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hey guys in this video we’re going to talk about  the dangers of low sodium another name for this  

hyponatremia okay so this this is a situation  where you’re losing a lot of blood volume and you  

have a low blood pressure a lot of other symptoms  that occur you can even have edema in the brain  

when this happens a little swelling in the brain  headaches nausea muscle cramps fainting falling  

loss of appetite confusion and even more serious  things like even a coma congestive heart failure  

and Stroke all coming from low sodium so what do  people try to do avoid salt right - constantly  

pushing this thing on you but you need a certain  amount of sodium you need about 1/2 to 1 point 2  

grams per day okay that’s like 1/4 of a teaspoon  and then you of course sodium comes with chloride  

as in salt and you would need about 2 to 3 to  5 point 8 grams of salt every single day so we  

need some salt but I will agree that most people  consume way way too much salt hidden in certain  

junk foods ok but there’s then there’s other  people who are restricting it so when you’re  

taking a diuretic for example you’re depleting  your sodium when you vomit or you’re bulimic or  

diarrhea excessive sweating using long distance  type of exercise without replacing the sodium  

could be very damaging kidney damage can create  this adrenal weakness low adrenal can create this  

that’s why like Addison’s disease where your  person has a like the adrenals are so broken  

down you’re losing so much sodium you can have  a lot of issues but the biggest thing is that  

drinking too much water will create this and  here’s another point about drink when you are  

thirsty right there’s no set amount one time I had  someone call I was doing its show on channel 8 in  

this dietician called and she got in the big  argument and then brought her husband who’s MD  

saying oh you’re telling people to not drink all  this water you need to drink all this water well  

did you realize that this condition hyponatremia  is the most common electrolyte balance in United  

States we spend 2.6 billion every single year  it could be life-threatening so we need needs  

enough sodium and drinking too much water  will dilute sodium to the degree that you  

could actually be very deficient so the key is dis  drinking you’re thirsty if you’re thirsty for two  

gallons of water a day go for it but to force  yourself to drink all this water could create  

a situation it’s interesting because the mineral  or element sodium attracts 25 molecules of water  

so wherever the sodium goes the water goes so for  low in sodium well there goes the water and use  

Drano and stuff out and you have heart problems  and edema and all sorts of side effects so I just  

wanted to bring your awareness of this and thank  you so much for watching hey guys thank you so  

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