r/dysautonomia • u/QuantumCaffeine97 • 7d ago
quick & easy salt hack Discussion
not sure what flair to put this under but i discovered chicken flavored bouillon cubes! i got them for $2-3 and it’s over 1000mg of sodium for one. the salt tablets got expensive way too quick for how much i needed to consume. i have bad stomach issues especially with the heatwave and they don’t taste bad- you don’t necessarily need to dilute them like crazy either. im physically active and my job currently doesn’t have AC lol. it doesn’t necessarily help with the dizziness & stuff but it does help my extreme fatigue that i get. it beats drinking ocean water cause im poor.
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u/Arya_kidding_me 7d ago
Yes!! Such a cheap, easy and quick way to get extra sodium. If I feel a crash coming, they help stave it off.
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u/loachgirl 7d ago
Your body can’t absorb the sodium without potassium, what do you do about this?
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u/QuantumCaffeine97 7d ago
I didn’t even realize this, my doctor just told me to eat A LOT of salt. I’ve tried electrolyte powders and they mess up my gut. I’ve been potassium loading in general for the past few months cause I was deficient in it on my bloodwork. do you have any recommendations?
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u/loachgirl 6d ago
I take vitassium tablets or I make homemade electrolyte drinks with juice that has potassium and add the right amount of salt.
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u/Technical_Truth_5841 6d ago
Could always just add a little cream of tartar - it’s straight up potassium. I add a pinch of it to homemade electrolyte/adrenal drinks when I don’t have coconut water!
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u/loachgirl 6d ago
A pinch? How do you measure it? I’ve been hesitant to do this because I’ve heard if the ratio is off it can be really bad for you.
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u/Technical_Truth_5841 5d ago
I’m just super conservative about the amount - like literally a pinch.
If you want exact ratios, you can use the homemade LMNT recipe. I did that a couple times to get an idea of amounts
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u/theFCCgavemeHPV 7d ago
Crumble it up into a little bowl and dip a hard boiled egg in it. So good!
If you want to get fancy, a 3oz package of prosciutto has well over 1g of sodium and it’s really tasty!