If you have ever been constipated, you understand the unpleasantness of having too few and irregular bowel movements. Sluggishness, bloating, fullness, and poor mood are all notable features of constipation. Of course, there are many potential root causes of constipation, including too little fiber in the diet, eating fatty foods, lack of physical activity, and some medications. However, one nutrient that is often overlooked when it comes to bowel irregularity is sodium.
I couldn’t disagree more with your suggestion that a high salt diet results in dehydrated stools.
We are salt plus water beings.
Salt being the sponge that holds water where ever it is needed.
For example: the liver produces bile salts which are largely comprised of water. There needs to be salt present first to hold the bile water.
Stomach acid requires the salt’s Cl to make HCl and digest food. If there is insufficient stomach acid the food ferments in the intestines and the fermentation gases push open the stomach valves causing heartburn.
The bile salts are reabsorbed from the intestines to be reused. The bile salts are mostly water. If there is insufficient salt there will be insufficient bile salts and less water to maintain stool hydration.
And I could go on and on.
The low salt diet should have a big BLACK BOX warning because hyponatremia will kill.
Dehydration or hyponatremia is the same state. It is an emergency state and the adrenals are activated to prevent death.
Chronic dehydration results in either adrenal fatigue or adrenal growth to supply constant need for the emergency hormones.
I have an article that outlines the role of salt in lung physiology titled:
We breathe air not oxygen
I explain why I had to review what I knew about hydration.
I couldn’t disagree more with your suggestion that a high salt diet results in dehydrated stools.
We are salt plus water beings.
Salt being the sponge that holds water where ever it is needed.
For example: the liver produces bile salts which are largely comprised of water. There needs to be salt present first to hold the bile water.
Stomach acid requires the salt’s Cl to make HCl and digest food. If there is insufficient stomach acid the food ferments in the intestines and the fermentation gases push open the stomach valves causing heartburn.
The bile salts are reabsorbed from the intestines to be reused. The bile salts are mostly water. If there is insufficient salt there will be insufficient bile salts and less water to maintain stool hydration.
And I could go on and on.
The low salt diet should have a big BLACK BOX warning because hyponatremia will kill.
Dehydration or hyponatremia is the same state. It is an emergency state and the adrenals are activated to prevent death.
Chronic dehydration results in either adrenal fatigue or adrenal growth to supply constant need for the emergency hormones.
I have an article that outlines the role of salt in lung physiology titled:
We breathe air not oxygen
I explain why I had to review what I knew about hydration.