Adding salt

[Idunno]

I’ve never used salt on my foods until this carnivore diet. Because they say you have to take salt with carnivore 

but now I’m putting a good 2 teaspoons per day maybe less.

and the food all tastes bland without the salt 

are you sure eating all this salt is necessary?

The sea salt is alternating my normal taste buds. Everything tastes blah with out salt

if you really think about it from an ancestral perspective before grocery stores

where is a guy going to get Redmon sea salt without a grocery store or some salt mine nearby?

are you sure eating all this salt is normal?

[Scott F.]

It is normal but everyone probably needs a different amount. 

What I need probably moves up and down based on my activity level or work schedule. I don't salt everything when I eat. I tried it in water, and it does not taste good to me and makes water harder to drink. Maybe the most consistent thing I do is to eat a pinch of salt or two in the mornings. I happen to like salt on eggs so I get another dose then.

Most days I get enough and I am sure on some days I get too much. For me there is not any difference between just enough and too much. However, if I don't get enough the energy flattens a bit and I have some cramping issues at night.

My best guess would be for you to try ti dial it up and down to suit you. I am not sure there is an X amount per person.

Scott

[Orweller]

17 hours ago, Idunno said:

are you sure eating all this salt is normal?

Definitely more normal as eating all that sugar. 

[Idunno]

To have access to the quality salts we have today I am kind of skeptical 

people didn’t have a Whole Foods to pick and chose between “high quality” salts. 
something doesn’t add up for me

i don’t understand why people need salt

ive never liked adding it to my foods but now in carnivore is some requirement of sorts

[Geezy]

Early man got most of his minerals from drinking from flowing streams but today all of our water is filtered so we have to supplement.
Sodium is an essential mineral and we used to follow the animals to find the salt licks as they would travel for miles to get salt.
Before refrigeration we heavily salted our foods to preserve them. Now in modern times our processed foods are loaded with sodium.
So throughout the ages man has always obtained sodium. It’s rather instinctive for us to want it.
Our issue today as carnivores is that sodium excretion is faster on carnivore, because reducing insulin allows the kidneys to return to their normal rate of excretion, so we advise increasing salt intake a bit on carnivore. Since we are no longer eating those processed foods anymore and flushing our fluids out at a higher rate we get deficient.
A couple of recent studies have documented that the healthiest sodium intake is 4-6 g/day, which translates to 10-15 g/day of table salt, including the salt already present in our food.


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[Orweller]

11 hours ago, Idunno said:

i don’t understand why people need salt

Because without it, we die. 

[Dorkken]

People like to add salt to things because they are unaware of other seasonings. Try garlic, cilantro, pepper, oregano and basil. I rarely add salt to things I cook, and it's usually very good, because it doesn't taste like someone added a ton of salt.

[Idunno]

On 2/27/2025 at 7:58 AM, Orweller said:

Because without it, we die. 

But why don’t people (before luxury grocery stores) why don’t they all die without salt

[Idunno]

20 hours ago, Dorkken said:

People like to add salt to things because they are unaware of other seasonings. Try garlic, cilantro, pepper, oregano and basil. I rarely add salt to things I cook, and it's usually very good, because it doesn't taste like someone added a ton of salt.

I never added salt to food until the Carnivore diet said to add it

[Idunno]

What did people do before Whole Foods and the expensive sea salt products?

was everyone just dying left and right without adding tons of sea salt to everything?