The 1st Symptom of a Salt Deficiency
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Timestamps
0:00 The first symptom of a salt deficiency
1:20 How much salt do you need?
2:07 What to do about low sodium symptoms
2:50 Why sodium supports your energy
4:53 How to bulletproof your immune system (free course!)
In this video, we’re going to talk about the first symptom of a salt deficiency. The first symptom of sodium deficiency is feeling weak or tired.
Fun facts: Salad in Latin means salted greens. Salary in Latin means salt.
You should never consume refined salt. Instead, have organic sea salt. Refined salt only contains sodium chloride-it doesn’t contain the other vital minerals.
One role of sodium in the body is to create hydrochloric acid (HCL) to help digest protein, break down minerals, and kill off pathogens. Many people are low in HCL because they don’t consume enough salt.
The average person needs a minimum of 1 tsp. of sea salt per day. If you exercise or do keto, you will need more than this.
Low sodium diets that have you drinking lots of water can dilute the salt and flush it from your body, leaving you deficient in sodium. Additionally, a high-carb diet can cause you to retain sodium in the wrong places.
If you notice that you feel weak or tired, try increasing your sodium and see if the problems go away.
An electrolyte powder can help replenish your sodium and other electrolytes.
Sodium is crucial for normal energy levels because it…
• Excites the cardiac muscle
• Regulates calcium
• Is involved in the sodium-potassium pump
• Is vital to creating energy in the mitochondria
One last fun fact-sea water is virtually identical to the watery portion of your blood!
In summary, make sure you have enough sodium in your diet by having at least one teaspoon of organic sea salt a day to support healthy energy levels and other low-sodium symptoms.
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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Thanks for watching. I hope this helped explain the first symptom of a salt deficiency and why low sodium can lower your energy levels. I’ll see you in the next video.
I also went off salt. Got very sick and weak. The lies we have been told is criminal.
Because it’s not about any salt. Most people consume too much table salt which has no nutrients. Doctors say stay away from salt but they should be saying stay away from table salt and consume natural salt.
@@maddie9185 I always used iodized salt
@@crochetingaroundnewzealand thats basically chemical crap... iodized salt is even more crap than standard salt. Best salt is sea salt mate smh😂
@@ebola5632 I got so addicted to sea salt chippies 😂 or maybe it was the artificial flavours
@@ebola5632 Himalayan pink salt!
We are the salt of the earth. If we lose our saltiness....what good are we?
Is your name Mary Martha ? Yesterday I was reading about Lazarus would be cool If that was your name knowing both are in the same bible verses
Could be a Democrat.
@@melvinrexwinkle1510 somebody still believes in the left right paradigm? Time to grow up and realize you are in Satan’s kingdom and it’s all a massive ruse.
Let your salty light shine! 😁
@@zarlodious1 lol
Can we jus take a moment to appreciate how this Dr doesn't add 60 ads or even 1 ad in his videos? Jus gives free, helpful information, efficiently and effectively in a way where everyone can comprehend. ❤
(I truly needed this video after a week of eliminating all salt, sugar and processed food from my diet. Now I know how to slowly introduce it back in.)
He adds ads(pardon the pun) to other videos, though. I've gotten plenty on nutrition yeast alone.
I believe this is his and his wife's ministry for the Lord. He loves and cares for people.
I often let the add at the end of his video (when I watch one like this one,) to run until the end as a thank you for all the great information he is sharing.
@@mkmason2002 baruch Ha'Shem
@@friendofvinnie Blessed be the name of Jesus Christ the Lord!
I just recently spent 6 weeks feeling so fatigued, rundown and just overall felt horrible. After 4 weeks I finally went to the doctor. She examined me and said "it's just allergies. Pick your favorite allergy medicine and ride it out." I explained to her that I have had allergy and sinus issues since I was young and have never felt like that before due to allergies. I continued to feel horrible and one night I was watching UA-cam and ran across a video similar to this that had the majority of my symptoms listed. Low salt. I started using salt and have felt completely new compared to how I had felt for the previous 6 weeks. I'm about to lose hope in doctors.
Don’t be “about” to lose hope in doctors!!!! - lose it NOW!!!
How long did it take to clear
Most MD's have you diagnosed before they walk in the room.
They don't want to cure you. Just treat your symptoms.
@@nbtc539I ate something that night and put salt on it. The next day I felt like a new person.
What kind of salt do you use? I wonder why people are sodium defficient because when they are eating fast food they get more than enough sodium. Does it make really such a great difference to take seasalt instead of "normal" salt?
I avoided salt in the past, because I believed it would make my heart explode. Then I learned My Heart Will Go On from Saline Dion.
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Hahahahahahaha 😂🤣🤣
Love you Pun.. and your kitty
@@mansisingh2336 😘
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this man is worth his salt
Good one
Salt of the earth too!
😌
I thought you were worth your weight in salt? 🧂
His sal-ary.
"The chemistry of sea water is identical to the water in your blood."
There's something weirdly romantic and beautiful about that.
God knows
You need a blog. 😌I like the way you think!
True like wine not pasteurized is the blood of Christ with the probiotic dormant but still alive. The ballence of wine probiotic is against the alcohol content by persentage naturally. When alcohol content is tampered with and wine not pasteurized it turns into vinigar.
Your body perduced a pint of spirit alcohol to 2 pints of spirit alcohol a day to ballence against the lrobiotics in your blood. And this is what Jesus said is life in you by comminunion.
But when you destroy that by pasteurization of all wine and beer in the United States it's dead, dead wine no life in it..!
Same thing with milk.. if the morons could just understand pasteurize it to keep it on the Shelf put the acidophilus back in it before drinking. And do that somehow with the opening of a carton of milk or a bottle of milk or a bottle of wine or a can of beer or a bottle of beer. The person that figures this out and markets it will be the next billionaire in the health field..!
SO WHAT DOES THE alcohol besides balance the probiotic dormant..?
I ask God this question and he told me. " The alcohol is it Delivery Agent of the dormant probiotics two critical organs, upon breathing the alcohol off to the lungs those dormant probiotics come to live in critical organs and heal them"
There massive benefits on drinking sea water isotonicly. But doctors don’t want to know it. They like the low sodium diet to give you lots of pills.
We have the ocean flowing through our veins and we have the oceans in our eyes when we cry. Everything in nature is connected and everything in nature is one together. There's no such thing as separation. Most of everything we've been taught is illusionary. We are all one and are all connected at the same time. Isn't that beautiful?
I remember my grandfather coming in from working in the outdoors on hot summer days and poring salt the size of a dime in the palm of his hand, lick it and then drink water to wash it down. Now that I am older, I do the same, only I use Himalayan pink salt and filtered water.
Mine would pop salt pills like they were candy.
Double points.
I use Himalayan salt as well👍🏻
the military have salt tablets they take evryday.
yep, the Old Timers know!!!!
For years i was on a low sodium diet because of my blood pressure ! until keto ! gotta have electrolites and in balance ! ive been big pharma free for over 14 years now !
Did you have sodium with blood pressure? How did that work?
Hope you are not insulin dependent diabetic
@@summer7529
Meaning? I'm confused.
@@Nicksonian true ! at the time i did not know how important iodine was ! i was deficient ! there are better sources of iodine than table salt even sea salt !
@@scottymoondogjakubin4766 true I use Iodoral for my thyroid condition. Also the lack of iodine is what causes breast cancer per Dr David Brownstein.
Most elderly in my family are afraid of salt, but consume sugar any time in any form and in any amount. 😄
Both are pretty bad, but sugar is worse than salt, most studies show that both can be used in a balanced, healthy diet tho, moderation is the key to everything.
So true man...
The elderly in my family consume no salt, no fat, (margarine) barely any sugar. They really look horrible.
Sugar is poison...
@@DF-be6pn what you talking about?! sugar can't be healthy even if in moderate doses.
I have just started adding pink Himalayan salt to my food last week. Immediately my dehydration went away. Also midnight trips to urinate were down 50-60%. Sleep improved unbelievably also. Cant believe the positive changes it made
I had this too, frequent urination possibly removing other minerals that was suppose to be used but could not since I did not have enough salt to balance them
how much salt to YOU add a day?
@@CYndibabI I just add pinch or 2 of salt into glass WARM water first thing am and just before bed
@@chrismcdonald6481 thank YOU 🤍 which salt do YOU use
@@CYndibabI Himalayan pink salt I use presently.,I've also used Celtic sea salt. Both have trace minerals and vitamins. White table salt is poison as far as I'm concerned. From what I've read(I'm no doctor) pink Himalayan salt and Celtics sea salt will not give you high blood pressure like table salt. No doctor, just what I read
My mother was on a low salt diet, drinking lots of water, taking diuretics and eating high carb. Her sodium levels dropped so low she developed acute psychosis. She was convinced explosives had been planted in our house and many many cops came. She has schizophrenia, so she is predisposed to psychosis, but the psychiatrist who evaluated her (in his 70s) said she had the lowest sodium levels he has ever seen. She was hospitalized for 3 or 4 days and made a full recovery.
do u remember her sodium level.. kindly share pls. mine is low
I can relate, i was running everyday and drink a lot of water.
One night i have a waking nightmare that never happened before, heart going crazy and extreme headache after. Its crazy
My brother has stage 5 renal failure. He does dialysis at home. He's currently in the hospital with very high potassium and very low sodium.
We get salt from my daughter in Peru. It's pink and comes straight off the mountain at Machu Pichu. Incredible stuff.
👍👏.
I get my salt from McDonalds French fries
@Julie 👍🏽😁 Very cool!!
@@kevinkev9996 Good one & fair enough & honestly put...
What's incredible about it??
I watched this video about 8 days ago and learned why I had developed an irregular heart beat. I live alone and exercise total control over my diet. Being very health conscious I eliminated all salt. I don't mean a low sodium diet. I mean a zero sodium diet. After I purchased Himalayan sea salt and ingested the irregular heart beat disappeared. Thank you Dr. Berg for the valuable information.
As a child of the 60's, salt was explained as a source of high blood pressure, and sugar was described as a natural flavor enhancer. It wasn't until the mid 90's that research demonstrated that sea salt is good for health. and that sugars are the cause of most arterial related diseases. Most of my generation still haven't caught up.
haha. i told my 75 y.o. aunt that i'm off sugar and she said, "We need sugar for energy!"
I am so grateful for this channel, nowadays there are so many people who preach pretty much the opposite of these things.
Agreed.
"Conventional wisdom" most of the time is wrong. The smart people told Columbus that he would sail off the edge of the earth.
It's easier to fool someone than convince them they were fooled. -- Mark Twain.
Salt is essential for life. --Gandhi
Indian independence movement was based on Salt. That's how important Salt is.
Ceil Constante And aren't we seeing that right now in mass abundance!!!!!
Isn't Sodium essential for life, not salt?
Very well said
@@jacomuslongus9590 Salt is a two hitter, Sodium AND Chloride in one go. You need both. Chlorine is used to make your stomach acid.
Now that it's the summer I add a large pinch to my water every morning and have noticed that I feel 1000 times better, I'm not as dizzy or fatigued as I was before.
my dad complains of being chronically fatigued and weak and he vilifies salt like it's satan. could never convince that stubborn old man to eat more salt, he thinks it's poison.
Try to feed him with tablet or capsule salt... it works for me :)
It was pushed (hyped up) by the medical field for years how it causes high blood pressure among other things.
Tell your father that my mother nearly died for totally excluding salt in her diet.
Sugar is the poison.
We were taught to !!
The Dr. Is the Salt of the earth.
Brilliant 😃
If God uses salt as an analogy (favorably), why have we vilified it so much? At different times, I have studied biblical eating. I think some of those ideas have a lot of merit. On topic, God compares His followers to the savory ness of salt, and if we have lost that savor, we are no longer a good witness for Him. We would be bland and tasteless. We need salt.
@@someoneanonymous775 yeh but the grain wasn't genetically modified then or they weren't adding nasty things to it. Barbara O'Neil gives a good explanation of why many grains are not good when they used to be harmless. 💐
Brilliant
In former Yugoslavia, when eating young onions, my grandparents would normally put a good pinch of salt into their plates and before every bite they'd dip it. I occasionally do the same.
Same when eating an apple. Dip in salt,........yummy. Or pineapple
Sounds good. Onions & salt a great match.🧅
That sounds so yummy...never thought to salt my onions I gotta try it next time I chop some (usually I just eat them while I chop)
Mum & I, were the salted onion fans in the house - life long ; my dad tolerated salt, and the onions he had no choice on.
Good day I am 71, yrs ago my parents did too. Forgot about it. Thanks
I actually had low sodium levels in my blood, I found out after taking a blood test. I had no idea what was going on, as a heathy runner and someone that ate well I couldn't figure out why I had weakness, fainting and major headaches. I added salt to my diet in every meal. With in months I was back to normal.
Now you know. Hope you are well now.
Because you ran a lot, you apparently kept losing salt through your sweat.
I had low potassium at the same time.
how about people who have heart disease?
@@Drberg
Dr Berg is worth his salt 😅 thank you 😊
😂😀
Yes, exactly
I had a related incident to this today. I was working hard outside, in the heat and felt super drained after a few hours. I added a spoon of pink salt to my ginger lemon water and immediately felt rejuvenated. I heard the good doctor mention it on another video just a few days ago, and decided to try. So glad I did! As a landscaper , I wish I knew this sooner. I drink about a gallon of water a day because I sweat, heavily. Now it will be salted!
I "gave up" salt in 1979 at the urging of my college roommate. (He gave up recreational drugs as his part of the deal.) Shortly after I graduated I developed health problems; specifically what turned out to be migraines, but with nausea so overwhelming the headache that it took a while to diagnose. Eventually they went away. 40 years later (in a recent video) Dr. Berg points out that this can be a side effect of salt deficiency. I needed to know that 4 decades ago.
I followed Dr. Berg advise and loose 22 kg weight in six months (November 2020 till May 2021). I weight 86kg and my BMI index shows obese. But, now I weight 64 kg and now my BMI index is normal. It feels soo good now and got rid from my other body and psychological problems. Gain lots of health and energy. Thanks Dr. Berg for sharing such important information regarding human health and making people happy 😊😊..
That's wonderful! Happy to hear you’re doing so well!
Bravo! Hell yes!
For two days after a surgery I was so drained of energy I couldn't even focus enough to watch videos, I felt like I was dead. They gave me a sodium infusion and it was like I came back to life. Now I really make sure to get enough salt, if I don't supplement salt before workouts I'll feel much more fatigued.
The last 6 years I avoided salt like a hawk Becuase my bodybuilding coach brainwashed me into thinking it hold water and will make me puffy. I used to drag myself into doctors office for chronic “fatigue” … the torture I put my body through .
Man. I been torturing myself for the last year with no salt. Will definitely add pink Himalayan salt to my food now. Thanks for sharing
My father in-law ended up nearly dying from salt deficiency. He spent 2 weeks in the hospital to get his salt levels back up - in fact the hospital had a special "salt team" dedicated just to this. We thought he was going to die
Oh my goodness I feel thirsty after pizza. Could I have electrolyte imbalance or not enough potassium?
🧂 If I get overheated, i feel terrible and will later get a migraine headache. I recently learned that if I take electrolytes, or even put a package of salt into a lemonade if electrolytes are not available, I can endure the heat so much better. Who knew.
Since changing my diet 5yrs ago, primarily because I knew something was wrong and drs were throwing my complaints into the “FIBRO MYALGIA” bag. Age eighty, 2016, rid my house of all preservative, even condiment foods😳No flours, junk, fast foods, snacks, sodas, basically, ate clean. I DID salt everything...however, as Doc mentioned, I was no longer getting the extras salts from prepackaged food. Ate huge veggie salads, some raw and others sautéed. Accidentally lost 45 lbs with out trying.(LOL)
Forward to June 2021.......my body feels drained, super fatigued! Pushing my self to just prepare a meal.
This am ended a 36 hr. fast which was intended to give my gut a rest, hoping that might cure this malaise.
Didn’t work! This am, 7/12, tried to make lemon water and was so exhausted after squeezing lemon, I had to lie down,
Popped on TV and there was my favorite Dr. telling me “You’re salt deficient...that’s why you’re so fatigued!” Bless my good Doctor, You...are the Salt of The Earth!😋
Dr. Berg. Your information is always invaluable. I recently bought a Kilo bag of Himalayan sea salt from a health store here in my local town. I noticed almost immediately a huge difference in my alertness and tiredness. The lady in the store advised that if I put a half tea spoon twice a day under my tongue and allow it to dissipate in its own time then my body will receive the maximum benefits of the salt. It has proven to be of immense benefit. 👍
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing! I'll start trying that method too.
Wow I been limiting salt but I'm going to get Himalayan salt and see if I'm not as tired ..
Your salt video with Dr. James has a million times improved my physical energy levels!!!! For years I've always felt weak, physically fatigued and my arms/forearms would not have strength, like it would feel like my muscles were just depleted....but for NO reason!
So my body was telling me "salt Jenn" for like 3 days, so I decided to look it up and found your video. After watching it, I've been drinking about 8oz glass of lemon water with sea salt 2x/day now. It's been 5 days, but I literally feel the difference. No more weakness!!! It was busy at work last night and I worked 7 hours straight, no break!! Usually I would "need" to eat or have water, anything to try to feel stronger, and not like I'm gonna pass out. This has literally changed my life so far and I can't be any more grateful!! Thank you!!! ❤
That's great news!
I work outside many hours a day and like to drink Haymaker's Punch all afternoon ( 12 oz. Water with 1 Tbsp ACV, 1 tsp Honey AND a couple shakes of salt). I also add a shake of salt in my coffee in a.m. and set out a tsp of salt to add when I'm preparing meals. I've only been doing this since Dr. Berg's last video on this subject and I have SO much more strength and stamina. No more weakness and exhaustion after working.
For years, I've been saying, the trace minerals in sea water/salt, is very similar to the blood. It's undeniably important! Great video!
Dr Burg,are you okay cause your voice has changed,but I am praying for you cause you are changing so many lives
You are describing my mother... Poor dear didn't make the century because she believed in "God the Doctor". COPD, diabetes...
Low sodium diet, restricted liquids, meds and more meds and insulin shots (which might have been avoided if the nursing home had offered a low carb diet instead of one centered around starch based proteins and unlimited sugar access). She craved salt and denied it. I found out why.
I took her out to lunch (so to speak) one Mother's Day. She chose the restaurant and ordered a "fish fillet" sandwich with fries (didn't finish either) and a soda. Loved it! By the time we got back to the nursing home her ankles had swollen to the point that when she bumped on on the edge of her bed the skin split and oozed clear fluid.
It was a slow spiral downhill from there. I could see the imbalance in her system was not going to be addressed. That low salt diet had been ongoing since I was an adolescent and she had high blood pressure. She took the diuretics and avoided salt, lived on that damned low protein diet (to protect her kidneys!) and spent the last years of her life being wheeled about in a wheelchair, too weak to walk.
I am working overtime to make sure this is not going to happen to me.
Thanks for the thumbs up on Salt. I've always salted heavily and don't mind supplementing with potassium to balance it.
I cut drastically back on salt and yes, I’m tired all the time. When I do eat it it’s pink Himalayan.
If you eat to much your body will excrete it through urination and sweat. You can't have too much you can only have too little.
@@vivalalloyd you can throw your electrolyte balance (sodium and potassium) off too and feel weak from too little potassium.
Table salt and sea salt metabolize differently in the body. In nature, salt exists with a combination of other trace minerals which changes the way your body processes it. You can likely be more generous with se salt for this reason. Minerals conduct electricity through our nerves of the body to help us feel energized. Try using pink Himalayan salt without any additives. Read the ingredients and make sure there are no extra ingredients. Celtic Sea Salt is also good. The flavor is slightly different. Whatever sea salt you choose, make sure it has no other additives.
@@michellekalski8823 I find Himalayan less salty and now regular salt is too salty for me!
I have Addison’s disease and before I was given the right medication to help with my illness I would be sucking on rock salt all the time because the craving was so intense, I ended up in resus because my body couldn’t get enough salt, take your salt everyone!! It’s essential for life!
I have stones
@@laurenceroberttampushalpin3652 what’s stones?
@@MissCCx0 kidney, now in my bladder
Try megadoses of l-glutamine like 30g 2-3x a day for a minimum of 3 weeks to fill in the lining of your stomach. I’ve literally never met anyone who hasn’t benefited from this protocol, even body builders don’t usually take enough.
99.999% of all chronic disease is heavy metals toxicity and/or poor gut health. Glutamine seals up the gut. As for heavy metals look into Andy Cutler Chelation protocols.
@@laurenceroberttampushalpin3652 Kidneystones seems to be mainly made up of oxalates... Oxalates come from plants.
OMG.... no wonder I feel muscle pains, weakness and fatigue. Thank you so much for this information.
One of the most fascinating parts of my IF journey has been differentiating between hunger, needing salt, and craving carbs. I've learned that very seldom is what I'm feeling actual hunger.
The one thing thats demonised more than sugar, is salt, i reduced it drastically and guess what happened, didnt fuction well.
Me too. My doctor told me I should do a low salt diet and I embraced it. Then the brain fog and muscle weakness happened in a big way. I started eating salt again, and I feel so much better.
On the other hand, it turns out that I am one of the minority who actually is sodium sensitive, so my blood pressure is still too high. That's ok though, because it has motivated me to do LCHF and IF, now the extra weight is coming off and as I get more healthy the BP will drop too.
However sugar is a demon in the body.
I watched WAY TOO MANY of these videos when I first found Dr. Berg. I was overwhelmed. I need to back up and take one bite at a time, but I am SO GRATEFUL to have found these videos!
WOW Dr. Berg, thank God for you! I have been feeling fatigued, weak, headachy, brain foggy, heart palpitations and shortness of breath! I'm on a low salt diet and will now be adding Himalayan Pink salt or Sea salt to my diet, thank you so much, I believe you just saved my life!❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼
did it improve?
Thank you, Dr. Berg. I ended up in the ICU a couple of years ago with very low sodium. They were afraid I'd go into a coma and die. I wasn't afraid, I knew I wasn't going to go anywhere. I had nausea and vomiting and was very weak. I was on an IV until my sodium level improved. Now I eat more salt.
what was your sodium level?
I take all info with a grain of salt
Ty dr. Berg
Really???
@@Drberg Yes sir
@@Drberg, how much potassium should we consume? I've also heard that too much potassium binds to sodium and helps to excrete sodium; that's why high potassium diets are promoted to eliminate sodium (because sodium holds the water; water retention). So, it is possible to actually consume too much potassium?
Ok. Double down on that grain
4 days ago- I started to experience weakness and fatigue. Then the lightheaded and dizzy feelings came. Then the heart palpitations- then the mental confusion shallow breathing and Psychosis. Blood pressure went real low as well. I managed to gain some clarity after eating a heavily salted steak and instantly felt better. That’s when it clicked for me and I searched for this info. I was drinking my electrolytes but taking an extra potassium and magnesium supplement… I was tanking my sodium.
He teaches with high details and makes it very easy for anyone to understand it clearly. So much knowledge for free.
Anyone on Intermittent Fasting or OMAD definitely need plenty of salt. This is a major issue when making a change in diet, especially to low-carb/Keto, as generally we’ve been told salt is unhealthy for most of our lives.
What's your opinion on how much salt somebody on keto / carnivore and OMAD needs?
@@paulwiffin2452 based on my personal experience with keto/intermittent fasting you need a ton of salt
@@paulwiffin2452 like in the 7-10 g per day
@@hasou9253 thanks
@@paulwiffin2452 Everyone is a different shape and size but for myself, around 1 tsp above what you normally take on your food. I add 1 tsp to my ACV and potassium drink daily.
It's interesting that the Bible only speaks about Salt as a good thing.
According to Dr.Batmanghelidj's book: 'You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty'
You can't have too much salt in your body only too little, if you have too much your body will excrete it though sweet and urination.
I've tested this in my own body for years and found it to be true.
So, what does salty urine taste like? :-)
A healthy body will have no trouble removing any excess. Exactly as designed. But the mass population is unhealthy and the body forgets which way is up. It has a hard time monitoring proper levels when full of toxins. Keto fixes this quickly. :)
In the book "The Salt Fix" it says a healthy body can easily eliminate 45 grams of excess salt per day. Dietary guidelines from the "experts" say we should keep our sodium intake below 2 grams.
@@Eyes0penNoFear many believe the myth that salt causes high blood pressure, when it's actually the sugar intake causing the high blood pressure.
@@vivalalloyd I've only recently added more salt, and cut out all refined sugar. Can't wait for my BP to come down.
Your "to the point" teachings are much appreciated and life changing! Thanks
Hands down the best channel I'm subscribed to. Intelligent, caring and easy to listen to. Helps so many people
OMG. Just realized I have three different types of salt on my shelf: Natural Sea Salt; Iodized Sea Salt; and Iodized Salt (CVS had a sale). The Natural salt has one ingredient: salt. The other two salts both have dextrose (an added sugar), in addition to other stuff like tricalcium phosphate, defined as a "free-flowing agent." I do love pink salt, but mostly because it's pink, to be honest.😁 So, now I'm in shock. I've always thought of salt as an "ingredient," not something that *had* ingredients. Doc, don't know what I'd do without you! 🙏❤
Ended up in urgent care after doing keto, a water fast and giving blood over the same weekend. I actually thought my salt was too high before the fast, and later realized that when I ate salt, it made my heart race so I thought I needed to reduce it. Adding more salt back in to my diet, my heart no longer responded that way and I feel much better in general. I don't care much for salty foods, but it's better than being sick and weak.
It would be good to let for the powers that are, to report this, So many people will have been affected by this, and have been in Nursings homes
It is Tragic
@@priscillafabbri4547 right on tragic. when I eat at the seniors center there is no salt shakers in view when I ask for one they don.t have one.
It's hyponertreama low salt. This is. Common after keto
Electrolites, need
@@Occupuyourspine my nurse, said,
Her mom was told to eliminate Salt.
She fell and broke her hip
Thanks Dr !! I never heard this before. Am glad your teachings are not stopped by ads intermittently.
I quit eating salt for a super long time due to somebody’s advice and get very sick. Worst acid reflux ever and super tired all the time, pain, plus brain fog. Now I have started to eat salt again and feel so much better 🤗🙏🏻thank you for sharing🙏🏻💗
My migraines go through the roof when I'm lacking salt in my diet.
🤔 I too get migraines
This is very interesting! I get daily migraines and have been horribly tired lately with swollen feet and ankles. This swelling happens every summer. I am thinking all the water I drink along with tea is depleting salt levels.
@@lighthealerastrid1465 Magnesium may help. Dr Berg has a video on which type (I think he said Magnesium Citrate was good)
Lack of salt makes your brain swell, hence your migraines potentially.
@@lighthealerastrid1465did salt help you? 😊
I started a keto/paleo diet and I have been so tired and weak. And then this video popped up. 😇
Thats why i feel weak and dizzy everytime i drink galons of water. I pee clear white.
apply in a 1,5l water bottle half a teaspoon of sea/stone salt for the day - do not drink more than 2l a day - salt over all your meals - do not forget potassium too
I like your pfp. It's lowkey brilliant!
Same!!
I am big, but I drink about 6 litres per day, but with added Himalayan and potassium salt mixed.
On Hawaii there is a tradition to drink sea water to cleanse the gut, and that REALLY works if one is constipated or has eaten/drunk something unhealthy.
There have been instances of athletes dying from too much water without taking salt or other electrolytes
I was in my 20s and spent 24hrs w/o any salt including foods with salt. My first side effect was depression, like acute suicidal for no real reason. Feelings disappeared after I went back to taking salt.
"...the salt of the earth..."
An expression from the _Sermon on the Mount_ in the Bible.
That makes sense. I drink lots of water and I feel extremely fatigued while I’m fasting. Some ionized salt and I’m straight 👍
Dr. Berg I am your number one admirer here in Portugal!!! Do recommend you to everyone!!!
Went Keto a while back and lost a ton of weight, but I was having bad night time leg cramps. I thought it was potassium or magnesium deficiency so I began eating an avocado every day, but I still had cramps. Another Keto dr on youtube mentioned that nite time leg cramps were a symptom of low sodium, so I began eating Redmons real salt. Just shaking it into my mouth throughout the day. Cramps went away and haven't returned.
How long did they take to go away ?
@@actionrick9345 Just a day or two to build up the sodium levels in my body. I also take a water pill for my heart a couple days a week, and I pee constantly when I take that. That removes a lot of salt as well, so for me it was really important to up my salt level. Are you having the same issue?
Excellent information! Sharing with my friends who are on a no salt diet! 🙏
@@violettfem5093 yes! They are in their 70.s and eighties, with high blood pressure!
There “doctors told them salt causes high blood pressure , and they get enough salt from there food! 😔this is a shame !
These ladies don’t eat enough food as it is let alone enough healthy foods!
Yes they are weak, one actually faints sometimes! They won’t listen to me.they say doctors know best! Maybe they might listen and open their mind to this video by Doctor Berg!👍
@@piakozaris1432 get them the book "The Salt Fix." It uses well documented research to show the dangers of a low/no salt diet.
I was blown away when I learned that a low salt diet, on average, only lowers BP by about 5 points anyway, so the "reward" from that diet is nowhere near worth the risks that come with it.
@@Eyes0penNoFear Thankyou Karston. I’ll check it out!
Thank you Doc. I started passing out because I avoided salt. Put salt in my diet I was all good. It was scary.
@@JoeJoe-yv6wc I wouldn’t salt anything, eat nothing with salt. I passed out hit a mailbox with my car, passed out making my bed, passed out taking a shower , passed out in the kitchen, no idea what was going on. It was scary. I went to the doctor, he thought it was acid reflux. I took Prilosec then bloodwork came back sodium was way low. So I added salt to my diet with medicine stop passing out. Thank goodness. I wish you well.
How long did it take for you to recover ?
@@actionrick9345 about a month. I had no idea. It was freaking me out.
how much salt were u taking per day?
@@user-vk9qk5ie7t no salt vegetables, meat and eggs. That’s what I ate. I never salted anything. So I started to eat more salt, salted eggs, meat, started eating bacon.
Yes I’ve passed out/blacked out periodically due to needing more salt. I just need to add more to my diet when I feel dizzy or foggy. That’s my first sign. I had a tilt table test to verify.
What's the tilt table test?
How do you test to check salt levels?
@@user-os2io9yj4f Blood pressure and heart rate taken when laying, then sitting, then standing. There should not be a significant change.
@@paulwiffin2452 you don’t test levels but a tilt table test done before and after the heart is sped up with a medication during the test will point to deficiency.
@@user-os2io9yj4f a lot of videos on tilt table. It’s typically done after fainting episodes also known as syncope.
THANK YOU! I so appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Low sodium must be why I feel so wiped out mid day.
Oh my goodness, I have been on keto for two weeks and for the past two days I have been fighting exhaustion and brain fog. I have lost 8 lbs and have a lot less pain but the fatigue is really getting me down. I dont quite understand how much salt to add but I am definitely going to add some!
I trust what doctor Berg has to say. These videos are priceless.
I have become addicted to your channel. Thank you for sharing all this with us.
Very glad to be of help.
Thank You Dr Eric Berg DC for Your Work and for Your Videos.
The only doctor for me that is worth ALL his salts!!
He does his research, accompanying his videos with appropriate graphs, important notes and figures, to be easily understood by the layman!
Thanks Doc.
Thank you so much for your support!
I grew up craving salt and eating it on half of a lemon. I don't crave sugar, in fact I get physically ill if I eat something super sweet. I also believe my craving for salt was also for the iodine they added to it.
Thank you so very much for the information Dr.Berg! I really appreciate your messages!
Love your deep connective descriptions of chemicals in everything you disgussing . Phew , I need salt now !
Been doing keto and omad and blood count came back yesterday low sodium. The Doc recommended less water consumption. But after seeing this I now started sea salt with my electrolytes! Thanks Doc!
What's good Dr.B how you doing. Thank you & have a good night all. ✌🏾❤'s🤙🏾🤗
Can I hire you as a doctor and pay per hour? Bc you're just so...Good at what you do. You're saving so many lives!! I have so much respect for you!
I love learning new things from this man. Dr. Berg thanx
Absolutely amazing video, Dr. Berg! I’m going to start taking or ingesting more salt! I have the Redmans salt from southern Utah… Looks quite a lot like the Himalayan salt… I think I need it! Was on a diuretic, also taking potassium pills. No longer on diuretic, thank goodness & thank Heavenly Father!
Thank you Doc ! Very interesting 🥸✨🙌🏻💕
Most welcome!
Wow! This was helpful. I just couldn’t figure out why I feel tired and weak every morning. I am not one to salt food very often. I’ll have to do that. Thank you!
I love this Video...I grew up believing Salt causes High Blood Pressure....I started consuming enough Himalayan Salt....I feel great & energized...I totally eliminated sugar....😄
Salt also curbs your carb/sugar cravings! 👍
Thanks for that tip👍🏻
Home made beef jerky... kills all craving and hunger.
If I don't remember to get enough salt I start having heart palpitations. Thank you Doctor B. ❤
how much salt d u take to rid of the palps?
Excellent on the word clearing
Thank you very much for the clear and important information, I apreciated it a lot! 👍😉
Thanks Doc, love your content. I ended up in the hospital with severe muscle contractions. Blood test indicated that not only was my sodium level too low I was also dehydrated. Water is my favorite drink and I consume copious amounts but now I use Himalayan salt on my food. I can always tell when my sodium level is too low because I experience extreme weakness and cramps in my feet and calves.
what was your sodium level? mine was low too.. under severe category.. i have palpitations, headaches, dizziness almost fainting, even anxiety or panic attacks.. fatigue with depression too. my body prefers to lie down due to how i feel....huhu
What can we really do without you Dr Berg; you keep opening our eyes to a healthier lifestyle. You are a life saver. God bless you and yours immensely IJMNA.
Stunning education here... I love it! Best edu EVER! Thanks! 😎
Thanks for the video Doc.... Your helping people improve their health. God Bless!!
As always Dr. Berg......spot on! Thanks
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this is very informative, thank you! I ran out of hymalian salt a few days ago. I go food shopping tonight I have to remember to buy some more. I forgot to buy more the last time
Thank you Dr Berg for all of your helpful information!
Glad to be of help!
I was wondering why i was feeling so so so weak. Doing your fasting and have eliminated refular salt. Thanks Dr Berg!
Great info that is so useful and helpful! Thank you 🤸🙏🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I'm glad you found it useful!
Very good information. Thank you
You're welcome! Glad you found it useful!
Thank you so much! My nutritionist has observed my sodium is low and encourages me to take more. Now I understand why. Encourages me to do something about it!