Can too much salt cause an insulin spike?

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(Sue) #1

Hi folks. I am on Day 6 of eating Keto and just beginning to notice the reduced hunger effects. For dinner I was making sauteed ground lamb with tomatoes and garlic in olive oil and added twice the salt I normally do by mistake. It was pretty salty but I decided to just eat it coz I was lazy to do anything about it. Now 2 hours after I am feeling iffy. I drank a liter of water since dinner but I am getting an odd hungry feeling. Anyone else notice that too much salt end up making u feel hungry? Or know about what happens to insulin response with too much sodium?

#2

I don’t know about salt making you hungry, it certainly can make you thirsty, but you’ve had water so that should be ok.

That odd hunger feeling could well be carb cravings. I had that after a few days in too. I just had a drink and told my body to stfu! I found it soon went away and haven’t had since (I’m on week 3).
As to insulin response - I’m not a scientist and I’d never say never because theres always the exception - salt does not provoke an insulin response, sugar does (either as sugar or as carbohydrates). Salt may be (probably is) producing other hormonal responses but I have no idea what those might be nor how they might affect the body.

(Sue) #3

It probably was carb cravings - but definitely manageable and I pretty much did what you said you did - drink more homemade club soda and told my body to stfu! I feel ok this morning, though I gained a lb on the scale :frowning: But that happens to me, I see loss at a weekly level, daily there is ups and downs.

#4

Yep.
That’s common. It could be that extra club soda, or it could just be your body didn’t like being told to shut up so it’s getting it’s own back at you :rofl::rofl:
That’s one reason I don’t weigh every day, or even weekly, because I know those ups and downs wouldn’t be at all helpful to me.

Glad you feel ok today

KCKO :wink::+1:

(Carl Keller) #5

I agree with @HelenM. It is likely that you were just having a carb craving when salt was around to take the blame.

In one study of people with hypertension, it was concluded that a low salt diet appeared to increase insulin resistance and led to a higher fasting blood glucose level.

(Sue) #6

This is very interesting. I could never go low salt, but it’s nice to know that insulin is affected by low salt not the other way around.