is sodium bad for diabetic people??!
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Sodium doesn't affect blood sugar. Diabetic people are generally encouraged to eat less sodium to prevent or control high blood pressure. For certain people, excess sodium consumption will cause or worsen high blood pressure problems. There has been a lot of recent research to determine that this only happens in about 2% of the population - though almost any cardiologist will still tell all patients to limit salt intake in their diet.
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Elemental sodium is bad for everyone. If you pick up a rock of pure sodium in a room temperature and surface pressure environment, it will probably burn a hole through your hand! Never touch pure sodium without proper precautions!
Yes if you take too much. But everyone needs just a little to help with the processes of the body. If I take sodium it makes me swell like a baloon. I know that I have to drink ALOT of water just to help. The biggest deal is that athletes need it to help their body crave the fluids like they should.
sodium makes the body retain fluids. This puts more pressure on the kidneys, Kidney failure is one of the main problems of diabetes if left untreated. That said most people get the sodium they do need from the food they eat with out adding more.
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