Do you get Salt / Sodium Cravings ?
By Artgirl
@owstalaga (4825)
Philippines
August 29, 2015 3:22pm CST
Well I am most definitely not addicted to salty food but I've been craving more salt in my food the past few weeks. I don't even know why. 
I normally cook with a little salt or some soy sauce but somehow it's not enough these days. I end up adding more salt while eating because I find the viand bland. I hope this is not a sign that I'm sick with something. 
Most people crave sweets but it looks like my cravings are more of the sodium kind. 
Usually I have some junk food around but since I don't buy them too much I just add more salt to what I eat. I'm not on a diet or anything but I guess I am lacking some minerals in my body that's why I'm craving more salt these days.
I normally cook with a little salt or some soy sauce but somehow it's not enough these days. I end up adding more salt while eating because I find the viand bland. I hope this is not a sign that I'm sick with something.
Most people crave sweets but it looks like my cravings are more of the sodium kind. Usually I have some junk food around but since I don't buy them too much I just add more salt to what I eat. I'm not on a diet or anything but I guess I am lacking some minerals in my body that's why I'm craving more salt these days.
Not all salt cravings are obvious: learn why you need enough salt in your diet and how you can tell if you're not getting enough.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
19 Oct 15
That's why I only binge from time to time. Don't want my poor kidneys to suffer. Sometimes I don't eat anything salty anyway.
When I made this discussion I was having cravings the whole week but now I don't get it anymore so I should be safe. haha~
When I made this discussion I was having cravings the whole week but now I don't get it anymore so I should be safe. haha~3 people like this
@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
30 Aug 15
oh that's something I do too when eating out! Yum!!! Except for the chili that is.
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
19 Oct 15
If you give me a choice between sweets/cakes or pastries or such things and between salty snacks/savory, I would prefer to have salty food. I've read the article, which you have mentioned. However, I am not clear what the article writer wants to convey. I try to eat roasted snacks instead of fried ones. I do not like to eat junk food.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
Well I just felt like sharing how I was craving some salty food and wanted to know if others do experience it too.
We don't have much roasted food around here though.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
22 Oct 15
@dpk262006 Not too much, only when I get a craving.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
19 Oct 15
First the serious aspects - you might have some high blood pressure. So a request, please have it checked.
Ok. Now that I am done with the serious part - I believe my parents needed me as a girl. When it comes to eateries I love all the stuff mostly the girls like - chilly, sour tasting stuff, chocos, cakes with lots of creams, ice-creams
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
Oh those are delicious food.
Well I don't have the craving now so I believe I'm safe. 
Well I don't have the craving now so I believe I'm safe. 1 person likes this
@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
@LadyDuck Oh I didn't know that! Nice. So maybe I was on the verge of a low blood at the time then? Lack of sleep and food = salt cravings? 
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
18 Oct 15
I try to avoid salt as much as possible.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
19 Oct 15
I guess some do because they have high blood? I eat salty food moderately but I still binge sometimes.
@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
@AbbyGreenhill haha~ So he's the one with the salt cravings.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
19 Oct 15
@owstalaga my husband over uses salt and I yell all the time about it.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
I guess less food and sleep did that to me.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
29 Aug 15
I've been used to low salt diet knowing for a fact that too much salt is not good for our body. I don't normally crave for salty food but sweets.... lol, I do and I really have to practice self control when I do.
@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
30 Aug 15
Ah I don't normally eat salty food but nowadays since I have a craving for it, I am indulging it most of the time.
Good luck on the self control for sweets craving.
@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Oct 15
No, I don't crave sodium at all. My daughter does however. I don't salt anything and I try to use the soy sauce with low sodium. It is something we need in out diet but we don't want to over do it.
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@owstalaga (4825)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
Yum, I like soy sauce more than salt! It's tastier. Didn't know there's a low sodium soy sauce though. I don't think we have that around here...
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18112)
• Torrington, Connecticut
19 Oct 15
Sometimes I get the craving for something salty, especially when im hungover lol
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
3 Nov 17
I don't crave salt. There are things that require and need salt put in them to add to the taste.
