[captainplanet]

Just out of pure curiousity, if your cutting what would be an ideal amount of sodium intake? Thanks

[Masko AA]

I dont know if there any benefits to sodium I could be wrong but I would just try to avoid is as much as possible....

[Thomas_Rivera]

Just enough so that you don't gain water weight. Sodium is essential, it's an electrolyte. When you have too many your body holds in water, the reason for this is because there is a certain concentration of sodium that your body wants at a time.

Your body will always try to mantain homeostasis. Forever and ever it will try, if you knock it too much one way it will knock back.

[captainplanet]

How much is too much?? Reason I ask is because I ate some 90% fat free turkey breast yesterday and I looked on the package and it had like 3-400 grams of sodium, nothing else I eat has very much sodium in it so I was just wandering

[Freak]

The Adequate Intake (AI) per day is:

1500mg (19-50yr)
1300mg (51-70)
1200mg (>70)

Upper Limit for adults is: 2300mg/day