welcome i'm dr janine bowring naturopathic doctor guiding you on your health journey and of course
doing things optimally and naturally today i am talking all about the signs and symptoms
of assault deficiencies so often we think of having too much salt as being a problem
but really the research shows and in the way that people are feeling it shows that assault
deficiency may be a lot more common than what we think so some of those signs and symptoms
could be weight gain and again you would probably think the complete opposite if you
are gaining weight and you have too much salt what you think is too much salt in your diet
that that will cause water retention but if you're lacking in having enough sodium
and salt and the minerals that go along with salt in the diet then this can actually cause
for you to gain weight and not be able to burn off that bad body fat so making sure that you
have the optimized amount of salt in your diet is really something that you have to focus on another
sign is headaches so this could be something that you know you're definitely if you have chronic
headaches this could be migraine headaches it could be related to your electrolyte balance
certainly if you've been out in the hot sun and you've been perspiring a lot or over exercising
this can cause a headache and that can be again caused by a salt deficiency if you get a lot of
muscle cramps and weakness in the muscles this is something else that can be related to a lack
of salt we know that athletes they are definitely on top of their salt consumption especially before
they're training before an event to ensure that they don't run the risk of developing the cramps
and the weakness in their muscles we also know that poor balance of blood glucose so our blood
sugar levels can be related to a lack of salt so their research also shows that metabolic syndrome
and diabetes can be related to assault deficiencies so again ensuring that our
metabolism is working at the level that it should be and making sure that our insulin is allowing
for that glucose to get into the cells for that proper metabolism is reliant on having enough
salt so this is really important for anybody who does have problems with balancing their blood
glucose levels to ensure that they're optimizing their salt intake we also know that high blood
pressure yes high blood pressure can be related to a salt deficiency so opposite of what most people
have heard or have experienced in visiting their doctor that you know usually the salt restriction
diet is what is indicated for you know somebody who has a high blood pressure but in some cases
and it's more of it happens more often than what you would think it is that salt deficiency that
can be related to that poor regulation of the blood pressure as well as allergies so we know
that allergies and what's going on with our guts so proper digestion even acid reflux is reliant
on having enough salt so we know that salt is nacl sodium chloride well we need that cl the chloride
to make our hcl which is our hydrochloric acid our stomach acid in our stomach so if we're deficient
in salt we may not have enough chloride to make our stomach acid the hcl and this can be one of
the causes for allergies and leaky gut syndrome but also acid reflux and the improper digestion
we also know that constipation can be related to a salt deficiency so
if you're having difficulty with frequency of bowel movements and you're on the slower side in
taking a little bit more salt in the diet may be exactly what's needed to help to get things moving
and we also know that poor sleep can be related to assault deficiency and people that are you know
for medical reasons put on a salt a lower salt or loaded lower sodium diet they often
will experience a deficiency in their ability to sleep so this is something that's definitely
correlated so you know finding that optimal level is really important irritability so this can
affect our moods as well if we're not you know getting enough salt in our daily diet that can
cause irritability as well as well as short-term memory loss can be related to lack of salt and we
see this definitely in the aging population that you know ensuring that there's enough salt in the
diet is really important restlessness as well and loss of energy and fatigue can be caused by a lack
of salt even drowsiness so lacking that get up and go energy and feeling very drowsy can be related
to assault deficiency as well if this becomes very excessive with the salt deficiency with
hyponatremia then there's also nausea and vomiting can be some of the symptoms and even seizures so
ensuring that we're getting a proper salt intake is really important i talk in other
videos as to how to do that and the best types of salt so make sure that you check
those out so today i talked all about the signs and symptoms of assault deficiency if you do have
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