I realize this varies from person to person, but my sweat is very salty. Today, after an hour run, I could scrap chunks off my cheeks.
Does this mean I'm eating too much sodium? Does this mean i need to eat more sodium? Or does this simply mean I have salty sweat...
It could be due to a number of factors. Here are a few possibilities:
1) You have a lot of salt in your diet and your body is "purging" yourself of it, but this is not likely unless you really notice you are taking in a ton of salt
2) If you have Cystic Fibrosis, your sweat will be 2-3 times saltier than normal
3) Some people are naturally just "salty sweaters". This is actually a current issues researchers are looking into to find possible genetic or otherwise causes of people who tend to sweat significantly more than others, with the absence of CF or other conditions that otherwise are linked with salty sweat.
Hope that helps, and happy running!
I would guess that it has to do with the fact that you are sweating a lot, but your body has not adapted to sweating a lot. In the beginning of summer, I am like that (maybe not quite to scrapping chunks) but towards the end I don't have as much salt in the sweat (atleast it seems that way to me I might just be sweating the salt away).
Your message was helpful as I felt the same. I have borderline cholesterol and strongly believe it is due to lack of exercise and it seems partly if you do not sweat a lot. But not sure if i run for long would it disappear. In beginning of summer i have observed too that i have salty sweat. I do not take much salt either so i strongly believe it has not to do with intake of salt.
It means you are sweating a lot. 99% of the population is eating too much salt.
torominska wrote:
I realize this varies from person to person, but my sweat is very salty. Today, after an hour run, I could scrap chunks off my cheeks.
Does this mean I'm eating too much sodium? Does this mean i need to eat more sodium? Or does this simply mean I have salty sweat...
I don't eat anything with added salt. No processed foods whatsoever.
I would expect that I am extremely heat adapted as I can do long runs in 90+ heat without too much exhaustion and workout every day.
I have salty traces after long workouts in the heat.
So cut the crap, it's not necessarily diet or disease!
Did any of it get into your nostrils?
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