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The Benefits of Adding Salt to Your Meals
Sodium and its use are very misunderstood and often-confused health topics. With the media flip-flopping on whether sodium is good or bad for you, it’s no wonder why you may be confused.
Sodium will actually help your bodybuilding efforts. Do you want to add mileage to the money you invest in supplements? Simply adding table salt to your daily meals can be extremely helpful in doing so. This “supplement booster” efficiently transports nutrients into your system and, at about 50 cents for a 26-ounce package, is really inexpensive.
Liberally salting your food will help your body transport important bodybuilding nutrients and supplements (like creatine and glutamine) into your muscles more efficiently. No, salting your food won’t cause high-blood pressure (although excess salt could exasperate high-blood pressure if you already have it).
After getting accustomed to its use, salting your food won’t bloat you either. If you drink enough water, your body will routinely flush excess sodium out of your system. If you find yourself looking bloated due to the amount of sodium you are eating, try drinking more water. Keep drinking more water until you find the right amount needed to neutralize or balance out the amount of salt you are eating.
By the way, this strategy is intended for everyone—whether you’re a competitive or a non-competitive bodybuilder. Many bodybuilders mistakenly believe they need to carry extra body weight in order to build muscle. It’s highly unlikely that an addition of 10 to 30 pounds within a year’s period of time would be all quality muscle.
As I have discussed before, the three most important factors for building muscle are heavy and intense overload training, complete recovery, and aiding the recovery process with proper nutrition that places a high priority on high-quality protein consumption. Nowhere in that equation is the need for excess carbohydrates and fats in your diet—both of which can lead to additional body fat.
If you don’t put on the body fat in the first place, you won’t need to put yourself through the pain and agony of taking it off later.
But you say that you are much stronger in the gym with that extra weight? You feel the confidence and certainty the extra body weight gives you improves your training performance and leads to better gains? I agree—but here’s a solution which is more efficient than putting on body fat –adding sodium to your diet!
You’ll need to experiment with what the right amount is for you, but adding salt to your food, can help you gain an additional 5 to 10 pounds of extra body weight. The extra weight can help you feel stronger, train heavier, prevent injuries, and give you more confidence. Adding salt to your diet, along with drinking plenty of water, will give you the very same benefits as body fat—but in a much more efficient manner.
Losing the extra water your body carries as a result of adding salt is a process that takes a matter of days. Losing extra body fat is a process that can take months!
The Benefits of Adding Salt to Your Meals
Sodium and its use are very misunderstood and often-confused health topics. With the media flip-flopping on whether sodium is good or bad for you, it’s no wonder why you may be confused.
Sodium will actually help your bodybuilding efforts. Do you want to add mileage to the money you invest in supplements? Simply adding table salt to your daily meals can be extremely helpful in doing so. This “supplement booster” efficiently transports nutrients into your system and, at about 50 cents for a 26-ounce package, is really inexpensive.
Liberally salting your food will help your body transport important bodybuilding nutrients and supplements (like creatine and glutamine) into your muscles more efficiently. No, salting your food won’t cause high-blood pressure (although excess salt could exasperate high-blood pressure if you already have it).
After getting accustomed to its use, salting your food won’t bloat you either. If you drink enough water, your body will routinely flush excess sodium out of your system. If you find yourself looking bloated due to the amount of sodium you are eating, try drinking more water. Keep drinking more water until you find the right amount needed to neutralize or balance out the amount of salt you are eating.
By the way, this strategy is intended for everyone—whether you’re a competitive or a non-competitive bodybuilder. Many bodybuilders mistakenly believe they need to carry extra body weight in order to build muscle. It’s highly unlikely that an addition of 10 to 30 pounds within a year’s period of time would be all quality muscle.
As I have discussed before, the three most important factors for building muscle are heavy and intense overload training, complete recovery, and aiding the recovery process with proper nutrition that places a high priority on high-quality protein consumption. Nowhere in that equation is the need for excess carbohydrates and fats in your diet—both of which can lead to additional body fat.
If you don’t put on the body fat in the first place, you won’t need to put yourself through the pain and agony of taking it off later.
But you say that you are much stronger in the gym with that extra weight? You feel the confidence and certainty the extra body weight gives you improves your training performance and leads to better gains? I agree—but here’s a solution which is more efficient than putting on body fat –adding sodium to your diet!
You’ll need to experiment with what the right amount is for you, but adding salt to your food, can help you gain an additional 5 to 10 pounds of extra body weight. The extra weight can help you feel stronger, train heavier, prevent injuries, and give you more confidence. Adding salt to your diet, along with drinking plenty of water, will give you the very same benefits as body fat—but in a much more efficient manner.
Losing the extra water your body carries as a result of adding salt is a process that takes a matter of days. Losing extra body fat is a process that can take months!
