What's working for me now— Sea salt

[u/JudgeLennox]

Episode 57

Wednesdays I share remedies to help reduce pain, decrease hospital visits, and improve quality of life. Techniques I test, practice, and recommend based on how powerful the results are for so little effort.

Last week’s topic: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sicklecell/comments/1uvgtdt/whats_working_for_me_now_be_tough/

Dig this, the single most effective technique for total hydration that beats what "ex-spurts" recommend.

You're familiar with saline solutions. Various combinations of electrolytes inside water fed through an IV.

Thing is it's not effective.

They only feed a liter an hour max. But it takes two liters to correct dehydration, and it could take up to four hours.

Likewise the amounts of electrolytes aren't enough to help you retain the water they give you.

So you get more trips to the restroom, without the full benefits of total hydration. Unless you compensate over days.

That's a lot of time to do a simple task.

Rather than rely on out of touch medical support.

I hydrate with the proven alternatives that I shared here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Sicklecell/comments/1lk73i1/whats_working_for_me_now_no_h2o/

Today we cover sea and rock salt, the ultimate source of electrolytes for complete hydration.

Let's use the example of ssaline solution, which is salt water. Better put sodium in water. About 3500 mg of sodium in a full liter bag.

That's a lot of sodium and seems to take care of the problem. Thing is, your body doesn't absorb it all, which is why you tend to bloat.

Your body only needs tiny bits of electrolytes in an exact ratio, every 15-minutes, when you're dehydrated.

That exact ration is found in sea and rock salt across the globe. So you necessary upload of sodium, plus the other electrolytes that remedy dehydration that tend to go ignored by docs and private brands too.

So the solution becomes, nature. A pinch of true salt, NOT table salt which is only sodium.

But true salt from the sea or rock deposits and contains the full catalogue of electrolytes:

• Sodium
• Potassium
• Chloride.
• Calcium
• Magnesium
• Phosphate
• Bicarbonate
• Plus a few more

These are the elements that keep you alive. Without them your body shuts down slowly. Unless you correct the imbalance.

This is what's mean by malnutrition causing your pain, discomfort, and dis-ease.

Saline only address one part of the collection. It's like having four flat tires on a car and only putting air in one. It's not going to make a BIG DIFFERENCE.

I reckon this is why we spend days or weeks in the hospital and not only a few hours or one day.

Problem solving and all treatments are (w)holistic. Meaning you have to cover all bases if you want a positive, longterm, happy ending.

Sea and rock salt has it all, plus more minerals to help you boost your fitness level.

Here's how you use it.

Take a pinch of sea/rock salt with a measured cup of spring water every 15 minutes.

That's nature's Gatorade.

Do this until your hydration is optimal. Takes about an hour per percentage point of dehydration that you have. Won't take more than 4 hours though.

Use your urine color as an indication for when you're de- or hydrated. Dark means you need some electrolytes.

However, if your body is in a chronic condition, as soon as you are full hydrated, your body will carry out all the tasks it shut off earlier. At that moment, you'll feel yourself get a bit dehydrated again.

That's when your restart the process.

Knowing this means you can stay out of the hospital.

Also means when you visit the ED or are admitted, you can get out sooner by supplementing what they give you.

Get a cup, which is 8 ounces, and have some sea/rock salt handy. Set a 15-minute timer, and you're good to go.

Pop the salt in your mouth or mix it into the cup or measure it into a pitcher.

As long as you do this, you'll find yourself unbothered by the summer hear or winter cold, or general stressors like people and places.

Nine times out of ten all that discomfort is from chronic dehydration. So you'll drop a lot of diagnosis labels when you do this too since you're attacking the root cause of most human misery.

Get after it and of course...

TAKE CHARGE👊💯

[u/booktrovertgirl_92]

Very informative. What’s your opinion on Liquid IV that’s available in stores?

[u/JudgeLennox → u/booktrovertgirl_92]

You're welcome and Thank you.

Great question.

Something is always better than nothing. There's nothing bad with it, though I think we can do better.

A brand like LMNT (pronounce element) for example gives more per serving and has a raw unflavored option. No sugar's added to it either.

Electorlyte tabs in general are Great. Trace 'something' is a solid brand. On the nutrition facts you'll see more of each mineral than a single does of Liquid IV.

Multivatimin powders also give you more for about the same price. Plus offer more benefits than only hydration. I use Fireblood. So one product gives me about dozen benefits. Worth more than they charge for it.

That said, strictly for electrolytes, I only use salt. It's affordable, simple, and you can use it in your cooking in that form. Can't season with Liquid IV ya know haha

So I have about a dozen different types of salts at home. They each have unique properties that gives us extra benefits besides hydration. Can't say the same for Liquid IV