I don’t cook with salt or add it at the table. However, I don’t actively avoid foods that contain salt. I found an online quick calculator and came up with a current daily intake of 1600 mg. When I add up the sodium content on the nutrition labels of the bacon, cheese, and other foods I eat, I come up with a similar number.
I’ve been on keto for 7 weeks. I’ve done low carb before; the longest time was 11 months. I have never had constipation or keto flu while on low carb, or any symptoms of salt deficiency. Any constipation, muscle cramps, etc., that I’ve had were when I was eating the standard diet.
Anyway, some of the things I’ve read here and elsewhere indicated that I should eat more salt when on keto. Today I measured out 2 grams of Kosher salt (that’s all that was handy) and drank it in water. Shortly afterwards I had a meal that was also fairly high in sodium: meatballs, tomato sauce, cheese. A couple of hours later I felt weak and irritable.
I know when I’ve accidentally gone over my carb limit because I feel “funny”; I can’t describe what I mean by this. This is not what happened today.
So now I feel discouraged about taking salt.
I welcome any thoughts or suggestions. Thank you.