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Low
Sodium Diets and Weight Loss For Staying Fit and Healthy
If
you are planning to lose weight through dieting, it is important
that you know what type of weight you want to lose, whether it
is fat mass or the lean mass or you want to get rid of excess
water weight. Quite often, when people lose five to ten pounds
in a week due to a restrictive diet, the bulk of the weight that
is lost is water weight caused due to reducing the intake of sodium
in your daily diet.
Table salt is considered to be one of the major reasons for weight
gain. In fact, by using other alternatives and opting for low
sodium diets can help in weight loss quickly. The recommended
intake of sodium is between 1500 to 2300 milligrams daily in a
normal person. However, it is quite common to see most people
consuming twice the recommended intake. What most people do not
know is that high levels of salt in your body can lead to storage
of excess fat which can lead to bloating or unwanted extra weight.
Not many people are aware of the link between salt and weight
gain. When you consume a high sodium diet, it stimulates the natural
fat storing hormones in the body which results in speeding up
the process of fat storage in the body. It provokes the cells
causing inflammation and thereby resulting in the slowing down
of the metabolism process. Over a period of time you will find
the arteries begin to harden. So how does a low sodium diet help
in weight loss?
Well, when you reduce the intake of sodium in your daily diet,
it prevents the accumulation of water weight and at the same time
helps in flushing out the accumulated water weight in your body.
Try this. Skip table salt for a month and observe the changes.
You will notice that there is higher metabolism, more energy,
no bloating due to water gain. This natural weight loss process
helps in reducing the instances of heart diseases, blood pressure
or osteoporosis.
The best way to ensure low salt intake is to buy foods that are
unprocessed like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, etc. Be careful
when buying processed foods because they contain a high quantity
of salts and sugars.
Finally, eliminating table salt and maintaining low sodium diets
along with moderate exercising will result in quick weight loss.
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