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Is there such a thing as drinking too much? Not alcohol but diet drinks or water.

You can't drink enough strong black tea!

I've increased my salt intake since I was diagnosed and since the wife found out she needed more salt so she is quite liberal, I've even started putting it on my salad.
Of course all my meat gets seasoned before frying, cooking, roasting.
When I have fried tomatoes, the pepper pot joins the salt to bring out the flavour.
 
Some different responses so far.

Just to check, we are all talking about UK climate here?

Uk is different to a much hotter zone.

I know I can drink a lot more than 2 litres, and sweat it straight through if I'm working.
I know I can/need to up my salt intake for the same reason. (But only because it goes straight out, I keep it down normally)
I can mop my face and soak a towel in a few minutes, and that needs replacing.
But if I spend the day inside, with the aircon on, I don't need to drink anywhere near that much.

And, my usual measure, to be slightly crude, is when I need the loo. Then it's how often, what colour, and what smell.
My body is always the best indicator of what I should be doing, and I've learnt to listen to it.
 
Totto said:
A few of my friends actually lowered their BP by adding more salt!
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Doesn't surprise me based on my experience.


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Good summary guide. Thanks.


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As someone else said @ickihun I take the colour of my urine as a guide (tmi maybe but we are all used to talking health here!), apparently there used to be a colour guide above the urinals at IBM so chaps could check.

I am for around 2/3 litres a day - do seem to spend all day peeing
 
Mine has been just off clear unless I have a naughty carb. I knew strong wee indicated dehydration so I think I might be having a litre too much. I drank less after 7pm yesterday and have woke not bursting for toilet.
I'll keep an eye on colour. Great help, thankyou all.
 
Diet drinks are out. They metabolise like sugar and spike insulin. It's hard but I've seriously cut down and now only have it when eating out.


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"Researchers are attempting to pinpoint the exact effect of artificial sweeteners in the body. In the “Diabetes Care” report, researchers found that subjects consuming diet soda did have significant increases in glucagon-like peptide 1, a gut hormone responsible for promoting energy storage and insulin action and decreasing appetite. Results suggest that diet soda does increase insulin via gut action, but only when glucose is also present. Therefore, diet soda may increase the efficiency of blood glucose control and promote earlier satiety."

http://www.livestrong.com/article/531926-does-a-diet-soda-affect-insulin/
 
I'm another that eats salt. A tomato is just not quite the same without it, nor are one or two other things. Salt is also added at the cooking stage. My BP came down after diagnosis and has remained down. If my bloods ever come back showing too much sodium, I will rethink.

I drink all day and evening, but sips only. No gulping. I get through about 2 litres including my brews.
 
A lot of comments on adding salt in quantity.

But, I think an important point that never gets said is that in reality, most posters probably now get less salt than they did when they ate junk food.
I know I do, as I don't eat salt and sugar loaded junk, so I add salt to food, and it's surprising just how little I need.
I probably stick to a teaspoon a day, (adjusted up if I'm sweating).
Which is a lot shaken out of the salt cellar

But surprisingly little compared to a couple of double cheeseburgers from McDonalds, which has about the daily allowance of a teaspoon full of salt between them. And that was just a snack between meals for me.

(But I've never had high blood pressure, oddly enough)
 

That defo applies to me, hence why I add 2-4g per day.


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I never use salt in anything and haven't done since very young childhood, there are so many herbs and spices that bring out food flavour. When I met hubby he was a salt demon, I over a period of time secretly swapped his salt for celery salt, he never noticed. I came clean about it and he was amazed he hadn't noticed. He now loves cooking and trying out different mixes.
 
I need to drink between 4 and 5 litres of fluid per day - including a pint of water in the night to ensure that I wake at least twice to empty my bladder. I have an inherited genetic kidney stone condition called Cystinuria and have had 12 operations to remove stones and have passed 100s - some stones are tiny and others are up to 4 cms round (I do not pass those lol). Flushing the kidneys and emptying the bladder regularly is currently the only "treatment" that helps me. I see both an urologist and a renal specialist who monitor my kidney function.
 

My goodness that is tough. I really do feel for you.


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