Is it sodium or salt?

[Big Vick]

I know i need to avoid salt to avoid water retention...

However isnt salt ----> sodium chloride

So do I need to avoid sodium as well?? On nutritional labels it seems there is always sodim and how many mg's... is that what I need to worry about? Or should I just chechk the ingredients for salt?

By the way... doing 500mg Sust/week

I REALLY want to avoid water at all costs

[Swifto]

If you want to avoid as mush bloat as possible take something to combat it like Arimedex and Nolvadex to combat it.

I would'nt worry about your Sodium intake unless your planning on competting in the near future. A decrease in Sodium will though help. Drinking LOTS of water will help keep bloat down and will dilute the body's sodium levels.

[kfont12]

just try to keep your sodium intake between 2000-4000mg of water a day. the more water you drink the more sodium you need in that range so you don;t become hyponaltremic which can be life threatening.

[rfbulletdude]

lol, there are many types of "salts." sodium chloride is table salt. and btw a salt is any ionically bonded metallic-nonmetallic compound.

[Big Vick]

lol, there are many types of "salts." sodium chloride is table salt. and btw a salt is any ionically bonded metallic-nonmetallic compound.

ummm ok...

so all sodium is bad with regards to bloating?

[Doc.Sust]

ummm ok...

so all sodium is bad with regards to bloating?

unless your competing i wouldn't worry about sodium being the cause of water retention. keeping sodium low is good foryour body anyway, but i wouldn't try to deliberately drop my sodium intake unless it was a contest