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JebronLames posted...

do you feel the same way about those famous artificial sweeteners?

Aspartame is gross (regardless of health controversies), sucralose is well-known to have issues (mostly tricking the body into feeling hypoglycemic so you crave actual sugar), no strong feelings on stevia. I'm mostly just fine with using actual sugar for stuff and eating a reasonable amount of it. Artificial sweeteners really aren't my thing.

zebatov posted...

The salt comes from the naturally occurring acid, so please explain how that means the salt isnt also naturally occurring.

Literally everything comes from something naturally occurring. That doesn't mean literally everything is naturally occurring.

LinkPizza posted...

If it's called a "High sodium diet", that sounds like you're eating a lot of it. Not like a normal amount. Too much of many healthy things could be bad for you. Technically, you can drink too much water. as well...

It's considerably easier to have too much sodium in your diet than too much water, though. You basically have to try to give yourself water poisoning, whereas you probably are eating too much sodium unless you make a point of avoiding processed foods. You're not wrong to point out that toxicity is always dose-dependent, but if you're going to make a comparison like that, you need to consider the doses people are likely to receive. Comparing the toxicity of likely doses to the toxicity of unlikely doses is comparing apples to oranges.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Recommended sodium intake is highly dependent on water intake.

Recommended sodium intake is based on recommended water intake. You can limit sodium's absorption by drinking enough water to keep everything nice and isotonic, but then you risk diluting every other water-soluble nutrient you've got in there and missing out on absorbing them. It's far better to just eat a reasonable amount of everything than to play a ridiculous game of catch-up after eating way too much of one nutrient.