How Much Salt You Need In Your Ketogenic Diet ?

How Much Salt You Need In Your Ketogenic Diet?

In this article, we gonna discover the importance of salt while following a ketogenic diet.

You probably heard that is really bad and it's gonna increase your blood pressure, this myth is not actually true if you're following the healthy version of Keto, in this version, you're supposed to be consuming a tremendous amount of vegetables with a lot of potassium and you're supplementing with electrolytes. 

Once you're getting enough Potassium in your diet, you gonna be deficient with sodium because when you're on a high carb diet, your insulin levels will be increased and this will make you retain a lot of water. But when you're following Keto or a low carb diet, you gonna release all the excess water and Sodium as well. 

The symptoms of low sodium would be : 

- Constipation

- Heart Palpitations

- Headache 

- Fatigue 

- Weakness

- Cramps in the legs.

The amount of salt that you need to consume on a Ketogenic Diet is about one tablespoon per day, but if you're following a higher carb plan, you're probably be needing to consume only the quarter of this amount to avoid water retention. 

The best source of sodium is the pink Himalayan salt, you can sprinkle it on all your food, you can also consume salty or feta cheese, olives, salted butter and nuts.