Salt desensitized

(Consensus is Politics) #1

Anyone experiencing this? Previously, to get some extra salt, I’d throw a half dozen or so chunks of of salt in my mouth and suck on them. These are large crystals meant to go in my salt grinder.

When I first started doing it, the salt seemed a bit over powering. I eventually just ground up about a half teaspoon and mixed it into some warm water to dissolve it. About 1 oz of water. And throw that back. It was very salty, but it helped with night cramps.

Here’s the gist, I don’t taste that salt at all now. I just grabbed a few crystals and popped them in my mouth and it was like nothing was there, well, actually it was like having sand in my mouth. No salty taste. No pucker factor. Just earthy taste as if it were just sand. :face_with_monocle:

(Chris) #2

I feel something similar. Scares me as a competition BBQ cook, but as long as Im conscious that I may be on the opposite end of the spectrum, I think Im fine.

I def went through a period where I craved sodium. I was losing a lot of weight and I think it was my body’s way of telling me I need it.

Now, Im exploring the performance effects of sodium, esp iodized salts. I swear my sleep has improved at least 50% in a short amount of time.

#3

I’ve always been a salt lover - so a few chunks on the tongue was never a problem. :yum: Yum!
What I have noticed now that after approximately 8 months on keto - I don’t seem to have the extreme thirst or need to supplement salt as much. I know we tend to dump a lot of electrolytes at first and wondering now if the kidneys are now also adapted to sustained (most of the time) ketone levels.

(Consensus is Politics) #4

I don’t think so. From what I understand, it has to do with insulin. Low insulin levels allow the kidneys to let salt filter out. High insulin levels force the kidneys to retain salt. Something along those lines anyway.

I’m wondering if it’s just we are getting used to the taste of high amounts of salt, and just don’t notice it. So we get used to “over salting” our foods, but we no longer taste it.

(Karen) #5

Mom used very little spicing and salt in our foods as a kid… At my husband’s home they used lots. It would make me gag at the saltiness of their food. I, over time, tolerated and craved more salt. My mom’s cooking tasted seriously bland. You build up a tolerance. I can hardly eat restaurant food sometimes, so ruined with saltiness. DH, with meniere’s ,needed low salt so we started using less, and less. I prefer a less salty taste these days.

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