Humans need approx 1tsp (or less) of sodium daily as an essential nutrient. I was low on sodium this morning* then spent the day at the beach in the salty ocean air, then within about 30 minutes I wasn't dizzy and nauseous anymore. Did the ocean air provide me sodium somehow?
*(dizzy & nauseous, I know the symptoms well since I often have no sodium in my diet and I've learned this through experience the last 5 years and I have to consciously remember to add sodium to my diet, and if I forget then I have dizziness and nausea)
Reddit wouldn't let me post this for some reason, Maybe because that subreddit r/askadoctor is dead, there have been no posts there for 3 years, so instead of abandoning my attempt at a post, I screenshat it and posting it here on Lemmy.
Reply to rdyoung regarding electrolytes:
My magnesium gels come in 250 mg increments. 250 mg is not enough to fulfill the RDA, so 500 mg is just a bit more than recommended but far from dangerous toxicity levels.
And I drink water whenever I crave it. I tend to go through 4 of these per day but not always:
I've studied & practiced nutrition for 20 years and I've mastered it for my own self. You can enjoy your overpriced NUUN tablets, But I evolved beyond NUUN in 2018 I studied the individual nutrients involved in electrolytes, and that's when I learned to take potassium and magnesium and sodium in my water. Calcium is another part of the electrolyte family but I get plenty of that in my food. So I prefer to take the individual nutrients in capsule form instead of buying overpriced gimmicks from Whole Foods and REI.