The Sodium Myth and Why We Need It! – Dr.Berg

I went on a temporary diet where I ate only vegetables, a little fruit, and meat. then I started getting really bad insomnia and heart palpitations, didn't occur to me until way later that I was consuming nearly no salt

Thank you for your videos. Not eating enough sodium (and potassium and magnesium) as I was working out for years nearly killed me. Serious heart rhythm changes and brain swelling occurred and it took over a year to come back from it (and it's still not perfect). It's all about ratios, folks. Ratio of sodium to potassium and ratio of magnesium to calcium. We need all of these minerals and many more for our cells to function.

A high carb, high sugar diet is the main culprit of high BP. Cut the sugar out of your diet if your BP is high and I GUARANTEE it will drop significantly in a matter of weeks.

I have been using only real sea salt for some time now. I resently got over my sugar cravings by drinking lemon water. Now I am working on my salt cravings so thanks for making this video on the importance of sodium. All your videos are very informative and helpful.

You are so informative. I've enjoyed your videos for a couple of years now, and they are all GREAT. I really appreciate how you obviously care about people's health.

I realise that salt and pure sodium are not quite the same, however, when us lot, here in Europe or the US are being told NOT to eat more than 6grams of salt, we have huge epidemics of chronic diseases. Japan, in contrast, a pretty healthy society on the whole, get told the human body needs at least 12grams of salt a day... The same with other minerals and vitamins, for example, magnesium 350-400mg a day here in Europe, 800+mg in Japan. Hmm, I wonder whom I should believe, ill people or healthy people?

I put salt on everything and my average bp is 110/60.

Doctor knows his stuff

Thank you. That is very reassuring. I drink a lot of water for a lymph condition & if I don't salt my food I get horrendous leg cramps. People are so brainwashed by the media that when I tell them I need the salt they look at me as if I'm crazy. But you have to learn to listen to your own body rather than those who give rigid, generic advice to everyone.

It's amazing how thorough you are even in short videos.

Your videos are so informative and well explained. One of the best in You Tube. Thanks for your contribution to the world!

Just finished a 30 day water fast at a clinic that doesn't believe in adding salt to food. I could handle their bland food right before I started my fast, even though I didn't love it. But I couldn't get my body to even accept water by the time I got to day 30. Felt like I was dying and might have ended up in the hospital. Thankfully, I already planned to break the rules and my friend brought me salt (as well as grass fed beef stew and bone broth) the next day. I feel so much better after one cup of stew.

Fantastic work! We need more information like this in the mainstream.

Thank you so much! I have know for a while that I needed more salt but you have explained how to eat it in the correct way along with increasing vegetable intake.

I agree. I omitted salt for a month from my diet and my blood pressure was still high daily. I tried taking potassium and magnesium and that too didn’t lower My BP. I soon realized that I have major food, pharmaceutical drug sensitivities, even to natural supplements. So now, I need to figure out how to “cure” these sensitivities, therefore blood pressure.

Couple things. Firstly, OMG, you've lost a lot of extra fat since you created this video in 2016: lean looks good on you!! Secondly, thank you! In spite of being petite, I've been experiencing chronic swelling in my hands, legs, & feet since I was 17 ( I'm currently 52), regardless if I sit or stand. The only time I ever get relief is when I'm laying down resting & sleeping. My particular body needs a lot of water; upwards to 2 gallons on really hot days when I'm out hiking all day. Because of that, I'm very mindful about electrolytes and consume a decent amount of salt everyday in my fermented veggies, including pink himalayan, celtic, and black himalayan (kala namak). Three years ago my body informed me it was potassium deficient so I began fermenting coconut water to up my potassium intake; however, clearly I must not be getting enough because while it helps a little, initially, the longer I hike, the more swollen my hands become, regardless if it's hot or cold outside. Earlier last week I watched one of your other videos discussing potassium. That's when it clicked! I immediately went out & purchased a quality brand (93 mg dose) and take one pill each night before bed, as I recall my childhood doctor once telling me, "Vitamins in the morning; minerals at night." Most interesting is how I've not experienced any swelling since. Thank you so much for creating these videos and sharing your knowledge so publicly. It's very difficult to find a doctor these days who will address more than one issue at a time and who will offer more than 15 minutes of their time. Actually, where I live, it's just difficult to find a doctor lol! You are a godsend to people like me who need a little medical knowledge to help explain what I so strongly & intuitively know. Bless you & thank you!

Great video as always thank you

"Worth your salt" comes from Roman times, when they would pay soldiers with a block of salt.

Wonderful video, thank you very much.

Is was gonna make a sodium joke but Na