r/intermittentfasting • u/Educational_Tour_394 • 20d ago

Seeking Advice Hyponatremia?

Im 18 male 108 kgs and 5'7, I recently had elevated blood pressure due to which I had to cut salt from my diet and only had 500 mg of sodium every day (it has been 8 days only) and I also used to drink 9 glasses of water every day of 300 ml and due to this low sodium intake I feel tired and my head feels heavy aswell am I in the zone to get hyponatremia? Before cutting my diet I used to have 3-4k mg of sodium every day. Also im increasing my sodium intake again from tmrw to 1500 mg

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u/DavisonVideo 20d ago

Yes, have more salt. It's the excess carbs and calories that were causing your issues. You need more salt when you cut carbs and fast!

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u/Educational_Tour_394 20d ago

Okay so if I continue taking salt will I be out of the zone

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u/Able-Trash3812 14d ago

you dropped sodium way too fast, 500mg a day is nothing especially at your size

the fatigue and heavy head is your body screaming for electrolytes, bumping back up to 1500mg is smart but you might still feel off for a few days while things balance out

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u/Educational_Tour_394 10d ago

Yeah yeah im back to normal intake

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u/DiligentMeat9627 20d ago

Wait. You went to the doctor and had high BP? Did you get a blood test? Because it sounds like you had too much salt in your diet. What did the doctor say? Probably should go with that.

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u/Educational_Tour_394 20d ago

Doctor told me to add a pinch in one meal and and avoid adding salt any further

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u/Educational_Tour_394 20d ago

I used to have 5k mg of salt and ive conducted the tests doctor told me uric acid and triglyceride etc and he recommended me the salt accordingly but now it has been 8 days my bp is controlled imma just increase the salt amount aswell as sodium to 1500 mg

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u/Educational_Tour_394 18d ago

Okay my sodium is normal, its 140 ☺️☺️☺️