adding sea salt to drinking water?

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Permalink Reply by Erin on May 10, 2009 at 12:41pm

I do this- not a whole tsp, but a big pinch each time I drink water. It helps a lot and I feel much more hydrated. I also tolerate heat much better now.
I pee a lot too because I don't hold water well due to weak kidney meridian energy and I think it really does help. I use the Redmond Real Salt brand, which is much cleaner than sea salt.

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Permalink Reply by Nicko on May 10, 2009 at 3:55pm

I use this brand also, it's the best!

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Permalink Reply by Alexa on May 10, 2009 at 1:09pm

I've just been looking into this recently. I used to avoid all sources of sodium besides those naturally occurring in vegetables, on principle. But like others, I was taking in tons of water, and seemingly retaining very little of it. I know frequent urination is good, but I was literally waking up four or five times a night to go to the bathroom, and I could hardly sit for 30 minutes without having to make a dash for a toilet. It was making it hard to sit through a three hour class with only one break! So I started adding more sea vegetables, and small amounts of natural salts (sea and Himalayan, so far).

It does seem to be helping, although I still have to go to the bathroom during the night-time more often than I'd like (at least three times, usually). We'll see.

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Permalink Reply by onovanday on May 10, 2009 at 3:53pm

I'll have to try this. I had a hard time getting enough water down on my recent juice feast and felt I wasn't hydrated enough. I have this odd thing with water where the more I drink, the thirstier I get. I keep drinking more and more until I'm peeing every 15 mins, but my mouth starts getting dry and parched. It's a vicious circle.

I figured that was likely flushing good things out with all that water instead of retaining any decent hydration. Thanks for the ideas!

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Permalink Reply by Audrey on May 10, 2009 at 6:00pm

I get that cycle too. My mouth is always dry.

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 10, 2009 at 1:42pm

im going to posit that drinking water isn't necessarily hydrating you, unless you drink it properly. in other words, im theorizing that you only absorb it if you somehow psychologically/physically "taste" it...

that may be the purpose of "salt"... wine, tea, coffee... things that just make us concentrate...concentrate on actually tasting this free drink that can't possibly be good for us. hehe... at least this is what i'm trying now.

maybe you could try different ways of playing with the water while you drink it. like sipping it instead of gulping... letting the water sorta flow in your mouth a bit... i notice when i drink this way, that lots of times i don't actually drink the water...i sorta allow some of it to absorb through my mouth...then i'll take a swig of it... its more fun and feels -right- to me...

kinda weird post sorry maybe it helps

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Permalink Reply by Az'ya on May 10, 2009 at 1:58pm

For sure, not all water is equally hydrating and salt can often be a remedy for that. If you haven't heard Daniel Vitalis on this subject, it's worth a listen - Dhrumil covers the topic on his recent interview with DV: Daniel Vitalis Interview on GI2MR

~Az'ya

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Permalink Reply by Alexa on May 10, 2009 at 2:46pm

Daniel Vitalis's stuff has been one of my sources, and I've really enjoyed what he has to say so far. Some of his more recent interviews have additional information. Jameth Sheridan also had interesting things to say on the subject (I think he recommended non-soy miso as the best source of sodium?).

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Permalink Reply by Az'ya on May 10, 2009 at 3:43pm

I really relate to what Daniel has to say - I too started as a Natural Hygienist, back in 1989 and was indoctrinated with the "no salt, no spices or condiments of any kind" rationale. No wonder it took so long before I could do 100% raw successfully (that being one of many reasons it didn't work for me). Salt also feeds the adrenal glands. So sometimes if I'm feeling a bit tired, a pinch of good quality sea salt or other natural salt (not refined sea salt) with my food or in water can completely revive me. I'm not familiar with Jameth Sheridan's work - I'll check it out!

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Permalink Reply by Erin on May 10, 2009 at 3:56pm

Salt does do wonders for the adrenals- that's why I use it. People in a hypoadrenal state are always sodium deficient due to accelerated sodium loss, so they need more salt than people with healthy adrenals.

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Permalink Reply by Alexa on May 10, 2009 at 4:40pm

Thank you for this info, you two! I agree: natural hygiene has some great ideas, and I respect its philosophy a lot, but I think it gets fanatical in some aspects. From what I can tell, it seems to purport the idea that if a substance is unhealthy in excess, it should never be consumed under any circumstances. But as with salt, and also with certain herbs and spices that have medicinal properties, it seems to me that small amounts can be healing and beneficial.

(I'm not an N.H. expert, though!)

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Permalink Reply by Az'ya on May 10, 2009 at 4:50pm

I did study Natural Hygiene under T.C. Fry (Life Science) for awhile, but at a certain point, I began to see that many claims were asserted as fact without any valid science. Yet the basic premise of NH - that the body needs nothing other than fruit and nuts and non-bitter greens, as they are found in their natural state - stayed with me for many years. At least it was an improvement over the SAD. It wasn't until 2001 when I moved to the Tree of Life that I got past this, and realized my body needed supplements and a lot of green food in order to heal. Herbalism and fermentation came next... such liberation!

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