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Posted 3/28/2017 2:26 PM (GMT 0)
Hello. I have been sick with Lyme for over 20 years now. I have on occasion eaten really salty meals such as very salty ham sandwich or ham steak. Within one hour after eating this high salt meal I amazingly started feeling so much better. My energy levels came back. My legs were stronger. The malaise went away. It is short lived but salt must do something to help the body. I do not know if it is the sodium or the chlorine part of the salt. Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?
Be well.
Posted 3/28/2017 2:38 PM (GMT 0)
I did, but my adrenals were really struggling at the time. Have you had your adrenals tested with a 4 point saliva test recently? If not, if you have a doctor, get them to order it for you - if you don't have a doctor that will order this test for you, we know of labs that you can order it yourself. Here's one, but I know there are others: www.truehealthlabs.com/Stop-the-Thyroid-Madness-STTM-Recommended-Test-Panels-s/1947.htm?searching=Y&sort=5&cat=1947&show=100&page=1
Posted 3/28/2017 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
I tend to crave salt over sweet. My doctor told me it's not terrible. Salt will bond and help detox
Posted 3/28/2017 5:11 PM (GMT 0)
Craving salt is a symptom of adrenal issues
Posted 3/28/2017 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
I too crave salt over sweet. After lots of blood work and tests my doctor said that I use up the salt I am eating and not to worry.

I just make sure I used the best salt I can get.

Either pink Himalayan or Celtic Grey. The pink is the best, but sometimes not available for me.

I don't eat many packaged things. The salt in those is cheap "stuff." And, if I open a can of beans I rinse the bad salt off of them as best I can. Generally non nutritious salt is used in packaging and canning.

All salts are not equal. Check out the labels of salt. The sodium content is different on each brand.
Posted 3/28/2017 6:44 PM (GMT 0)

sick2long said...
Hello. I have been sick with Lyme for over 20 years now. I have on occasion eaten really salty meals such as very salty ham sandwich or ham steak. Within one hour after eating this high salt meal I amazingly started feeling so much better. My energy levels came back. My legs were stronger. The malaise went away. It is short lived but salt must do something to help the body. I do not know if it is the sodium or the chlorine part of the salt. Has anyone else ever had this happen to them?
Be well.

i don't want to be a show stopper, but u know this disease does cycle on its own, so u can get better and then worse without doing anything special. You need to take notes and keep a log of your symptoms for several weeks/months to notice differences. Otherwise i see my symptoms going up and down all the time. In the begining i was very excited and always linked this to something i ate or did last week/yesterday. After noticing this cycle, i am now MUCH more careful before declaring eureka moments over anything i do.

Hope u get better, and btw there IS some link between hi salt intake and Borrelia losing some of its aggressiveness: /www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480895

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3561332

i consider it quite dangerous treatment as it puts a huge strain on your body as you really need to eat A LOT of salt... but nevertheless.... it does help.

Post Edited (mpost) : 3/28/2017 1:50:38 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/28/2017 7:29 PM (GMT 0)
Excellent post mpost!!!
Posted 3/28/2017 11:48 PM (GMT 0)

mpost said...

Hope u get better, and btw there IS some link between hi salt intake and Borrelia losing some of its aggressiveness: /www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26480895

If i'm not mistaken this is talking about salts of transition metals not table salt. I tried to read it and make sure but I gave up biochemistry for my mental health. Dear god those papers are a struggle to get through. Some of the most dry literature on the planet.

I know my doctor told me to eat salt for my pots. Shoemaker always says his patients have problems with osmolality as well though i think it tends to be too high in that case
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