Are you edgy as hell because you didn’t get much shuteye last night? Then your diet could possibly require more sodium.
Dr. James DiNicolantonio, a cardiovascular scientist, recently posted a video on Instagram about the role of salt in your sleep. He describes how your body goes into survival mode because it senses a starvation diet when sodium levels get too low, and it then reacts by doing a somersault.
“And one patient, who had to be on the low salt diet said, ‘because the sympathetic nervous system activated there was a gradual worsening in my sleep,” he said in the video that has gained more than 3K likes.”
He said this activation of the sympathetic nervous system is a “stress response” that can affect sleep.
He added that several studies have shown consuming a low-salt diet consisting of about 2,200 milligrams of sodium a day was enough to lead to sodium depletion.
Hypernatremia has a negative effect on the bone, grabbing calcium, sodium, and magnesium from the bone and making the person’s health worse, the specialist said.
The Post has made an effort to contact DiNicolantno for an extra piece. Among the other medical experts who alert regarding the adverse effect of low sodium and poor sleep is the doctor.
The Ageist journal, in illustration, highlighted that the adrenals are the ones that will respond to the falling sodium levels in the body by producing more adrenaline hormone which will help the body in retaining more sodium. The rush of adrenaline causes the body to gear up for the fight or flight mode, which in turn cannot relax for quality sleep.
Enough salt in the body is the cornerstone of a sleep-friendly way of living which is to thwart the “fight or flight” reactionDaniel Vincek – adobe.stock.com.
When sodium dips, there is also a higher possibility of increasing the number of a patient’s trips to the bathroom that may be at night time as well. When the concentration of sodium in the body decreases, the synthesis of antidiuretic hormone manifests in a lower way. ADH keeps the kidneys working normally during the night to avoid the frequent need for urination.
