As far as losing salt due to coffee consumption, I learned a great tip a while ago. If you add a 1-2 grinds of either sea salt or Pink Himalayan sea salt in your coffee, it takes away the bitterness and enhances the flavor. Plus, you retain some of the salt you may lose. This tip actually helped to wean me off of adding sweet creamers and sugar to my coffee, which I was addicted to. Now I take my coffee black with a twist of sea salt.
Thank you for your post! I am addicted to sugar and just go for the sweets immediately even though I know I shouldn't. It's awful! I'm going to try your suggestion
@@katherinebrady6296 it may take a while in the beginning to adjust the amount of grinds it takes. I find that the Pink Himalayan has a tinge of natural sweetness to it. It also enhanced the flavor of cream in your coffee . Sugar addiction is like drug addiction., but it can be conquered. Good Luck on your journey.
I twist sea salt on to everything and I am so excited to put some in my coffee tomorrow morning what a fantastic idea thank you so much and I wish I could enjoy a cuppa coffee with you
After decades of dealing with the old school, often arrogant, know it all, doctors I enjoy listening to this new breed of thinking, exploring doctors. This interview was golden.
I'm a nurse at a hospital and I realized the other day that the recommended sodium level is 2300 mg/day but in the hospital if you're placed on a cardiac diet, you're restricted to 2000 mg/day. That tells me we are essentially being recommended to eat a low sodium diet whether we are healthy or not. Very disturbing.
Hi Mr. Richards, I was an ICU RN for years. I started Med-Surg, moved on to cardiac, ER, and back to ICU. I was looking for the department that would give me the highest nurse-patient-doctor satisfactory relationship. Unfortunately, it didn't happen very often 😔. Not long ago, I reported someone who was giving inaccurate medical information on the internet. I had to, no remorse. For you, all I know is that you're a nurse, I'd recommend taking it slowly and do your own research before becoming alarmed. I know we have little time to none to keep up with continued education. But one patient at a time and one circumstance at a time can be managed, I guess. Good luck 👍 God bless 🙏🕊...
Salt is essential for good health as long as you are consuming Celtic sea salt from the northern hemisphere, it's far better for you than Himalayan salt which is obviously in rock form which the body does not absorb as well, avoid at all costs basic table salt and sodium laden processed foods.
The free information we receive from Dr Berg is more valuable and helpful than any pharmaceutical or medical care provider I have known. Thank you for all of your videos and guest interviews.
@@Drberg not everybody. Menieres bilateral for 8 years. Lost most hearing and some balance. Only a 1,500 or lower sodium intake helps. That salt intake would disable me more then I am.
When I was in the hospital they put me on the "heart healthy" diet which meant Zero salt on anything. It was bland and boring food. Then they lectured me because I have a heart condition telling me not to eat salt anymore. I ditched that advice but I did change my habits in the form of; instead of putting salt on my fries now I am putting salt on green beans, Asparagus, Zucchini, ect. Thank you Dr. Berg for all you do!! I have learned a great deal from you.
You should see what is in the cafeteria, in the hospital, where I work. No way they care about your health, and if you don't want to eat there, you can go to the in-house McDonald's!
Good thing you didn't listen to them! Our cells are literally running on sodium and potassium. This nonsense about not eating salt is like telling people to not drink water and not breathe air! Nuts!
For years I suffered from chronic Exertion Headaches especially after any kind of excercises. Headaches lasted 24-48 hrs. To the point where I had to give up any form of intensive sports...even golf. Cut a long story short...adding Himalayan salt to smoothies, vegetable broths etc was the cure! Gone are the headaches and now I enjoy exercising again. This is vital information that you will never find in medical journals etc.
Pure salt is Sodium Chloride. Himalayan salt is a mixture of Sodium, Potassium, Calcium etc Chlorides. So the effect of HS is not the same as pure salt. Really there is no need to go for such an expensive salt. Each individual can use pure salt based on his doctor's advice.
@@saratkumar2484 Why trust the doctor who know less about me than I do? Himalayan salt retains the minerals that were with it in nature, that's 80% more minerals than table salt. For minerals to work properly they cannot be isolated. Table salts processing takes those minerals out and adds aluminum. It's down-right dangerous. The 2% minerals that it does retain after the rest are bleached out are so harsh that they kill the taste buds. If we took only the amount of table salt that a single person uses for just one meal and and injected it into our blood stream it would kill us. On the other hand, sea salt has been used during wartime as a replacement for blood in transfusions because it is the closest thing to human blood. Should we ask a doctor how much poison is okay to take?
Correct I said this to my Dr. In order for the Dr. To get paid He must write a code for the insurance company Because Pharma is big business Insurance does not pay for health instead people pay for the crap to ingest being ignorant of health and this stuff kills Read THE Magnesium Miracle By Dr. Carolyn Dean A medical Dr. For a long time until it affected her life Became a Naturopathic M.D when she started ti question the status quo Deficiencies in magnesium Read it you will be glad you did
@@kd1872 Can you imagine how empty hospitals would be with that mindset controlling what the health industry focused on? But there is so much money in fixing you after a lifetime of poor health recommended and encouraged by everyone from the government to even well meaning people like your parents. Blind leading the blind.
Just wanted to jump in here and show thanks and gratitude where it's deserved... 6 mo. ago 286 lbs and with Dr. Berg's help my first goal met this morning 220 lbs. Thanks so much for your help.
There are so many data that become understood only now. The need for enough salt is one of them. Share the truth as much as possible and we'll have a saner world.
I have pretty low blood pressure naturally and feel fatigued most days.. increasing Himalayan salt in food and in my water greatly improved my health and strength. Helped me cognitively as well. Now I add lemon and salt to my bottles water on the go.
You are spot on about salt. I am a person who sweats a lot, and I live in the sub-tropics. Back to my childhood, my father also took salt tablets because he had an outdoor occupation exposed to heat. Adding salt to food became second nature. Recently, my doctor prescribed blood pressure medication. I suffered severe muscle cramps, dizziness and my asthma worsened. I stopped taking them. Then she prescribed a lower dose of a different drug. Same symptoms, so I stopped. She still expresses “great concern” of my elevated BP, I take it with “a grain of salt”. Interestingly enough, the only deficiency she found was iron. Everything else was perfect. I have been taking iodised salt and potassium salt regularly to replace the BP drugs, as they were putting my health at serious risk, to the point of almost ending up in hospital being unable to breathe. I will continue to eat natural fats and salt in my diet. I get less problems overall by doing so.
I followed that idea to not take salt and drink 2 l water , and I ended up with muscle twiching all over my body. I spent 6 months from dr to dr and none of them could not tell me what was wrong with me, until my coworker 60 year old said "Stop washing up everything you eat with that much water. Eat like your mother and grandmother ate, and you will be fine." When I started up my diet with a bit more salt and I drink less water my twiching stoped.
I am a grandmother now but back in the day my mother really discouraged us children from drinking water with our meals …. I never understood why she did that’
This is helpful. I was having trouble with strength and hydration for years and finally figured out that by eliminating processed foods from my diet, and never adding salt because we were taught not to, I was deficient in salt and minerals! I feel much better this year since I started adding 1 tsp salt daily per Dr. Berg's many videos :)
I read his book. Mind-blowing! Great lecture. I am using 4 to 6 g of pink salt everyday and cured my "genetic" hypertension 2 years ago. I changed radically my lifestyle.
I use 1gm pink salt for ea 10 lbs body weight for Lyme treatment. Add pot, mag, cal, vit & C/ascorbic acid for homemade electrolyte concentration & add to taste
@@SurvivalTipsClips a certain kind of banana, we call it here "saging na saba". even doctors recommend eating this raw-ish at least 3 times a day. richest in potassium.
@@SurvivalTipsClips dr Berg recommends 4700 of potassium. One avacado has roughly 800 in it and no sugar like a banana which only has 200. Eat 5 avocados a day. I eat two or three. It’s expensive but that’s one way.
AFib - I put a bit of pink Himalayan salt in my tea this morning and two hours later my heart showed no AFib and remains steady. I’ve changed how, when and what I eat thanks to you, Dr. Berg, and my health has improved. But this is astounding. I was prescribed meds by a cardiologist over a year ago, but did not take them. I’m 75, 5’7” my weight has been 130-140 most of my life. Please thank Dr. DiNic for me. If the salt keeps working, I’ll be grateful forever.
Update: Heart rate is regular. No AFib. In 2021, after I wore a “halter” showing my heart was always in AFib, the cardiologists said I would need a procedure (that didn’t always work) to try to get back into regular rhythm. This is so amazing, I still can hardly believe it! I put 1/4 tsp in one water bottle and drink a bit, along with regular water, during the day. I will certainly keep doing it!
WOW IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE! OUR WHOLE LIFE DR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LOW SALT DIET AND THATS WHY THERE IS A LOT OF HEART DECEASE AND DIGESTION PROBLEMS! THANKS FOR OPENING OUR EYES DR BERG 🙏🏻
My husband,got upset every time he sees me drinking salt warm water.And he never allow me to put salt in his food. 2017 first time i came here in the US i never use in cooking,i observe my health is declining and got thyroid. After covid -19 i came back to my regular usual cooking routine in Philippines. And thats the time he saw me drinking warm water with salt. I still doing it now. Cause i feel so good and helps regulate my monthly period lessen the cramps and headaches. My parents they do it all the time,warm water with salt and sometimes warm lemos with salt instead of sugar.,we grew up on this method thats the reason i keep doing it especially when i feel sick and have sorethroat. SALT I REALLY VALUABLE IN OUR HEALTH. Thank you Dr,Berg for clarifying about salt do to our body. I also accidentally put salt in the coffee way back 1998! My sister and brother in-law laughed at me after my brother in-law sipped and tasted the salt in his coffee. I mistakenly put salt in our coffee! Just that a funny story of my life! Now im loving coffee with salt and mct but ofcourse i dont tell my husband because it wont be easy for him to understand that so i keep it to myself! Hahah
If it's not salty enough salt it! If it's salty enough don't salt it... simple as that! Your taste buds, it's your body telling you what you need and what you don't need.
@@chickenmuffin your words not mine. What I just said here is the same thing you'll hear come right out if Dr Ken Berry's mouth, ask Dr James DiNicolantonio what he thinks about the body telling you what you need...ask dr Berg. In meantime ...🤐. Lol.
there is time of the month when i really hate meat in any kind, and then there is time when i crave red meat (or i get severe headache). So yeah, listen to your body more..
@@fly89 I'm the same way. Listen to your body. Sometimes it's easy to say if you're on keto and you do intermittent fasting your body literally will tell you what it needs and does not need and at what times.... when you're on the standard American diet really you get one signal and one signal only and that's oh my God I got to eat something! Lol. Combine that (carbs) with fat (bad fats) & the wrong salt and that is a prescription for disaster.
LIFE CHANGING! I now drink 1/2 tsp of epsom salt dissolved in 1 cup of filtered water. I can think! I have energy! Even fixed my digestion. Miraculous!! Thank you so much Dr. Berg and Dr. DiNicolantonio!! I checked our your book Salt Fix from my library too.
I believe I was experiencing hyponatremia (low sodium in the body) for the past 3+ years. I used to drink just over a gallon of filtered (removes MOST electrolytes, drugs, and fluoride) tap water each day but did not salt my food that much. Over time I lost weight (muscle) and I felt tired and not wanting to exercise. About 2 months ago I started regularly adding Himalayan pink salt to my water and cutting my water intake down to 2-3 liters per day. I have been able to exercise more and have gain just over 10 lbs in muscle. My blood pressure is around 110/70 during fasting. I'm not on keto, but I am lower carb and mostly plant-based with just a little processed food as snacks.
Nooooo way, I was having an issue with feeling depleted after drinking a gallon of filtered water !! I thought I was crazy ! I also have high blood pressure and am insulin resistant! Thank you so much for your response!!
@@KingsDaughter. I eyeball it. Maybe 1/8-1/4 tsp with water a few times a day. I also salt my food to taste. Just watch out for things that deplete electrolytes such as excess carbs, excess water intake, caffeine and some meds.
I just listened to a lady nutritionist who had a health retreat in New Zealand. Her normal channel is here on youtube with Clash of Minds. The one I was listening to this morning is on Rumble because Google bans some things regarding the governments narrative on the "vaccinations". If you just type in the title you can find it and within the first 25 minutes she talks about Celtic sea salt being better at getting the magnesium and other minerals in your body because it's a water hungry source. She explained it better than I could. The title is "Barbara O'Neill - COMPASS - Part 32 - True Remedies: Water [1]". It's a lot of good information. She takes it everyday as well.
Thank you Dr Berg , your videos are so informative👍🏼 I’ve done periodic water fasts since 35yrs old and I’m now almost 53. In my life journey with fasting about ten years ago I did a 21 day fast, The 1st thing I craved and consumed on day 22 was a little sea salt. Back then I didn’t understand why I craved salt. I also do FIRS sauna every second day . On those days I always eat avocado 🥑 with sea salt and olive oil. Feeling refreshed and satiated after consuming it. In the past I’ve want to comment but get so busy so I take this opportunity to say what a great informative RU-vid channel your providing .
I take sodium chloride tablets 3-4 times a week. I occasionally work in heat stress environments (nuke plants) wich constantly preach pre hydration, but I'm not a camel, I drink when I'm thirsty. A couple of years ago I would get leg cramps, put a couple grinds of pink salt in warm water and my cramps literally went away before I put my glass down! Also seems to help with restless leg syndrome. Salt of the earth!
Fantastic Interview! I'm Keto and for some reason last year I stopped eating my daily salads and Steak - which I salted - and practiced cooking (you know covid, so I was learning how to creatively cook at age 65!). I started using more spices and less Himalayan Salt on my foods. I rarely make my buttered coffee that I always put a little salt into - so it all adds up. I have had symptoms such as restless sleep, leg cramps - that I never get (I do take Magnesium though), fatigue, ankle swelling that alarmed me so much my friends made me go to the ER! Dr. said it's MY AGE and elevate them more often. Right. I'm a Flight Attendant but compression socks do help. Time to add Salt and see how things change! Thank you both!!! I've passed on my notes and this link to friends.
Dr. Berg I've learned from you more than anyone else about how my body works and how to help it help itself. Your advises were always helpful to me and my aging parents. Just want to tell you I'm so grateful that you share this knowledge which many family doctors lack.
Thank you ! I had high BP , got on keto , raised my salt intake because I felt I needed it and my BP is fine now. Keto made me loose so mucj weight so easily ! 20 kilo I lost in total in a few months so I lost a lot of fluid and I don't feel great , I am weak and tired . So now I know what to do : increase salt intake a little bit more. All my life , I am 63 , I avoided salt , what a pity . Oh and now I make french fries ( not for me but for my family ) in fat of oxes , I don't know how you call that , like my mother and my grandmother did . No more canola or sunflower oil . The rest of my cooking I use butter and olive oil of the best quality. My vit D and my magnesium and potassium are ok . Really good information , thanks a lot Dr Berg
I love salt 😊 I actually get ill when I don’t get enough especially when I’ve holidayed in a hot climate. I actually have had disagreements with people assuming I’m unhealthy for consuming more than they do but I’ve always listened to my body and I need it.
My grandmother and mother were told not to eat or cook with salt because of high blood pressure. When I reached an age that I developed high bp, I was also told to limit salt. I thought about it and wondered why since reducing salt did not improve my mom’s and grandmother’s blood pressure. I am now doing keto, of course, and loosing weight which is helping with blood pressure.
@@Kinghippi3 Exactly. Stay away from salt totally. This video is so full of half truths and errors. Keep eating salt and I will have blood pressure problems, kidney problems, and possibly a stroke.
@@happycamper5900 I eat enough salt for 10 people and always have low blood pressure 🤷🏼♀️. Don’t think salt is your problem ! Many things can cause high blood pressure . I believe the number one thing is stress for many people .
As much as I appreciate his concise 4 minute videos, this is a nice alternative. Also, it is good to see him at the same level as an M.D.. Eric Berg is the ultimate is self healing and basically free health care.
I add pink salt to my sparkling water with lime. Probably about 1/4 t. per drink and may have that twice every day. Started this when I started keto August 2019. It’s so good and if you think you’re hungry, it stops that.
Thank you so much for all your great advice Dr Berg. I'm currently on my 4th day prolonged water fasting and taking salt with mineral water. You've been such a great support especially to my intermittent and prolonged fasting. I'm so grateful to have learnt the knowledge you've shared. Thank you doctor!
my father-in-law all his life consumed a lot of salt, i think he eat a teaspoon at lunch and a teaspoon at dinner, extra, he has 82, and no cronic diseas, he has the B.P perfect.
As long as your using Celtic sea salt from the northern hemisphere which you can get at any heath food store, it's the best you can get, don't use table salt or Himalayan. You cannot overdose on Celtic sea salt. A friend of mine went for a basic adjustment on her broken nose and fainted in the Dr office, after a few blood tests her Dr told her she needed more salt in her diet.
I can imagine! There was a time I didn't eat meat. There was a time I didn't eat milk or was on hign fat/high protein or IFasting, but never in my life I was on low salt. I never believed that thing.
Thanks for reminding me about the potassium/sodium balance. I read that info years ago in the Metabolic Diet book. My 6yo eats a lot of bananas, drinks good amount of water and he loves a good spinkle of Himalayan/sea salt blend on his soup and foods. We try to limit his use but I guess his body knows what he needs.
I just listened to a lady nutritionist who had a health retreat in New Zealand. Her normal channel is here on youtube with Clash of Minds. The one I was listening to this morning is on Rumble because Google bans some things regarding the governments narrative on the "vaccinations". If you just type in the title you can find it and within the first 25 minutes she talks about Celtic sea salt being better at getting the magnesium and other minerals in your body because it's a water hungry source. She explained it better than I could. The title is "Barbara O'Neill - COMPASS - Part 32 - True Remedies: Water [1]". It's a lot of good information. She takes it every day and as well, her children grew up learning to do the same.
I always put pink salt in NY coffee. Love the taste. I probably consume 2 tsps of salt a day. Maybe more. I use sea salt and pink himilayan salt. Feel great ! I'm 73 yrs. Been following a keto mostly carnivire diet for 4 yrs
@@barbtullos3909 ls pink Himalayan salt sufficient? The gray real salt is too expensive. I find the pink to be more affordable and I've been using it for years in my cooking.
I just recently read The Salt Fix. Excellent information. I’ve been using Himalayan Pink Salt for years and not worrying about using too much. I even drink a salt solè in the morning. Thanks for the video.
Wow! This is a very worth it 25 minutes. Having both of these 2 sharing very important details in todays situations and clearing misconceptions. Just a blessing from God. So may God bless you two more! Thank you so much! Definitely going to share this!
I am a whole food health nut, but then the gut problems started 2 years ago which surprised me so! I stayed away from salt 'cause of high blood pressure issue and now, I have to repair my digestive system by eating a bit more salt. I traveled to New York with a group of friends and was not able to eat a saltless diet due to restaurant meals for 2 weeks (full of salt) but to my surprise, I have no gut issues for that 2 weeks!! What gives?! Came home, resumed my light salt diet, gut problems every day again!! I am better this 3 weeks by eating organic eggs, organic chicken drumsticks 3 times a week, celery juice, rooted vegetables, raw and cooked vegetables, taro, sweet potatoes, chestnuts, organic blueberries, kiwi, apple, mango and green juice etc. all of which contain natural sodium, and I added a little H salt to my cooking and now, I feel much better! Wondered if the sodium was the culprit!
Dr Berg, I am reviewing my medical knowledge again. I wish I knew these things before, could ve saved my parents. You are a fallen angel. How I can have all your clips in one place. More than 2500 clips is not a joke. U r amazing. Since 💋💖🌹
Well, as far as I've told any superhuman could be a fallen angel, for example, Dimash the singer with his exceptional inhuman vocal performances, alien or fallen angel. I meant An Angel.
All depends on activity levels, ambient conditions and the climate where you live. Eat loads of different cheeses, milk and lashings of salted butter daily. Oily fish, seafood, muscle meat and seaweed are relatively high in natural salt. Will now try to assess how much I consume to see if regular supplementation required, or just after excess to usual strenuous activity. I have no clinical evidence of hyponataemia but may introduce a little more salt as a test for any 'feelings' of health benefits.
Liberally salting my food cured my supposed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Also my heart murmur stopped. Magnesium chloride, a gram a day, and occasional boron and selenium, daily zinc and D3, are maybe/probably why I don't catch colds, even when I was a classroom teacher getting sneezed on all day.. Is there too much omega 6 in tahini? I eat it every day, at least a tablespoon. I started back on flax, and I am pescaterian (sic), getting lots of mollusk critters in my diet. Thanks for addressing this controversial topic. My parents were anti salt so it took me almost a lifetime to let myself satiate the craving. I used to think it was why pickles gave me migraine. No,' it was the amines.
Hello Dr Berg. Thanks as always. Simple and delicious recipe. Parboil good quality waxy potatoes cut into chunks or slices until they are soft but still firm. Put them in a large bowl with appropriate amounts of olive oil, apple cider vinegar (according to how many servings you need) and just enough sea salt. Shake them around a little to allow the spuds to absorb the oil, salt and vinegar then bake (180 degrees is ideal) for about 25-35 minutes depending on the quality of your oven. Cook until golden brown* and serve sprinkled with fresh herbs of your choice and freshly ground black pepper (optional). You can add rosemary to the boiling water which gives a wonderful background flavour. It makes a great side dish or a tasty snack, as long as you don't eat too much ! It's vegan too. Best wishes from Slovenia. *playing Dave Brubeck/The Stranglers during the cooking process is optional obviously.
@@seacoast4950 Higher heat is better for a shorter time. You'll just have to experiment (enter your own Frankie Howerd jokes here). Keep on cookin' in the free world.
This is funny. I need between 5,000-6,000 mg salt a day. The more sweat the more salt I have to ingest. I use Himalayan salt. Water will make you sick if you are low on sodium Don’t let drs tell you that salt is the enemy! Not enough salt leads to digestive issues. I have to carry salt in my vehicle to use if my brain starts to fog up. Eat some salt and clear brain up in ten seconds. Not enough salt leads to muscle cramps; ie, heart attack, muscle cramps, hiccups, edema, high blood pressure, etc. very good interview. Went through much of this info with my husband. Thank you.
This is an amazing interview, as there is a lot of valuable information to reflect upon. I’ll certainly be taking the time to re-listen to it so that I can absorb everything that was covered. I will also be sharing this with my partner. Thank you guys!
Dr Eric Berg this is a very interesting video thanks for providing this I’ve learned a lot. When I started Keto December 2019 I didn’t know anything about eating more salt, so I had terrible leg cramps and I thought I was having a heart attack when my heart started beating in an irregular way and scared the hell out of me. It’s all gone away when I started eating a teaspoon and half of pink salt which I now take in a glass of water every morning now. Dr. Berg you’ve been a great help on my journey to beat type ll diabetes.
Almost al my life I was told not to put salt not to eat fats from meat. Don’t eat too much chicken. But still I’ve plenty of chronic pains inflammations high blood pressure dry skin etc but the first time I watched videos of holistic doctors It changed my diets my life. It improve some everything. I’m nearly 55 but I feel young at heart and body. Thanks Dr Berg and the other Doctor with you. Thanks
@@WishZyrus yes. Until now i am getting better and better My weight stops at 49 though I eat a lot of rice mostly during nites because of my work. But i see to it the starch form is washed away I also have no craving in sugar or sugary foods😃 even in coffee instead pure honey. Now i am also taking lemon and evo. Great feeling.
I switched to a carnivore diet and did not get enough salt, and my entire hormonal system crashed, along with digestion. It was extremely scary. I am now recovering with 3+ tsps of Celtic grey salt in 3 liters of water throughout the day. Sometimes I crave more. Salt and meat heals.
Great explanation!, Thanks for all the dedication on both work 🙏🏼 my life is better after I started to see your videos.. high meaningful searching for the true...Blessed
Yup. Growing up from a young age in a low salt, high carb/low fat household (it was to “treat” my father’s heart disease and high blood pressure) destroyed my health. Diagnosed with Addison’s disease at age 37. Reversed it with a high ANIMAL fat diet and increased electrolytes. The American Heart Association is a criminal conspiracy which successfully killed my father and almost killed me.
Like politicians, medical doctors say and do many questionable and harmful things.....I remember when Michelle O"B wanted to reduce salt for the US population!
@@myrtle1234 Well done for your research and overcoming this situation. This is quite an achievement considering how many false informations have been fed to us all.
My 11 year old daughter had vertigo for a month, our doctor asked about her activities, she swims 3 times a week, tennis once a week. He advised to increase her salt intake, hydration and keep on top of her asthma prevention inhalers and stop streuous physical activity during this time. Two weeks on and she's had two dizzy free days, I would never have thought to increase her salt intake.
I had all these classic symptoms of lack of salt and insufficient magnesium as a child and a young adult. How easy it would have been to resolve this had I known more. Also my late father could have benefited greatly from this with his high blood pressure. But, better late than never, and a very big thank you to both These Fine gentlemen.
Dr. James, is just an incredible source on the topic of biological nutritional health and Dr. Berg, asking the best questions for optimum information relevance. You guys are a power team of actual health information. I'd love to see more on Dr. James if I could
As a healthy Whole Foods Plant Based Vegan I always make sure to add a healthy balance of salt. Love that he said 1.5 teaspoons. I don't do any sodas or processed food at all. I also have a healthy salt that is infused with Iodine, Hain Iodized Sea Salt ( get it at Sprouts). Glad that he brought up exercising and coffee depleting salt in body thats good to know!! Got the vitamin D covered and the magnesium :)) Good video :))
The redmond salt just plain makes food taste better! I had to learn to salt my foods. My parents don't salt their food enough plus my Mom under-seasons. (Then again, if she used the appropriate amount of redmond salt in her Yorkshire pudding, I might just never give up bread lol)
Awesome..learned I am salt magnesium and Vitamin C deficient which ironically I started taking more of both just by listening to my inner voice...about 3 days ago If that makes sense. I feel much better and have more energy. What a fabulous video...thank you for sharing and asking probing questions...I will watch it again and share it. I haven't had any type of flu or a cold for almost 20 years ...I guess some of us are immune...I'm 74 years young on the carnivore diet now but no steak or hamburger...fish mostly and eggs ..chicken and turkey.. Works for me and so did keto and fasting 14 hours.. Had to work up to that .. Life's good 😎
I have been on keto and intermittant fasting for maybe 1.5 years. Recently I had a lot of bloodwork done. My TSH was super high and my T3 was quite low. So I ordered my iodine to be tested and it was super high. I have been overdosing on iodine. I had been taking potassium iodide. Immediately stopped that but I also had to do a low iodine diet for 3 months. I got Hoshimotos from all this. When I did my research, I found many of the things I was eating(only organic) were also high in iodine. Egg yolks are very high in iodine. So I had to stick to whites and fry them in avodado oil with annatto and tumeric. Tahini and sesame seeds are high in iodine. Fish and cod liver oil is high in iodine. Only protein I can eat is fish, eggs and poultry. That narrows my diet down a bit for 3 months. Increased my avocados. No salted nut butters. No dairy except organic grass fed kefir. Found out that Himalyan salt has a small amount of iodine so had to switch to real salt - which said no iodide. Luckily Organic Valley has no iodine in their salted butter. I don't know how anyone could be iodine dieficient on this diet. Then had to cut cruciferous vegetables way down as they block iodine from going into the thyroid. It has been quite a juggling act to try to figure out.
A wealth of information here. I love the questions that you asked. I have been doing everything wrong way too much to write here but I'm about to change my ways and hope to see some improvement, makes perfect sense to me, embarrassing that I didn't know this being in the medical field for so many years!
I was glad to hear him mention salt licks in the wild. All mammals seek our salt licks or other sources of salt. Of course our ancestors would also have used salt licks and even dug up salt when they found deposits of it.
Since i changed ten years ago my regular diet to plant based food without processed foods, i noticed that i had to take more salt. In winter time more, because the air is more dry and so you drehydration is higher by simply breathing and to avoid eczema’s. Nowadays, i put always sea salt in to my drinking water. When hiking in the mountains, i take always salt with me… because this also helps to avoid muscle cramps. btw. i never listened to doctors advice about salt. Water and salt is essential. Mahalo for your post and Aloha
G’day from Australia, there’s an old electrolyte replacement from the bush. Half a teaspoon of cream of tartar ( potassium citrate from wine making, used in cooking) One eighth teaspoon sea salt ( preferably) In a glass of water Helps if you are having cramps. What’s your observations on this ? 🤓🤓🤓
Add some Apple Cider Vinegar and you’re all set! Salt and C of T are pretty much standard for all us intermittent fasters as we purge these electrolytes quicker.
I was in college, working overnights... burned out. So sick and weak. Had a friend pick me up. She let me stay at her house, in the guest room, offered anything in her fridge to eat. I slept hard for a whole day. When I woke I raided her kitchen. I ended up warming water and dissolving buillion cubes in water. Five cups of buillion cubes in water! I could have had any number of great snacks, but that’s what I chose. I always thought that was the weirdest thing.
I'm glad to watch you all the time. Learnt a lots from you. Morroccan lives in UK. But almost arabic people happy and appreciate watching your translated videos. Thanks Dr. Perj.
Its 108 degrees and I’m pretty acclimated to the heat from walking an hour a day, but I swear I’ve always felt the best by salting my dinner moderately heavy at the end of day. It’s also no wonder Texans love good salted smoked bbq in the summer heat haha
I wish they would have clarified that they were not encouraging that white processed iodized salt, but good (gray or pink) sea salts. Maybe they did, but I missed it. I worry that some people who may be new to the idea that salt is not your enemy, may be misled a little without that distinction.
Could you make the volume louder on your end, so I can make it louder on my end? I can't have any noise, else I can't hear the video. I've noticed the volume issue on other videos of this format, but this is the first time letting you know. Thanks for this great information! I need to learn more.
What I do is make sole water from Pink Himalayan Sea Salt (a high quality brand) and I use it in place of a sports drink during my workout. Sometime I drink a teaspoon of the sole water with an 8 ounce glass of water 1st thing in the morning. I use Seltic Sea Salt in cooking. It’s amazing and on Amazon.
Thank u so much! I’ve been dealing with a fib for at least eight years it happens to me a few times per year. I just recently realized that I’ve been living on probably 500 mg of salt per day for at least the last 14 years. I find that when I have foods high in histamine like seafood and/or very high restaurant sodium foods, I end up with an a fib in the middle of the night. I believe it is because restricting salt has caused me to overproduce histamine and other stress hormones that’s making me sensitive to histamine food in certain situation. Also when having high restaurant sodium I feel like my body is trying to take in all the salt that it can which causes my body to lose potassium and put me in an electrolyte in balance. For the last three months I have been using Seasalt in my water bottles, 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon per bottle and I drink about five bottles per day. I also found a good electrolyte product based on sea salt without additives and I have added that twice per day. I’d love to hear other comments from people who had a fib and had success adding back salt. Incidentally I exercise at least an hour a day every day for the last 40 years. I guess I’ve been losing a lot more salt than I’ve been taking in, incidentally I developed osteoporosis and osteopenia in my early 50s. I now believe I’ve been leaching sodium and possibly magnesium from my bones. I’ve been taking over 1000 mg of potassium for the last five years, I learned about that quickly for afib, but took me awhile to believe in salt since we’ve been indoctrinated to demonize it, and so I did, and I end up with afib as a very very otherwise healthy person.
I have a jar of “sole’ “ sitting on my counter which is a very strong salt brine made from soaking Himalayan salt rocks and as the salt dissolves the brine becomes a heavy water as a result of the salt minerals dissolving into the water. Take a half tsp daily (with glass of warm water) or as needed. There are also signs of potassium deficiency other than salt cravings too…such as your hair falling out (that’s just one symptom)… heal thy self means it’s up to you to take your health into your own hands ..research .. and remember “food is medicine” . I’m all about a better quality of life and Dr. Berg is my go to guy when starting any research topic.
I had low sodium and potassium. Ate more bananas and occasionally potatoes. Increased sea salt and pink salt in my recipes. Both were better next blood test a few months later. Surprised me.
I have chronic hyponatremia and medical providers still pressure me to eat a low sodium diet. Their claim is that sodium still may be causing me to have high blood pressure.
