L. Amber O'hearn - Blood, sweat, and tears: how much salt do we really need? (AHS22) 

There is only one Amber O'Hearn. We need like 50.

I could listen to Amber all day long.

“Oh boy! A new Amber O’Hearn Lecture!!” -just the kind of nerd I am.

O'hearn kicks ass. Those were some tough questions.

My summation: Salt is neutral. If you eat a lot of salt, you will use what you need and excrete the rest. If you eat less salt, you will excrete less to retain it. Salt can make your body more hydrated. You mentioned that salt is useful in detoxification. When you use stored body fat, you release toxins that you stored from previous exposure, so salt may be necessary in weight loss. If salt tastes good, use it. If it doesn't taste good, don't use it. I'm a 3 year carnivore. When I cut out salt completely because of a "belief" that some carnivore shared online, I had my first ever fainting spell. I regularly fast so after a busy day of housework and not eating for over 20 hours because I was distracted, I passed out five feet from the top of my stairs. Since then I eat salt if I want it and can fast around my busy life without issues. Everyone is different which is why learning to listen to your hormonal cues is helpful.

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This is typical of salt discussions, that is one hears over and over about sodium, but the body's need for chlorine for the start of digestion in the stomach is never mentioned. At least in modern times, there sure seems to be a lot of digestion problems in lots of people, that starts with low stomach acid. Low stomach acid is the typical cause of acid reflux, not too high stomach acid. Low acid prevents the lower esophageal sphincter: valve from closing. A certain level of acid Ph is required for this valve to close. So acid reflux happens typically due to low stomach acid. And proscribing an antacid is malpractice, in my humble opinion.

I supplement potassium and magnesium but not sodium on a ketogenic diet after much experimentation. I don’t pretend to understand all that amber says but I love her and it seems to tie in with my personal experience…😊

I really needed to see this now---thanks to all involved! 👏👏

Another great talk from Amber. Thanks to all involved.

As long as you're getting enough taurine, you should simply salt to taste. But if you're not getting enough taurine, all bets are off. Taurine regulates levels of salt and electrolytes, ensuring you neither have too much nor too little. The problem of deficiency comes up because people not eating enough fish and fresh ruminant meat. For example, beef hung in a meat longer for months will mean 2/3 of the taurine drains away with the fluids. Also, cooking meat too much can eliminate half of the taurine. This is why so many people are taurine sufficient, sometimes even when they are eating a lot of animal foods. The additional problem is that, for all humans, endogenous production of taurine declines over time. The problem with the keto diet, including ketovore, is that it restricts protein and hence restricts taurine. This is why it's necessary to supplement salt and electrolytes on these low-protein diets. This nutrient is a master regulator of numerous biological systems. Relevant to this discussion, taurine regulates the body's levels of sodium, electrolytes, iron, and other minerals. It ensures that there is neither too little or too much. But on a traditional diet, plentiful of fish and fresh meat from recently slaughtered animals mean they're in a continuous taurine surplus. Check out Harry Serpanos' RU-vid channel. He has a wealth of info.

Salt is essential for the cellular osmosis pump (COP) to activate.. for the cellular osmosis pump (COP) to activate freely the blood and lymph (fluid outside the cells) needs to be cleaner than the intracellular fluid (inside cell). A clean way of eating like a strict lion diet at about 2-3 weeks will start to activate the COP. The detox at this point can be quite extreme if not expecting it.. The reason why a strict carnivore way of eating is essential as it removes the plant defence chemicals from the system which the cells protect themselves from by stopping / limiting the cellular osmosis pump flow. Coffee and teas and garlic will stop the COP as these are toxic to the cells. Good salt (unrefined natural sea salt) as plasma (dissolved in water) helps the blood and lymph cleanse and helps the blood plasma remain fluid at ideal level of ~9 grams of sea salt per litre of water. I now only drink plasma (water with sea salt at 9g per litre) I have removed plant drinks: coffees teas and alcohol as these all hinder the cellular osmosis pump from activating. This material is available online if you know where to find it.

Could the increase in fat consumption, in carnivore diet, lead to a lower need of salt (or increase need for low salt :-). I tried to up fats and started after a week to have oedema and night sweats.

My blood pressure is too low (resting in the evening 92/58, morning waking 77/44), so I'm adding salt. Turns out that low blood pressure is a risk factor for glaucoma, which I've developed.

zero sodium is even possible? I mean almost in any natural food sources there is some sodium and it is easily to take few grams of sodium consuming animal diet or at least 1 gram consuming plants

So basically more questions than answers it seems...🤔

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5 grams of sodium or salt?

Science is belief in the ignorance of the experts. (Feynman's dictum, Amber's posture ;)

so salt bad