugar was not nearly as accessible nor were fats, and humans were not so sedentary. It is very easy to overdose on salt and sugar as it is so commonly available in many products.
I also sometimes start to get a headache later in the day, before I've eaten anything, if I don't get enough salt in the morning. I have a cup of bouillon (1400 mg of sodium) every morning, and that solves the problem.
Thanks for that reminder! I've been having more visual migraines recently, a histamine reaction I think. Oddly, humming low and long notes helped the migraine quickly subside. My hypothesis on why it might work is that the vibration of the humming may stimulate the vagus nerve thus activating the para-sympathetic system to calm things. Humming. I tried it again today and it helped. But next time, I hope I remember the salt!
Salt was more expensive than gold. Salt protects meats from bacteria, cured meats, that was before the invention of refrigeration. Having salt meant you could survive winter with food.
Just remember in 15 Nov 2017 - American Heart Association President John Warner suffered a heart attack during the organization's annual conference in Southern California. He should have upped his salt!
My mother almost died last year because she wasn't getting enough salt. I never even knew that was possible, but it is, and the doctors said it was a miracle she hadn't died because her levels were way, way, way below where they should have been. She was in the hospital for one week.
So sad. I have the opposite problem now where I cannot quench my thirst for days after even a little bit of salt added to food. What kind of symptoms did she have if I may ask?
@@underated17 Being unable to quench your thirst is a big sign of diabetes, so you may want to get that checked. My mom's symptoms were dizziness, loss of appetite, anger, mood swings, depression, etc. We finally found out what was wrong with her when she got up in the middle of the night to use the restroom & got so dizzy, she fell against the wall and put a hole in it with her head. She was unconscious and rushed to the hospital. That doctor discovered that the majority of the medications her PCP was prescribing for her were depleting the salt in her body and immediately ordered all of it to be stopped and an IV inserted to start bringing her back. He later told us that usually when someone's salt is that low, they die. He saved her life.
@@donnat2793 Everyone tells me that about diabetes and it is NOT diabetes. I was tested many times for diabetes and nothing shows up. I don't tolerate salt. Dr. Robin Felder talks about salt sensitivity in videos on UA-cam. I just had my blood tested this week and last week I was pricked. I do not have diabetes. My blood work shows lows vitamin D but for now my doctor says it is unrelated.
Some people have the opposite problem of low salt, they just cannot tolerate salt. I have to lose weight especially since I store it in my belly which could imply sodium retention. It may be diabetes insipidus which has nothing to do with diabetes. But I likely do not have diabetes insipidus. I have been referred to an internal medical doctor and hopefully also will see an endocrinologist.
My grandfather use to chip off a chunk of salt from the cattle’s salt block when he did chores. Eating this much salt was horrible for him! It killed him! He died at 98 from prostate cancer. 😂 While I don’t chip off the cattle block I do salt everything I eat. 98 year old works for me!
My wife is a RN. She has been convinced that salt is bad. I was an SF qualified medic in the Army. Salt tabs used to be common practice in order to combat heat injuries! We all know it is nice to drink 2-3 quarts of water a day but when you only have a 1 quart and a 2 quart canteen obviously you will not stay hydrated! Salt will balance the fluids in your body! I could hump an 80# rucksack all day long and drink less than a quart. Used to be a normal blood pressure was 100 plus your age! Now day's that is way to high.What changed? Big Pharma commissioned the studies! As we all know numbers can be manipulated in any way you want the end to be! It also used to be prohibited from Doctors to be invested in pharmaceuticl companies! I think that is where everything went wrong! I know more about real medicine than most doctors do today! In Iraq around 2005 I had a Philippine worker that had a huge lipoma on his back. We had a British trained doc at the time and he wanted to send him out of country to have it removed! I called bullshit because at that time if he left the country he would not be able to return! In short I got him in the exam room and I took it out since to so called doctor was incompetent! I have no use for doctors that have been trained in the last 30 years! They don't know shit other than I need to refer you to a specialist!
Thanks for sharing such useful info. Kindly, may I ask: years ago, normal BP = 100+age (i.e. for me at the age of 62, it was acceptable normal BP=162, is this correct? And the year such formula was still acceptable till? By the way, what did you provide as treatment/remedy to that Philipino worker? Much appreciated for your help. God Bless.
@@nikkion2140 100 plus age was considered normal up until I got out of medicine in 94. I’m not sure when it changed. But I’m comfortable with it coming fro real doctors. The lipoma I took out myself and sent it to the Air Force lab to make sure it was benign.
@@indesdaryl Wholegrains too, but to a slightly lesser extent. The ancient Egyptians atw wholegrain and the preserved mummies are riddled with atherosclerosis.
@@henrytang2203 there's evidence the Egyptians made and used sesame oil, which is 40% Linoleic acid. This omega-6 fat, at least in excess, is implicated in metabolic disturbances, as well as atherosclerotisis. This is likely the primary factor, but the wheat wasn't helping at the very least.
I've been suffering the past few days with a low salt diet, trying to eat food without salt. My chest on the right side and back started hurting so bad and my stomach hurt from hunger and getting leg cramps at night. Finally I broke down and ate a bowl of cereal with milk and the pain went away and my blood pressure was better. So I decided I'm not gonna torture myself anymore. I want to taste my food.
Keep in mind that Dr. Berry eats a pretty natural, unprocessed food diet. Processed foods has a ton of salt. I started eating keto-ish and my blood pressure and blood sugar is coming down.
@@g.t.7362 I think this is 2 different statements. 1) processed food has tons of salt which the dr doesn't eat. 2) following a keto-ish diet was producing results.
I think what original poster is saying is that Dr Berry is not getting grams of salt thru his diet (bc it's not processed foods). So it's important to take into consideration (regarding your daily salt intake) how much of your food intake is processed (because that will affect how much salt you should add).
I love Realsalt! Haha, I wrote that before you said it! Been using it for decades. My grandmother used to stress the importance of salt. She said she knew people that were sick because of restricting sodium. She lived to be 98. Her mother was born in 1850 and died 1958. Of course, they ate well and we're happy .
I've been doing Carnivore diet for 28 days since I found your channel. Military night shift lifestyle is harsh. I was getting fat and felt terrible. I was getting many health issues that were accumulating. I went from 235lbs to 214lbs and my ADD has vanished. My lab results were great. Was able to get off methotrexate for my knee swelling. ( aprox 180 CCs of fluid ) Military doctors were surprised by the results. My A1c is now at 4.6%. I believed I was prediabetic.
We require potassium, magnesium, calcium to balance sodium. An imbalance of salt is what causes issues. Give the body what it needs. It will regulate its own levels and is much smarter any doctor or scientist
@@yanostropicalparadise755 It's only assumed. We require about 1to1 or 1.5to1 amount for potassium to sodium. I doubt everyone is eating 10 cups of greens daily. Animal foods contain smaller amounts of it, some of which gets cooked out into the broth or oil. Studies reported that up to 80% of Americans are magnesium deficient. Electrolytes most people don't pay attention to unfortunately. Thus the keto flu that sometimes never get corrected.
@@JYAN2852 why would you need ten cups of greens? 1.5lb of beef contains over 2 grams of potassium. other meats and sea foods contain varying amounts. as to the amounts you need that's questionable. i not sure we expel potassium and magnesium like we do sodium. when we sweat the majority is sodium not magnesium or potassium. you are not deficient on an animal based diet. plants while touting to have more in some cases the amounts you have to eat to get it is impossible to consume. then the question of bioavailability come in, can we get all of it out of plant foods? i doubt it, but we get almost all of it from meats. the reason people on keto are low in both is that modern day keto pushes low protein and high fat it should be reversed. most on keto do not eat a pound of meats a day let aloe 1,5 pounds of it or more. dr. shawn baker can eat 6lbs of beef every day, he's a big guy, i have trouble with 2lbs.
@@yanostropicalparadise755 The problem is exactly what you stated. Beef is not on the top of the list for many people doing low carb keto or even carnivore for that matter. I switch between keto and carnivore. When I was long term carnivore like many others, Saladino included, developed muscle spasms and cramping. Calcium is on the low end for animal food unless the person is consuming dairy. Magnesium is known to also be on the low end. People do also consume a lot of coffee or tea which act as a diuretic. We not only lose sodiuk via sweat but also other electrolytes. I vouch for keto and carnivorw but I am not dogmatic against supplements and most plants. People eat differently even on carnivore. Many prefer chicken, some prefer pork, some prefer seafood. Most don't do organ meats. Some don't do dairy. Some do mostly beef. It's impossible to get all of the required electrolytes. But for Shawn it may work fine for him. Same for some vegans who never need to supplement B12, iron, zinc. There will be the exceptions but the general rule is to be balanced, at least for electrolytes. A high amount of sodium is totally fine (I intake 2-3g sodium daily) but many people do not account for balancing out the other minerals either thru food or supplements is all.
@@JYAN2852 i agree, i hate dogmas, that said i prefer to mainly eat beef, seafoods, lamb. i love fruit and do eat it. just not every day. i eat cheese, chicken and pork once in a while. i don't eat vegetables or greens salads, i don't like them. i eat mainly meats and fats with protein the focus. i agree their are many out there who are deficient and for those who aren't eating as they should then supplementation is a necessity, vegans are the example.
@@andystuckey2561 is it just something you have to get used to? I have a hard time with black coffee cause I can’t stand the taste so I try to use a bit of almond milk creamer cause that’s about the only way I enjoy it.
@@claudiawang1992 drank coffee all my life. Became a black coffee drinker in my 50s. From 2 to 35 I drank it with condensed milk and sugar then sweet and low and condensed milk😂😂😋. At 50, I knew I needed to change you and now cannot stand anything in it except salt.
I'm so happy I found Niesha & Dr. Barry's videos, and our online community. Kindness, support, and healthy truth prevails here! We're improving our health together. Much love and appreciation to all. Thank you.
Thank you, Dr Berry, for this video in which you have busted the medical myth about salt. Ever since I bought your book - Lies My Doctor Told Me - hot off the press two years ago, I have enjoyed my food, salted to taste. I use Himalayan Black Salt and Tasman Sea Salt. Dr Berry busts this myth in Chapter 13 in his book. The book must sit on your study table or along side your recipe books in the kitchen to be read and informed before you cook or plan a visit to the doctor ☺️
I hate the taste of salt, but you are right. My body definitely tells me and knows how much I need. It's a strange feeling craving something you do not like.
I put salt on my bacon. My husband puts salt on his pickles. McMaster University Medical School in Hamilton Ontario did a study for the Heart & Stroke Association and they determined that we need between 4 and 6 grams (4000 - 6000 mg) of good sodium a day to maintain health. This was a few years ago. Their study is being squashed. I've never bought into the idea that I need to regulate salt, or butter, or eggs, or saturated fats. My mother did. She cut her salt, saturated fat, stopped eating butter (she kept up the eggs tho) and she died of heart disease (and COPD)
@@sharondavis1665 Depends on what type. Consuming iodized salt or any excess iodine if you have hyperthyroidism or Graves disease can make you much worse.
"According to the Institute of Medicine, the tolerable upper intake for chloride is 3.6 grams per day for adults. The tolerable upper limit is the maximum level of daily intake that's known not to cause any adverse effects."
What advice would you give to a person who has stable Angina (diagnosed), but their symptoms get worse after consuming an even moderately salty meal? I've been strict carnivore for the past 2.5 years. I typically eat OMAD, sometimes I'll eat 2MAD if I'm really hungry. I have a TCO in my LAD (compensated for by extensive collaterals) and 70% block in my left circumflex. On normal days, I can reach a moderate level of activity (heart rate around 120 - 130) before I begin to experience chest pain. When I eat salty food (say full salt bacon, pork rinds, or even sausages) I become very thirsty, and for the next 2 days, it takes much less exertion to trigger chest pain. I can even replicate this by salting meat to taste with Redmonds. A variety of lecturers have spoken to the importance of sodium, and how low sodium is linked to higher all cause mortality. So obviously I'm concerned that I can't eat anywhere near the recommendation for sodium. I'd love to hear any thoughts on why my body might not be reacting well to a normal level of sodium intake. Thanks!
I followed my drs advice for years when becoming g pregnant with twins blood pressure went up took me off all salts keep the high blood pressure even after pregnancy. After beginning keto and listening to Dr Berry I have increased my salt intake and blood pressure has decreased amazing!
For the most significant length of time I was languishing "Tingles and Jerks and Spasms" (gracious my!) in the evening, and my primary care physician couldn't really understand. He figured it very well may be fixed with extending before bed (not a chance). I saw magnesium (wasn't that either) and potassium (not accessible as an enhancement in Marshall Islands and I eat heaps of salad in any case. Eventually, I found that the tingles, jerks and spasms all disappeared when I had two cups of boiling water with a half teaspoon of salt (3g) disintegrated in it before bed, which works a treat. You're the primary master I've seen who grasps this.
Make sure your salt has as little microplastics as possible, Redmond real salt is a good one. Technically salt from the north sea is best, but can be pricy. Himalayan salt should theoretically be good, but is often plagued with false sourcing
@@Jewlz4ever I take a little bit every now and then. I take that much because I use coconut oil (higher ketosis needs more salt), I’m otherwise carnivore , and drink coffee. Not everyone needs that much. I measure it on a kitchen scale, put in a small bowl/jar if I need to go out, and take a little bit every now and then.
GREAT STUFF! Two years back I found that a large pinch of salt just before bed will keep the heartburn away.If I forget I have to get up again and take the salt.Doesnt seem to matter how much salt I had that day.I took antacids for 35 years and nearly damaged my esophogas before I learned about the salt.I no longer need antacids.
I salt to taste and everyone around me gives me grief about it! I do take a lot of salt, even pouring it on the side of the plate and dipping my finger in it! I love the taste. Himalayan pink salt or local (ireland) sea salt. Is there such a thing as too much salt? BTW, I've low blood pressure and a slow heart rate.
I eat both those salts. All day every day for 18mths when I first went keto. Then the salt intake slowed down and ended up with all sorts of problems until just recently I upped my salt intake again. Im going to carry on eating it like I use to. I seem to need a lot of salt.
I have been on a no salt diet for many years, yes 20 years ago we were told salt is bad for you. Silly me for listening. For the past 10 years I have had low blood pressure and my GP said it must run in my genes, so of course I thought I was doing the right thing.... Fast forward to 3 months ago I started 5g of salt a day and to my surprise last week I have reached a fantastic Blood pressure of 91/66, so much energy, so much warmer. This is awesome information Doc to know I am on the right track.
Great video! Not sure how it is elsewhere, but here in Finland we have a thing called mineral Salt available. It is a mixture of high quality sodium, about 40 to 50 percent potassium and a little bit magnesium. A great way of getting your electrolytes.
Dr Berry talks about a similar salt in his ketorade (gatorade drink) video Nu-Salt (also called No-Salt/Lite-Salt). In Australia there is a similar one by Diet Rite Lite Salt
I am glad of Dr Berry's reassurance about eating salt to taste, it is what I do and somehow I had always believed that we do know instinctively, just as animals do when they go looking for salt and mineral licks, how much we need. The last bit about dying less often was especially welcome as I had always hope to have to die only the once. I am relieved to know that that dying multiple times is now less likely as long as eat enough salt!!!
It took me a few years of experimenting on myself, to find the right amount of salt. I came up with 10 grams, or 10,000 mg. A day. This amount just feels right. I stopped getting muscle cramps every night, I felt better when eating, I even felt better when fasting (thats not to say I ever felt bad when fasting, in fact I felt great. But I would feel like I wanted to eat something, more of a craving, for salty food, like pork rinds !7;^D) I save the last 3,000 mg of salt for my bedtime. I add it to 0.5 litre bottle of water. Of which I might drink half of before bed, saving the rest for muscle cramp relief, just in case. If you've ever awaken in the wee hours of the morning, with a leg cramp from hell, drinking some salt water is a near instant cure. About 30 seconds and its gone. I dont know how many times I've spent, trying to get it stretched out, standing up against a wall slowly backing up, and leaning into it, palms against, to get that calf muscle stretched... Uhg, it would take 15 minutes of stretching. Im agony the entire time. If only I knew about salt at that time. It really works. Keto Vitae!
I used to limit my salt to where I got diarrhea from it. Started adding salt and its sooooo much easier to eat right and feel good. On carnivore i actually have a hard time eating enough salt and I really have to go out of my way to add a bit more than I want to but I've proven I need way more than the usda rda
Read a book called “The Salt Fix” by James DiNicolantonio. The only thing I don’t agree with in that book are his beliefs about evolution. Everything else is on point.
It amazes me that atheists call God a magic man...but they believe that magically, from nothing, something happened to create something that somehow magically morphed into billions of different things. Sad
Takes more faith to believe everything came from nothing. Even many unbelieving scientists now recognize some sort of "creator" because of the complexities of dna.
I can say this. My whole life I’ve been told not to eat salt and I figured I got pretty much enough in process food when I was eating garbage for 50 years that I almost never used it unless I was cooking meat or recipe called for it or some thing was just really really bland and even then I used a very small amount. I’ve had high blood pressure for several years I’ve been on lisinopril but I’m in The middle of my fourth week I’m doing a clean keto diet. I started about a month before that and got kind of sick so I quit and started sending your videos and others and learning what I need to do and then restarted 3 1/2 weeks ago doing a very clean keto diet, or as clean as I can afford. I’m adding the keto chow electrolyte drops, I put five caps of that in a gallon jug of water with lemon cut up in there and a very diluted green tea, I use four teabags for the whole gallon, And I’ve been using probably about half a teaspoon or a little more which I think is about 3 1/2 to 4 g per day. 3 1/2 weeks my blood pressure has dropped significantly to the point where I’m checking it daily but at 53 years old and well over 100 pounds overweight my blood pressure right now with the lisinopril is usually below 120/80, I would say an average is probably about 114/72 when I’m relaxed, I’m moving and driving back-and-forth between Tennessee and Kentucky and I’ve been incredibly stressed for the last two weeks but my blood pressure even when I’m stressed out rarely gets close to 140 anymore. The lisinopril dropped it about 10-12 points and I was eating very very little salt, probably no more than 1.5 gram a day. So even more than doubling my salt intake my blood pressure is still dropping quickly my hydration is way better, they just kept telling me to drink more water and I was up to a gallon a day or more and was still dehydrated. That gave the obvious keto tape problems but adding the electrolyte drops and studying soluble versus non-soluble fibers and eating less kale and spinach and more brussels sprouts and broccoli and cheese seeds that’s all fine now. Lol. But with more than doubling my salt intake my blood pressure is still dropping and I’m sure a lot of it is dietary changes as well but the salts not hurting my blood pressure anyway. I will be getting a new doctor I guess since I’m moving to Paducah Kentucky on Friday, And if my blood pressure keeps dropping and normalizes under the 120/80 which it is most of the time now, I’ll ask the doctor if I can get off of the lisinopril come out that way I won’t be taking any prescriptions and at that point the only thing I’ll be taking would be Aleve which I take for osteoarthritis to control inflammation. I don’t like taking meds and for years I’ve had problem with doctors who just want to push prescriptions on me but don’t really help which is kind of what I’ve decided to do this diet, not specifically keto but after I got sick Tranquilo the first time I started studying why I was doing it wrong and I’m just aiming at this point and eating perfectly and just getting out of the habit of eating for pleasure for two or three months to get control of all of this and try to just start eating healthy and hopefully lose a lot of weight the healthy way and be off of any kind of medication. Don’t get me wrong I don’t hate Drs but I have a whole Lotta problems with the medical education establishment and the so-called authorities which are these associations and government agencies not just in the US but all of western society and how they pick which data to use as the regulation guidelines and dietary suggestions. Salt is one of the things that doesn’t make sense and I’m finding there are many things that don’t make sense as I look at the studies and listen to a lot of doctors.
Thanks for all you do Dr Berry ! I wish there was a way to translate your videos to Spanish or that subtitles in other languages including Spanish were available. I really like to share your knowledge to my family members in Mexico. They have changed some eating habits since I started sharing the information I’m learning after watching your channel. Thanks for all you do !!
I reduced my salt then I felt tired for a couple days and I don't know if they are related. I have food allergies and I'm trying different things to tolerate food better. My blood pressure went down when I started eating a low histamine diet and I went off all my BP meds. I also read something about high salt intake and cholesterol. I do a lot of research because of my health. I learned at the age of 60 that I feel less hypoglycemic when I eat a low carb and low histamine diet. I read that histamines affect cytokines and cytokines affect blood sugar. I don't understand why no doctor in 45 years told me that.
@@thevomit5851 Hello ! Are you sure about that ? I don't doubt that salt retains water, but we aren't talking about hundreds of grams of salt like in the case of carbs/glycogen. Even if salt retained ten times its weight in water, unless you're eating dozens or hundreds of grams a day, you wouldn't be storing excess water I guess. What do you think ?
One of my grandmothers would salt food so much you would have to force yourself to eat it. Of course this was back in the days when the cook seasoned all the food, and not the diner. She lived to be 96. However, she was extremely fastidious. I never cared much for salt, until I had sea salt. Now I’m hooked.
More the better, my great aunt used a lot of salt, more in later life for taste, she was 109 years old, meat regularly and lots of salt. Including veggies and fruit.
I have increased much salt intake cramp are no longer an issue. The more I listen and follow some of these Doctors on line the more I realize I have been lied to for years. My current doctor is amazed how much weight I've lost eating fatty foods. Thank you for all I've learned watching your videos 😀
I have been on hydrochlorothiazide for years because of edema. I had very dry skin and also took 40mg of potassium just to hit the very bottom of range. A week ago I was told my labs are great so I decided to stop the diuretic and potassium. It has been a week and I have gained 6lbs. Do you think I will go back to losing soon? I am Carnivore after a long time keto. I was doing so well.
I made the mistake of not salting my foods after I went carnivore and it really affected my health. I have high BP because of not getting enough sodium in my current diet. After seeing a previous video from Dr Berry on HBP and salt I decided to add a teaspoon of salt to my half gal jug of water per day and now my BP is well in the normal range and Im feeling a lot better.
If you're my father, he says "don't add the salt shaker to anything". I always ask him for evidence for his claim but he just appeals to his doctor saying so or some "authority"
Great video.. thank you for all the work you put into guiding so many of us humans to the proper human eating plan .. I have a question please .. after 3 years of carnivore of eggs and beef and pink Himalayan salt.. I experienced headaches for the last 3days .. what could have caused this .. thanking you in anticipation..
Years ago I actually ran into a doc (by luck) that was honest enough to tell me I was ingesting far too little salt once he looked at my symptoms & lab work. He was right. You are right as well Dr Ken.
There's also the need for salt in vegetable cooking water that balances the osmotic pressure from within the cell. If osmotic pressure is not balanced the cells within the vegetable will absorb water across the semi permiable membrame of their cell walls. The consequence of this is that the cells will inflate beyond their elastic limit and rupture, spilling their contents, in other words all the goodness, into the cooking water. What you are left with is a bland tasteless mush consisting only of the cell walls with no goodness left in it.
I know this is true intuitively. In the evening I crave a good deal of salt and nutritional yeast together with my supper. It's delicious. When I'm done my meal my body feels like it's humming and relaxed. I think you're correct saying salt to taste because I know exactly what I need.
I love a man who stands up to "the powers that be". They definitely don't have our best interests at heart, especially when they push deadly foods such as margarine and highly polyunsaturated oils which cause free radical damage. The incidence of heart attacks, strokes and cancer have sky rocketed since margarine was introduced as a healthy alternative to butter and animal fats
I had to watch this because I added salt to my water this morning. I also have an electrolyte while I’m working out. I got Ultima because it is cheaper than Redmans or LMNT was hoping just to put some salt in it. Then I was worried I would be having too much salt adding salt to my water this morning. Love Dr. Barry’s videos
Dr. Ken Berry, I use Redmans sea salt. 2 tablespoons or more every day!! Carnivore for 3 years!! I feel great after losing 102 lbs. I put salt in & on everything!!😁
... and die less often ... lmao!! I'm sure you meant as in all of us, but the wording makes it sound like we have multiple lives. Gave me a good laugh. lol
How does sweating affect your daily salt intake? My job is physically demanding and I can sweat profusely. Wondering if on extra sweaty days if I should take more salt.
I have a beef related question, I have access to free steak at my work, it is grain finished. Should I continue to eat the free meat or buy grass finished at the store?
I’ve heard him say many times to just eat the best quality you can afford. If you can only afford the Walmart beef, he says that’s just fine. He has said that you don’t have to worry as much with cows, goats, sheep (ruminant animals) because they have multiple stomachs which filter out any of the bad stuff.
Depends on your financial position. That’s a pretty dang good deal. May not seem like a big deal but if you eat it a few times a week that could be as much as a couple grand per year. I personally eat grain/corn fed steaks, grass fed ground beef, and eat wild Caught seafood, humanely raised and fed pork from butcher box
Hi Dr. Berry, a question that I have, and that I've noticed other people asking is how salt intake changes (or if it does change) if your kidney is beginning to function at a lower level, or if you potentially have CKD?
I always love your informed approach on diet and weight loss! Is there any quality data on healthy weight gain for us on the other end of the spectrum?
Two years ago my doctor recommended I start eating less salt to proactively avoid the chances of developing high blood pressure. I thought that was an odd statement because the nurse had just taken my blood pressure and it was 122/80 which I am told is excellent for a 66-year-old man. However, I dutifully followed his advice and cut way back on my salt intake, only to find that my feet and calves were cramping up at night. At first I thought it was because I had just worked too hard that day, but when it kept happening night after night I knew something was wrong. The next night - when a cramp woke me up - I decided to try an experiment and sucked on a 1/4 teaspoon of salt until it was completely dissolved. To my amazement, 7 minutes the later the cramp was gone. Since then, I salt my food to taste, and I rarely have any cramps. I determined that my electrolytes were out of balance because I didn't have enough salt in my diet. Thanks Dr,. Berry for this enlightening view of how much salt the human body really needs!
I think it's diet dependent. When I ate carbs low salt my legs were always huge retaining fluid. Now on carnivore I eat tons of salt lots of water and have no swelling.
Hey Dr Berry😊thanks for all the informative info you give as well as some other Dr's on UA-cam who give keto/health info👍. Have you or Neisha read the latest Woman's World magazine (Sept 20, 2021) pages 22-24 about Keto right for blood type? Dr. D'Adamo is right on point and I'm saying this as a diabetic who's tried many things to lose weight even exercise/low carb was frustrating for me...as a blood type AB I changed some things on keto and referred back to eat right for blood type then I saw this article today and was happy so I'm on the right track as far as health and more weight loss😳
I am unable to tolerate any added salt in foods. I am a 31 year old female. I have to avoid added salt for now. I will focus on losing some weight, that I store in my belly, getting active and changing my diet.
According to Dr Barbara O'Neill the best salt is "CELTIC SALT" She says during the day just put some crystals on your tongue and let it dissolve. It tends to be more expensive and 'damper'. Probably needs to have some rice in the shaker or a cracker to keep it dryer.
I'm a weightlifter and we've known for years that higher salt intake increases blood flow and vascularity and helps us train better. I eat a lot of fried chicken as a result. It's like a super food for us.
I had my first doctor's appointment today since starting a keto diet and had the lowest blood pressure in probably 20 yrs. On eggs, bacon, cheese, beef, butter and salt. I'm so grateful to folks like you who are, rightly, tearing down all the dangerous lies we've been told.
Eating the absolute best! I'm also saving money on Keto.
I’m still laughing at the “expert” goons that had iodine put into the salt then told everyone that salt needs to be restricted. Haha! Outrageous idiots running these agencies! Who listens anymore???
@@PacoCapitola USA- the country that allows poison chemicals in our foods and says it’s ok when other countries ban these items! Welcome to America! Where anyone can “earn” breast cancer, colon cancer and autism for free! And apparently non-Hodgkin lymphoma too!
Iodine actually is important to human physiology. When people began moving inland away from oceans and couldn't get fresh seafood they began to develop goiters. This is when the thyroid swells to a large size to try and grab whatever iodine you manage to consume. This was a huge problem in the Midwest. Adding iodine to salt was an easy way to fix the problem. Today it's easier to get seafood anywhere in the country and many more foods are fortified with iodine.
@@jakryk not disagreeing with a need for iodine, but I wonder if some context is missing. Humans likely didn't evolve near oceans / eating seafood to begin with, and certainly many populations of hominids survived just fine without seafood in their diet
@@olegstacie Interesting point. Is there evidence that our longevity / brain size explosion coincided with more seafood / iodine / DHA etc. in the diet? Genuinely curious, as I've consistently been exposed to the expensive tissue hypothesis, where brain size was able to develop as gut size diminished due to the general move to high nutrient density animal foods.
I put 3/4 good pinches of Himalayan salt, 3/4 drops of Iodine in 16oz of water daily
"Your body is smarter than the American Heart Association ". I love that. God's made us to survive and sustain. If we just listen to our bodies all would be well
Do not trust the American Heart Association. Sugar companies paid to have Ansel Keys put on their board to push his yet to be proven lipid hypothesis. The Canadian Heart Association is controlled by lamp oil.
Yes, your body will let you know when you've had enough salt. That's why you should only go by taste.
Agree. I burst out laughing at the point.
*looks at obese people* not really. Remember we didn't evolve for the modern world. Salt and sugar was not nearly as accessible nor were fats, and humans were not so sedentary. It is very easy to overdose on salt and sugar as it is so commonly available in many products.
Yeah my brain telling me to eat waffles and ice cream at 1am
I take salt on the tongue when having a headache. It makes all the difference!
I get headaches and drink my electrolytes. Sure enough. That cures it.
I also sometimes start to get a headache later in the day, before I've eaten anything, if I don't get enough salt in the morning. I have a cup of bouillon (1400 mg of sodium) every morning, and that solves the problem.
Yep. Did that today.
Thanks for that reminder! I've been having more visual migraines recently, a histamine reaction I think. Oddly, humming low and long notes helped the migraine quickly subside. My hypothesis on why it might work is that the vibration of the humming may stimulate the vagus nerve thus activating the para-sympathetic system to calm things. Humming. I tried it again today and it helped. But next time, I hope I remember the salt!
Thanks! I have to try that
At one time salt was more valuable than gold and people were paid in salt.
"Salary"
Hmmm.....
Salt was more expensive than gold. Salt protects meats from bacteria, cured meats, that was before the invention of refrigeration. Having salt meant you could survive winter with food.
@@wgjung1 And the fact you die within days without salt.
@Cyril I did not know that. Fantastic!
Very good!
@@555Trout you die within days without sodium. Not salt.
I always take the AHAs recommendations with a grain of salt.
Good one! 😁
"...and die less often" lol
😂 Love that
Ba dum tss
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Just remember in 15 Nov 2017 - American Heart Association President John Warner suffered a heart attack during the organization's annual conference in Southern California. He should have upped his salt!
Now your just rubbing salt into the wound...
@@BareFootDuck Lol. That's funny😃😃😃
Well said Steve🤣🤣🤣🤣
My mother almost died last year because she wasn't getting enough salt. I never even knew that was possible, but it is, and the doctors said it was a miracle she hadn't died because her levels were way, way, way below where they should have been. She was in the hospital for one week.
So sad. I have the opposite problem now where I cannot quench my thirst for days after even a little bit of salt added to food. What kind of symptoms did she have if I may ask?
@@underated17 Being unable to quench your thirst is a big sign of diabetes, so you may want to get that checked. My mom's symptoms were dizziness, loss of appetite, anger, mood swings, depression, etc. We finally found out what was wrong with her when she got up in the middle of the night to use the restroom & got so dizzy, she fell against the wall and put a hole in it with her head. She was unconscious and rushed to the hospital. That doctor discovered that the majority of the medications her PCP was prescribing for her were depleting the salt in her body and immediately ordered all of it to be stopped and an IV inserted to start bringing her back. He later told us that usually when someone's salt is that low, they die. He saved her life.
@@donnat2793 Everyone tells me that about diabetes and it is NOT diabetes. I was tested many times for diabetes and nothing shows up. I don't tolerate salt. Dr. Robin Felder talks about salt sensitivity in videos on UA-cam. I just had my blood tested this week and last week I was pricked. I do not have diabetes. My blood work shows lows vitamin D but for now my doctor says it is unrelated.
Some people have the opposite problem of low salt, they just cannot tolerate salt. I have to lose weight especially since I store it in my belly which could imply sodium retention. It may be diabetes insipidus which has nothing to do with diabetes. But I likely do not have diabetes insipidus. I have been referred to an internal medical doctor and hopefully also will see an endocrinologist.
Lord Have Mercy 🥺 🙏 😫 😩 😪 😭 🥺 🙏 😫
My grandfather use to chip off a chunk of salt from the cattle’s salt block when he did chores. Eating this much salt was horrible for him! It killed him! He died at 98 from prostate cancer. 😂 While I don’t chip off the cattle block I do salt everything I eat. 98 year old works for me!
My wife is a RN. She has been convinced that salt is bad. I was an SF qualified medic in the Army. Salt tabs used to be common practice in order to combat heat injuries! We all know it is nice to drink 2-3 quarts of water a day but when you only have a 1 quart and a 2 quart canteen obviously you will not stay hydrated! Salt will balance the fluids in your body! I could hump an 80# rucksack all day long and drink less than a quart. Used to be a normal blood pressure was 100 plus your age! Now day's that is way to high.What changed? Big Pharma commissioned the studies! As we all know numbers can be manipulated in any way you want the end to be!
It also used to be prohibited from Doctors to be invested in pharmaceuticl companies! I think that is where everything went wrong!
I know more about real medicine than most doctors do today!
In Iraq around 2005 I had a Philippine worker that had a huge lipoma on his back. We had a British trained doc at the time and he wanted to send him out of country to have it removed! I called bullshit because at that time if he left the country he would not be able to return! In short I got him in the exam room and I took it out since to so called doctor was incompetent!
I have no use for doctors that have been trained in the last 30 years! They don't know shit other than I need to refer you to a specialist!
Thanks for sharing such useful info. Kindly, may I ask: years ago, normal BP = 100+age (i.e. for me at the age of 62, it was acceptable normal BP=162, is this correct? And the year such formula was still acceptable till?
By the way, what did you provide as treatment/remedy to that Philipino worker?
Much appreciated for your help. God Bless.
Heck. In my experience, they won't even send you to a specialist unless you insist on seeing one.
I appreciate your service AND your shared life experience Jim!
@@nikkion2140 100 plus age was considered normal up until I got out of medicine in 94. I’m not sure when it changed. But I’m comfortable with it coming fro real doctors.
The lipoma I took out myself and sent it to the Air Force lab to make sure it was benign.
@@jimbrock8310 good information right here. Love this stuff. F the narratives
My BP was high until I increased my sodium intake. Now its well in the healthy "normal" range.
Me too!
My cholesterol came back 20 points too high and the doctor wanted me to take statins. I absolutely refused.
I am now off them too
Statins give you neuropathy.
@@RogueCylon brain is made partly of cholesterol, statins eat your brains out, dimentia.
Mine came back 1 point higher than normal and the dr wanted me to take statins….. I refused
'Lies My Doctor Told Me'
Salt doesn't cause high blood pressure, sugar and grains do because they make you fat.
Refined grains not whole grains.
@@indesdaryl Wholegrains too, but to a slightly lesser extent. The ancient Egyptians atw wholegrain and the preserved mummies are riddled with atherosclerosis.
what about skinny people that have high bp
And lamp oil.
@@henrytang2203 there's evidence the Egyptians made and used sesame oil, which is 40% Linoleic acid. This omega-6 fat, at least in excess, is implicated in metabolic disturbances, as well as atherosclerotisis.
This is likely the primary factor, but the wheat wasn't helping at the very least.
I just love it when we have a family meal and everyone freaks when I add the salt to my foods.
and your Mom is like " you'll get a heart attack"...
I've been suffering the past few days with a low salt diet, trying to eat food without salt. My chest on the right side and back started hurting so bad and my stomach hurt from hunger and getting leg cramps at night. Finally I broke down and ate a bowl of cereal with milk and the pain went away and my blood pressure was better. So I decided I'm not gonna torture myself anymore. I want to taste my food.
It’s not just sodium. Good salt has lots more essential minerals that are now not in your regular supermarket groceries.
Keep in mind that Dr. Berry eats a pretty natural, unprocessed food diet. Processed foods has a ton of salt. I started eating keto-ish and my blood pressure and blood sugar is coming down.
That’s because of carbs and sugar, not salt
@@g.t.7362 I think this is 2 different statements.
1) processed food has tons of salt which the dr doesn't eat.
2) following a keto-ish diet was producing results.
Processed food contains bad salt... not sea salt or himalayan salt which is good.
I think what original poster is saying is that Dr Berry is not getting grams of salt thru his diet (bc it's not processed foods). So it's important to take into consideration (regarding your daily salt intake) how much of your food intake is processed (because that will affect how much salt you should add).
I love Realsalt! Haha, I wrote that before you said it! Been using it for decades. My grandmother used to stress the importance of salt. She said she knew people that were sick because of restricting sodium.
She lived to be 98. Her mother was born in 1850 and died 1958. Of course, they ate well and we're happy .
Your life will be much better if you turn off the News & ignore your main stream Dietitians :)
...works for me !
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I've been doing Carnivore diet for 28 days since I found your channel. Military night shift lifestyle is harsh. I was getting fat and felt terrible. I was getting many health issues that were accumulating. I went from 235lbs to 214lbs and my ADD has vanished. My lab results were great. Was able to get off methotrexate for my knee swelling. ( aprox 180 CCs of fluid ) Military doctors were surprised by the results. My A1c is now at 4.6%. I believed I was prediabetic.
Scott, thank you for your service. And get off night shift asap. It’s not natural for most people.
Thank you for your service. You deserve better than that military starvation diet. It's the same as they feed to inmates in prison.
We require potassium, magnesium, calcium to balance sodium. An imbalance of salt is what causes issues. Give the body what it needs. It will regulate its own levels and is much smarter any doctor or scientist
yes but you get those in the food, you don't need to add it, the amounts of those that you nee is much lower.
@@yanostropicalparadise755 It's only assumed. We require about 1to1 or 1.5to1 amount for potassium to sodium. I doubt everyone is eating 10 cups of greens daily. Animal foods contain smaller amounts of it, some of which gets cooked out into the broth or oil. Studies reported that up to 80% of Americans are magnesium deficient. Electrolytes most people don't pay attention to unfortunately. Thus the keto flu that sometimes never get corrected.
@@JYAN2852 why would you need ten cups of greens? 1.5lb of beef contains over 2 grams of potassium. other meats and sea foods contain varying amounts. as to the amounts you need that's questionable. i not sure we expel potassium and magnesium like we do sodium. when we sweat the majority is sodium not magnesium or potassium. you are not deficient on an animal based diet. plants while touting to have more in some cases the amounts you have to eat to get it is impossible to consume. then the question of bioavailability come in, can we get all of it out of plant foods? i doubt it, but we get almost all of it from meats. the reason people on keto are low in both is that modern day keto pushes low protein and high fat it should be reversed. most on keto do not eat a pound of meats a day let aloe 1,5 pounds of it or more. dr. shawn baker can eat 6lbs of beef every day, he's a big guy, i have trouble with 2lbs.
@@yanostropicalparadise755 The problem is exactly what you stated. Beef is not on the top of the list for many people doing low carb keto or even carnivore for that matter. I switch between keto and carnivore. When I was long term carnivore like many others, Saladino included, developed muscle spasms and cramping. Calcium is on the low end for animal food unless the person is consuming dairy. Magnesium is known to also be on the low end. People do also consume a lot of coffee or tea which act as a diuretic. We not only lose sodiuk via sweat but also other electrolytes. I vouch for keto and carnivorw but I am not dogmatic against supplements and most plants. People eat differently even on carnivore. Many prefer chicken, some prefer pork, some prefer seafood. Most don't do organ meats. Some don't do dairy. Some do mostly beef. It's impossible to get all of the required electrolytes. But for Shawn it may work fine for him. Same for some vegans who never need to supplement B12, iron, zinc. There will be the exceptions but the general rule is to be balanced, at least for electrolytes. A high amount of sodium is totally fine (I intake 2-3g sodium daily) but many people do not account for balancing out the other minerals either thru food or supplements is all.
@@JYAN2852 i agree, i hate dogmas, that said i prefer to mainly eat beef, seafoods, lamb. i love fruit and do eat it. just not every day. i eat cheese, chicken and pork once in a while. i don't eat vegetables or greens salads, i don't like them. i eat mainly meats and fats with protein the focus. i agree their are many out there who are deficient and for those who aren't eating as they should then supplementation is a necessity, vegans are the example.
Salt in every cup of coffee!
Sadly I can’t stand salt in coffee lol but I’ll gladly take it in everything else lol
I know it sounds weird, but I actually prefer it that way now.
@@andystuckey2561 is it just something you have to get used to? I have a hard time with black coffee cause I can’t stand the taste so I try to use a bit of almond milk creamer cause that’s about the only way I enjoy it.
@@claudiawang1992 drank coffee all my life. Became a black coffee drinker in my 50s. From 2 to 35 I drank it with condensed milk and sugar then sweet and low and condensed milk😂😂😋. At 50, I knew I needed to change you and now cannot stand anything in it except salt.
@@andystuckey2561 so it’s probably just a matter of me drinking it consistently and adapting it as a new taste preference. 😅
I'm so happy I found Niesha & Dr. Barry's videos, and our online community. Kindness, support, and healthy truth prevails here! We're improving our health together. Much love and appreciation to all. Thank you.
Thank you, Dr Berry, for this video in which you have busted the medical myth about salt. Ever since I bought your book - Lies My Doctor Told Me - hot off the press two years ago, I have enjoyed my food, salted to taste. I use Himalayan Black Salt and Tasman Sea Salt. Dr Berry busts this myth in Chapter 13 in his book. The book must sit on your study table or along side your recipe books in the kitchen to be read and informed before you cook or plan a visit to the doctor ☺️
I hate the taste of salt, but you are right. My body definitely tells me and knows how much I need. It's a strange feeling craving something you do not like.
I put salt on my bacon. My husband puts salt on his pickles. McMaster University Medical School in Hamilton Ontario did a study for the Heart & Stroke Association and they determined that we need between 4 and 6 grams (4000 - 6000 mg) of good sodium a day to maintain health. This was a few years ago. Their study is being squashed.
I've never bought into the idea that I need to regulate salt, or butter, or eggs, or saturated fats. My mother did. She cut her salt, saturated fat, stopped eating butter (she kept up the eggs tho) and she died of heart disease (and COPD)
Remember, sodium is not salt!
Salt = sodium + chloride
1 tsp of salt (6g) = 2.3g sodium.
With thyroid disease you have to eat salt
@@sharondavis1665 Depends on what type. Consuming iodized salt or any excess iodine if you have hyperthyroidism or Graves disease can make you much worse.
So humans need the chloride part too?
Chloride is used by our stomach cells to produce hydrochloric acid, a key factor for a healthy digestion.
"According to the Institute of Medicine, the tolerable upper intake for chloride is 3.6 grams per day for adults. The tolerable upper limit is the maximum level of daily intake that's known not to cause any adverse effects."
What advice would you give to a person who has stable Angina (diagnosed), but their symptoms get worse after consuming an even moderately salty meal?
I've been strict carnivore for the past 2.5 years. I typically eat OMAD, sometimes I'll eat 2MAD if I'm really hungry. I have a TCO in my LAD (compensated for by extensive collaterals) and 70% block in my left circumflex. On normal days, I can reach a moderate level of activity (heart rate around 120 - 130) before I begin to experience chest pain. When I eat salty food (say full salt bacon, pork rinds, or even sausages) I become very thirsty, and for the next 2 days, it takes much less exertion to trigger chest pain. I can even replicate this by salting meat to taste with Redmonds.
A variety of lecturers have spoken to the importance of sodium, and how low sodium is linked to higher all cause mortality. So obviously I'm concerned that I can't eat anywhere near the recommendation for sodium. I'd love to hear any thoughts on why my body might not be reacting well to a normal level of sodium intake.
Thanks!
I followed my drs advice for years when becoming g pregnant with twins blood pressure went up took me off all salts keep the high blood pressure even after pregnancy. After beginning keto and listening to Dr Berry I have increased my salt intake and blood pressure has decreased amazing!
Gotta watch it when you become "g pregnant".
Someone, please help me understand why our leaders are misleading us; and why are we not talking about it.
Follow the money. Many of us are talking about it.
@@Jack-hy1zq ,🎯🎯🎯🎯
Good info and well explained Dr Berry
Gotta say that you're looking very young and healthy sir
For the most significant length of time I was languishing "Tingles and Jerks and Spasms" (gracious my!) in the evening, and my primary care physician couldn't really understand. He figured it very well may be fixed with extending before bed (not a chance). I saw magnesium (wasn't that either) and potassium (not accessible as an enhancement in Marshall Islands and I eat heaps of salad in any case. Eventually, I found that the tingles, jerks and spasms all disappeared when I had two cups of boiling water with a half teaspoon of salt (3g) disintegrated in it before bed, which works a treat. You're the primary master I've seen who grasps this.
Make sure your salt has as little microplastics as possible, Redmond real salt is a good one. Technically salt from the north sea is best, but can be pricy.
Himalayan salt should theoretically be good, but is often plagued with false sourcing
celtic salt!
Dr Berry, what should people suffering from liver disease do? First thing the doctor mentions is to cut salt to reduce fluid retention in the body.
currently taking anywhere between 15 to 25 grams of salt per day, really helps optimise so much!
I agree!
15-25g of salt or sodium?
@@Jewlz4ever salt, I am using local Mesologgi sea salt in coarse crystals throughout the day.
@@eugeniakoumaki3669, so basically you take 1 - 1.5 Tbs of salt a day? How do you possibly get that much in? I find it hard getting 2 tsp in everyday.
@@Jewlz4ever I take a little bit every now and then. I take that much because I use coconut oil (higher ketosis needs more salt), I’m otherwise carnivore , and drink coffee. Not everyone needs that much. I measure it on a kitchen scale, put in a small bowl/jar if I need to go out, and take a little bit every now and then.
GREAT STUFF! Two years back I found that a large pinch of salt just before bed will keep the heartburn away.If I forget I have to get up again and take the salt.Doesnt seem to matter how much salt I had that day.I took antacids for 35 years and nearly damaged my esophogas before I learned about the salt.I no longer need antacids.
Thanks for this,my dr told me to not use salt since i have high blood pressure and im overweight, but im doing keto now and i will follow this.
How to use WHO, and AHA, guidelines: print them out, keep them in your bathroom in case you run out of toilet paper.
Be sure to print them on absorbent paper!
Hahahaha😂😂😂
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I use them as catbox liner cause they’re too scratchy on my tender backside.
I salt to taste and everyone around me gives me grief about it! I do take a lot of salt, even pouring it on the side of the plate and dipping my finger in it! I love the taste. Himalayan pink salt or local (ireland) sea salt. Is there such a thing as too much salt? BTW, I've low blood pressure and a slow heart rate.
I eat my meat by pouring salt on the side of the plate and dipping each bite in the salt. 💜🤣
I eat both those salts.
All day every day for 18mths when I first went keto. Then the salt intake slowed down and ended up with all sorts of problems until just recently I upped my salt intake again. Im going to carry on eating it like I use to. I seem to need a lot of salt.
Doctors often advises people with heart failure to completely remove or severely limit the intake of salt. Is adding salt to taste ok for them ?
Love the line- You’re going to die less often. Dr. Berry, you are the best.
Is there PLASTIC in Your Salt?? Watch: ua-cam.com/video/IM-wVnUFEFo/v-deo.html
Very helpful as always, Doc. Salt & electrolytes are so important when eating the phd!
I can always appreciate the simple language in which you state matters :)
I'm going to "die less-often"? Sounds good to me!😁
I have been on a no salt diet for many years, yes 20 years ago we were told salt is bad for you. Silly me for listening. For the past 10 years I have had low blood pressure and my GP said it must run in my genes, so of course I thought I was doing the right thing.... Fast forward to 3 months ago I started 5g of salt a day and to my surprise last week I have reached a fantastic Blood pressure of 91/66, so much energy, so much warmer. This is awesome information Doc to know I am on the right track.
Great video! Not sure how it is elsewhere, but here in Finland we have a thing called mineral Salt available. It is a mixture of high quality sodium, about 40 to 50 percent potassium and a little bit magnesium. A great way of getting your electrolytes.
Dr Berry talks about a similar salt in his ketorade (gatorade drink) video Nu-Salt (also called No-Salt/Lite-Salt). In Australia there is a similar one by Diet Rite Lite Salt
My understanding is that the sweet spot is 5.5 grams of sodium and the right rise of the graph is less than half the left rise.
5.5g is my sweet spot as well.
I am glad of Dr Berry's reassurance about eating salt to taste, it is what I do and somehow I had always believed that we do know instinctively, just as animals do when they go looking for salt and mineral licks, how much we need.
The last bit about dying less often was especially welcome as I had always hope to have to die only the once. I am relieved to know that that dying multiple times is now less likely as long as eat enough salt!!!
Dollar Tree has 1- and occasionally 2-pound packets of pink Himalayan salt from the big mine in Pakistan. $1 each. Probably okay.
I buy Celtic seasalt as well, just incase🤣😂 I will never give up salt.😁👍🦘
@@ShipCreek I like sea salt but worry about microplastics…
I retain water.
Super swelling.
I do moderate BC it can add up throughout the day.
I'm guessing you aren't getting any Christmas cards from the AHA in a while?
It took me a few years of experimenting on myself, to find the right amount of salt. I came up with 10 grams, or 10,000 mg. A day. This amount just feels right. I stopped getting muscle cramps every night, I felt better when eating, I even felt better when fasting (thats not to say I ever felt bad when fasting, in fact I felt great. But I would feel like I wanted to eat something, more of a craving, for salty food, like pork rinds !7;^D)
I save the last 3,000 mg of salt for my bedtime. I add it to 0.5 litre bottle of water. Of which I might drink half of before bed, saving the rest for muscle cramp relief, just in case. If you've ever awaken in the wee hours of the morning, with a leg cramp from hell, drinking some salt water is a near instant cure. About 30 seconds and its gone. I dont know how many times I've spent, trying to get it stretched out, standing up against a wall slowly backing up, and leaning into it, palms against, to get that calf muscle stretched... Uhg, it would take 15 minutes of stretching. Im agony the entire time. If only I knew about salt at that time.
It really works.
Keto Vitae!
Glad you found what works for you! How much is 10 grams a day of salt in teaspoons??
@@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 It's probably about 2 teaspoons, but get a scale out and test my theory
@@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 4-5 teaspoons
I bet the type of salt you use is important. Sea salt, Celtic sea salt or Baja salt I heard are good.
That sounds a lot to me 🤯 but I just had a teaspoon because of heart pounding and insomnia
I used to limit my salt to where I got diarrhea from it. Started adding salt and its sooooo much easier to eat right and feel good.
On carnivore i actually have a hard time eating enough salt and I really have to go out of my way to add a bit more than I want to but I've proven I need way more than the usda rda
Read a book called “The Salt Fix” by James DiNicolantonio. The only thing I don’t agree with in that book are his beliefs about evolution. Everything else is on point.
LOL "... his beliefs about evolution". Let me guess you "believe" the universe was created by a magic man in the sky in 7 days?? 🤣
@@javarithms If by “magic man in the sky” you mean the omnipresent God Jesus Christ, then yes.
It amazes me that atheists call God a magic man...but they believe that magically, from nothing, something happened to create something that somehow magically morphed into billions of different things. Sad
Takes more faith to believe everything came from nothing. Even many unbelieving scientists now recognize some sort of "creator" because of the complexities of dna.
@@eldenl1 true😁
I can say this. My whole life I’ve been told not to eat salt and I figured I got pretty much enough in process food when I was eating garbage for 50 years that I almost never used it unless I was cooking meat or recipe called for it or some thing was just really really bland and even then I used a very small amount. I’ve had high blood pressure for several years I’ve been on lisinopril but I’m in The middle of my fourth week I’m doing a clean keto diet. I started about a month before that and got kind of sick so I quit and started sending your videos and others and learning what I need to do and then restarted 3 1/2 weeks ago doing a very clean keto diet, or as clean as I can afford. I’m adding the keto chow electrolyte drops, I put five caps of that in a gallon jug of water with lemon cut up in there and a very diluted green tea, I use four teabags for the whole gallon, And I’ve been using probably about half a teaspoon or a little more which I think is about 3 1/2 to 4 g per day. 3 1/2 weeks my blood pressure has dropped significantly to the point where I’m checking it daily but at 53 years old and well over 100 pounds overweight my blood pressure right now with the lisinopril is usually below 120/80, I would say an average is probably about 114/72 when I’m relaxed, I’m moving and driving back-and-forth between Tennessee and Kentucky and I’ve been incredibly stressed for the last two weeks but my blood pressure even when I’m stressed out rarely gets close to 140 anymore. The lisinopril dropped it about 10-12 points and I was eating very very little salt, probably no more than 1.5 gram a day. So even more than doubling my salt intake my blood pressure is still dropping quickly my hydration is way better, they just kept telling me to drink more water and I was up to a gallon a day or more and was still dehydrated. That gave the obvious keto tape problems but adding the electrolyte drops and studying soluble versus non-soluble fibers and eating less kale and spinach and more brussels sprouts and broccoli and cheese seeds that’s all fine now. Lol. But with more than doubling my salt intake my blood pressure is still dropping and I’m sure a lot of it is dietary changes as well but the salts not hurting my blood pressure anyway. I will be getting a new doctor I guess since I’m moving to Paducah Kentucky on Friday, And if my blood pressure keeps dropping and normalizes under the 120/80 which it is most of the time now, I’ll ask the doctor if I can get off of the lisinopril come out that way I won’t be taking any prescriptions and at that point the only thing I’ll be taking would be Aleve which I take for osteoarthritis to control inflammation. I don’t like taking meds and for years I’ve had problem with doctors who just want to push prescriptions on me but don’t really help which is kind of what I’ve decided to do this diet, not specifically keto but after I got sick Tranquilo the first time I started studying why I was doing it wrong and I’m just aiming at this point and eating perfectly and just getting out of the habit of eating for pleasure for two or three months to get control of all of this and try to just start eating healthy and hopefully lose a lot of weight the healthy way and be off of any kind of medication. Don’t get me wrong I don’t hate Drs but I have a whole Lotta problems with the medical education establishment and the so-called authorities which are these associations and government agencies not just in the US but all of western society and how they pick which data to use as the regulation guidelines and dietary suggestions. Salt is one of the things that doesn’t make sense and I’m finding there are many things that don’t make sense as I look at the studies and listen to a lot of doctors.
Thanks for all you do Dr Berry !
I wish there was a way to translate your videos to Spanish or that subtitles in other languages including Spanish were available.
I really like to share your knowledge to my family members in Mexico.
They have changed some eating habits since I started sharing the information I’m learning after watching your channel.
Thanks for all you do !!
Thank you sir….
I reduced my salt then I felt tired for a couple days and I don't know if they are related. I have food allergies and I'm trying different things to tolerate food better. My blood pressure went down when I started eating a low histamine diet and I went off all my BP meds. I also read something about high salt intake and cholesterol. I do a lot of research because of my health. I learned at the age of 60 that I feel less hypoglycemic when I eat a low carb and low histamine diet. I read that histamines affect cytokines and cytokines affect blood sugar. I don't understand why no doctor in 45 years told me that.
Salt is SO HEALTHY. Professional bodybuilders don’t ever cut salt out of their diet when it comes to contest day.
They still would cut sodium on contest day because it holds water weight like carbs.
@@thevomit5851 Hello ! Are you sure about that ? I don't doubt that salt retains water, but we aren't talking about hundreds of grams of salt like in the case of carbs/glycogen. Even if salt retained ten times its weight in water, unless you're eating dozens or hundreds of grams a day, you wouldn't be storing excess water I guess. What do you think ?
@@Mathilde_Moksha_333 yes they do, salt does retain water and its usually a good thing, but for bb contest more shredded is better...
@@frandjanis8690 Oh I get it ! It's one of those "optimize as much as possible" situations then 🙂
Thanks :)
None of you guys watch professional bodybuilding lmao. Get out of here 😂
One of my grandmothers would salt food so much you would have to force yourself to eat it. Of course this was back in the days when the cook seasoned all the food, and not the diner. She lived to be 96. However, she was extremely fastidious.
I never cared much for salt, until I had sea salt. Now I’m hooked.
More the better, my great aunt used a lot of salt, more in later life for taste, she was 109 years old, meat regularly and lots of salt. Including veggies and fruit.
I have increased much salt intake cramp are no longer an issue. The more I listen and follow some of these Doctors on line the more I realize I have been lied to for years. My current doctor is amazed how much weight I've lost eating fatty foods.
Thank you for all I've learned watching your videos 😀
I second that!
What’s the best salt to buy? Or does it matter?
I have been on hydrochlorothiazide for years because of edema. I had very dry skin and also took 40mg of potassium just to hit the very bottom of range. A week ago I was told my labs are great so I decided to stop the diuretic and potassium. It has been a week and I have gained 6lbs. Do you think I will go back to losing soon? I am Carnivore after a long time keto. I was doing so well.
I made the mistake of not salting my foods after I went carnivore and it really affected my health. I have high BP because of not getting enough sodium in my current diet. After seeing a previous video from Dr Berry on HBP and salt I decided to add a teaspoon of salt to my half gal jug of water per day and now my BP is well in the normal range and Im feeling a lot better.
.....salt disadvantages ? Please mention at least 3.
It makes heart rate, and cold extremities....sometimes feel like fainting 😞
If you're my father, he says "don't add the salt shaker to anything". I always ask him for evidence for his claim but he just appeals to his doctor saying so or some "authority"
Great video.. thank you for all the work you put into guiding so many of us humans to the proper human eating plan .. I have a question please .. after 3 years of carnivore of eggs and beef and pink Himalayan salt.. I experienced headaches for the last 3days .. what could have caused this .. thanking you in anticipation..
My dad said the Heart Healthy diet was, “if it tastes good, spit it out.”
I have been adding salt to my morning tea for a while now. my sinuses have never been clearer.
Years ago I actually ran into a doc (by luck) that was honest enough to tell me I was ingesting far too little salt once he looked at my symptoms & lab work. He was right. You are right as well Dr Ken.
There's also the need for salt in vegetable cooking water that balances the osmotic pressure from within the cell. If osmotic pressure is not balanced the cells within the vegetable will absorb water across the semi permiable membrame of their cell walls. The consequence of this is that the cells will inflate beyond their elastic limit and rupture, spilling their contents, in other words all the goodness, into the cooking water. What you are left with is a bland tasteless mush consisting only of the cell walls with no goodness left in it.
Thank you!🌼
That second graph is very hard to understand.
I know this is true intuitively. In the evening I crave a good deal of salt and nutritional yeast together with my supper. It's delicious. When I'm done my meal my body feels like it's humming and relaxed. I think you're correct saying salt to taste because I know exactly what I need.
The most bland of vegetables can be made tasty and attractive with a little salt and pepper 👍
I love a man who stands up to "the powers that be". They definitely don't have our best interests at heart, especially when they push deadly foods such as margarine and highly polyunsaturated oils which cause free radical damage. The incidence of heart attacks, strokes and cancer have sky rocketed since margarine was introduced as a healthy alternative to butter and animal fats
When I was a kid, I would drink the dill pickle juice straight from the jar. My Grandma, who was a nurse, would freak out, but that didn’t stop me.
@@rclose23 49 and I still enjoy pickle juice from the jar. Now , thankfully I know it's safe to do it.
Thank you for being real doctor and your health advices always make me feel so safe.
God bless Dr Berry!
I had to watch this because I added salt to my water this morning. I also have an electrolyte while I’m working out. I got Ultima because it is cheaper than Redmans or LMNT was hoping just to put some salt in it. Then I was worried I would be having too much salt adding salt to my water this morning. Love Dr. Barry’s videos
yeah I add around 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon of salt to my water per day now and my BP is now in the normal range. 👍
I use Ultima also. I love it!
I always wondered why my Japanese and Vietnamese friends could eat so much salt and still be thin and healthy.
Dr. Ken Berry, I use Redmans sea salt. 2 tablespoons or more every day!! Carnivore for 3 years!! I feel great after losing 102 lbs. I put salt in & on everything!!😁
... and die less often ... lmao!! I'm sure you meant as in all of us, but the wording makes it sound like we have multiple lives. Gave me a good laugh. lol
Reincarnation
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation
Awesome info Doc. Keep up the good work , thanks for the research you do., and God bless you and fam.
“Tell them to shut the hell up.” 😂👏🏻
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Thanks Doc! I always thought it was odd that cattle could be trusted with a salt licky block but we were not to be trusted...
I only consume pink salt from Himalaya.
The standard white salt often contains plastic...
How does sweating affect your daily salt intake? My job is physically demanding and I can sweat profusely. Wondering if on extra sweaty days if I should take more salt.
Naturally you should. Sweat has salt in it.
I love Dr Berry! He tells it like it is!
I have a beef related question, I have access to free steak at my work, it is grain finished. Should I continue to eat the free meat or buy grass finished at the store?
I’ve heard him say many times to just eat the best quality you can afford. If you can only afford the Walmart beef, he says that’s just fine. He has said that you don’t have to worry as much with cows, goats, sheep (ruminant animals) because they have multiple stomachs which filter out any of the bad stuff.
Depends on your financial position. That’s a pretty dang good deal. May not seem like a big deal but if you eat it a few times a week that could be as much as a couple grand per year. I personally eat grain/corn fed steaks, grass fed ground beef, and eat wild Caught seafood, humanely raised and fed pork from butcher box
@@w7855 yes, Dr. Berry always says “just do the best you can with what you have.”
I eat grain finished and I am still here just typing away.
@@w7855 thank you!
If I consume more than a gram or two a day I get severe kidney pain, difficult urination and edema.
Hi Dr. Berry, a question that I have, and that I've noticed other people asking is how salt intake changes (or if it does change) if your kidney is beginning to function at a lower level, or if you potentially have CKD?
I always love your informed approach on diet and weight loss! Is there any quality data on healthy weight gain for us on the other end of the spectrum?
Two years ago my doctor recommended I start eating less salt to proactively avoid the chances of developing high blood pressure. I thought that was an odd statement because the nurse had just taken my blood pressure and it was 122/80 which I am told is excellent for a 66-year-old man. However, I dutifully followed his advice and cut way back on my salt intake, only to find that my feet and calves were cramping up at night. At first I thought it was because I had just worked too hard that day, but when it kept happening night after night I knew something was wrong.
The next night - when a cramp woke me up - I decided to try an experiment and sucked on a 1/4 teaspoon of salt until it was completely dissolved. To my amazement, 7 minutes the later the cramp was gone. Since then, I salt my food to taste, and I rarely have any cramps. I determined that my electrolytes were out of balance because I didn't have enough salt in my diet. Thanks Dr,. Berry for this enlightening view of how much salt the human body really needs!
I think it's diet dependent. When I ate carbs low salt my legs were always huge retaining fluid. Now on carnivore I eat tons of salt lots of water and have no swelling.
Hey Dr Berry😊thanks for all the informative info you give as well as some other Dr's on UA-cam who give keto/health info👍. Have you or Neisha read the latest Woman's World magazine (Sept 20, 2021) pages 22-24 about Keto right for blood type? Dr. D'Adamo is right on point and I'm saying this as a diabetic who's tried many things to lose weight even exercise/low carb was frustrating for me...as a blood type AB I changed some things on keto and referred back to eat right for blood type then I saw this article today and was happy so I'm on the right track as far as health and more weight loss😳
I am unable to tolerate any added salt in foods. I am a 31 year old female. I have to avoid added salt for now. I will focus on losing some weight, that I store in my belly, getting active and changing my diet.
I’m going to die less often? Yay!
According to Dr Barbara O'Neill the best salt is "CELTIC SALT"
She says during the day just put some crystals on your tongue and let it dissolve.
It tends to be more expensive and 'damper'. Probably needs to have some rice in the shaker or a cracker to keep it dryer.
I'm a weightlifter and we've known for years that higher salt intake increases blood flow and vascularity and helps us train better. I eat a lot of fried chicken as a result. It's like a super food for us.
Hope you're frying that chicken in beef tallow and not veg oil!
@@adamjackson713 coconut oil actually. It's absolutely delicious.
@@ekt8750 Nice!