In this episode Casie and Ali discuss the health benefits of sodium. 

Here are some key notes from the episode:

• Essential electrolyte needed for muscles to contract, maintain proper fluid balance, conduct nerve, impulses,
• Natural antihistamine
• Important for maintaining proper stomach ph
• Lowers stress
• Low sodium studies have showed increased insulin resistance
  • Study 152 people found that insulin resistance increased after 7 days on a low sodium diet.
• Mixed studies when it comes to showing lowering salt reduces risk in heart disease. In a 2011 review, reducing sodium didn’t reduce the risk of dying from heart attacks or strokes, and it increased the risk of death from heart failure
• Crucial for maintaining blood volume
  • More blood pumping through you = better oxygen delivery to your muscle and nutrient delivery to cells. Helps in lifting and aids in recovery
• Whole food diets = less sodium so you must add in
• Track condiments and fluids that are not water bc they have sodium
• FDA says limit to less than 2300 mg a day. That is wrong. Honestly this should be your minimum amount a day. Goes back to the research study.. Less than 2300 mg a day = higher mortality rate. 
• Stay consistent with sodium

Potassium

• Important sodium and potassium need to balance out
• A diet higher in sodium and low in potassium causes an imbalance that can contribute to heart disease and high blood pressure
• Sources of potassium
  • Greens, salmon, beans, potatoes, bananas, and avocados 
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