[Mountaindewed]

I had about 3 tsp of chicken stock. Which I’m guessing had close to 2,500 milligrams of sodium. I had some popcorn and some Cesar salad with croutons as well. I really want a can of soup. The can of soup has over 3,000 milligrams of sodium. That would put me close to 7,000 milligrams of sodium for today.

I’m really worried about sodium overdose, but I don’t have anything else to eat that’s as low cal as the soup.

I couldn’t find out online how much sodium is considered an overdose. I don’t want to get pseudo symptoms either.

I’m guessing I should just skip the soup?

Do not add salt to food. I suffer sodium retention due to complications... anyways, my dietitian told me to cut out Salt completely.

My doctors say it will kill me.

Stay away from old recipes as they have very little health benefits and are well known for being "tasty".

Stay healthy.

[Mountaindewed]

I took a bite of the soup and it was awful. I have a headache and a neck ache. I’m pretty sure it’s pseudo.

[definedmary]

Do you like eggs? They are of course low in sodium and you can make lots of healthy and low cal meals with them such as omelettes.

Mary.

[healingme4me]

2,300mg is the daily nutritional number for allowable sodium in one's diet. Keeping it at 1,500mg is better.

I'm not sure there is an exact number that would induce seizures.

Is there someone you could turn to in order to get some food into your home?

Originally Posted by 2ISAB

Do not add salt to food. I suffer sodium retention due to complications... anyways, my dietitian told me to cut out Salt completely......

I agree entirely.

Stay away from processed foods (you should be doing this anyway). Look for sodium free foods.

If you take lithium, sodium toxicity is something to watch for.

[Taylor27]

Do not add salt to food, what they put in processed food is enough for consumption.

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by justafriend306

I agree entirely.

Stay away from processed foods (you should be doing this anyway). Look for sodium free foods.

If you take lithium, sodium toxicity is something to watch for.

My therapist wants me to start dieting for mental health reasons. So I really need to cut back pretty much on everything I eat.

[healingme4me]

Cut back on everything? Hmmm...

There's ways to get full and not feel deprived.

Have you started a food journal? Changes in diet work best in small steps. One small "better" choice at a time.

Start reading those nutrition labels. Don't get fooled by the "reduced" labels---something gets swapped out that's valuable when they do that. Potassium and Vit A come to mind as I've studied these things.

[Rose76]

I would think it would be hard for anybody over the age of 12 and in reasonably good health to overdose on sodium. I say that because excess sodium in the body (even a slight excess) causes thirst that is impossible to ignore. I know that because I love ham. I've often experienced the thirst that eating ham brings on for hours after eating a lot of it. As long as you have access to water and your kidneys work okay, I don't think you have much to worry about.

Diabetics know that high blood sugar damages the body slowly, whereas very low blood sugar can kill you pretty quickly. I think it is similar with sodium. Low sodium is more likely to create an immediate emergency than high sodium. That's why men working hard in a hot environment are sometimes provided with salt tablets. Sodium is lost in sweat. (Taste your own sweat and you'll confirm that.) So heavy sweating has caused laborers to collapse unconscious from loss of sodium. I've never heard of healthy adults collapsing from eating too much salty food. Putting too much salt in a baby's food could be dangerous because a baby isn't able to go get itself all the water it needs.