How do I keep sodium below 1000mg per day? Especially considering 100g chicken contains 450mg of sodium and 100g of tuna contains 300g of sodium?

You may need to get all your meat from a butcher's so that it's not injected with water & sodium polyphosphate/salt. Stick to freshwater fish. Fruit, veg, cereal grains, nuts & seeds, peas, beans & lentils should be low in sodium.

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did you not read my post to you http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/fb.asp?m=2817117 ?

and where did you get the 1000mg figure from?

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Reading this link:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne36.htm

The reason I ask is that looking into sodium values for food, chicken and tuna has 300mg per 100g. That adds up to alot eventually.

Anyway, Ive got my food prepared for next 2 days. Turkey for protein with brocolli and 1 sweet potato spread out through the day. The rest of the calories are made up from walnuts to provide the fats.

This gives about 50-60g carbs and should keep sodium below 1000mg.

Do I need to add potassium and vitamin C?
Also, how do I supplement with dandelion root?

Thank for the advice BTW

ORIGINAL: Nigeepoo

You may need to get all your meat from a butcher's so that it's not injected with water & sodium polyphosphate/salt. Stick to freshwater fish. Fruit, veg, cereal grains, nuts & seeds, peas, beans & lentils should be low in sodium.

But surely butchers meat is injectected with these nasties too?

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ORIGINAL: Lobo

Reading this link:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne36.htm

The reason I ask is that looking into sodium values for food, chicken and tuna has 300mg per 100g. That adds up to alot eventually.

Anyway, Ive got my food prepared for next 2 days. Turkey for protein with brocolli and 1 sweet potato spread out through the day. The rest of the calories are made up from walnuts to provide the fats.

This gives about 50-60g carbs and should keep sodium below 1000mg.

Do I need to add potassium and vitamin C?
Also, how do I supplement with dandelion root?

Thank for the advice BTW

There is no need to count values, especially as fod tables are notably inacurate. Jst heed my advice. Use a low sodium water too and use that for cooking

Have your sweet potato hot, not cold nor reheated

Yes I would add potassium and up to 2g of vitamin C

Take dandelion root as per the bottle

I'm guessing you're carb loading now though - so you'll need an awaful lot more carbs than that. Rememebr for every 1g of carb that's drawn into the muscle, you'll pull 3g water in too. Not only do you need carbs to give you the fuller look, but you also need them to help dry you out.

You've left your planning a little late really.

James Collier MuscleTalk Co-Owner + Head Moderator
Nutrition Consultant www.healthyaction.co.uk
Email: james@muscletalk.co.uk

Im not carb loading yet. Im using the following 2 links (which are quite similar in info) and they dont advocate carb loading until the night before or morning of competition. So not planning to start carbing up till tomorrow morning:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne36.htm
http://www.t-nation.com/article/bodybuilding/shredded_in_6_days&cr=

ORIGINAL: Lobo

Im not carb loading yet. Im using the following 2 links (which are quite similar in info) and they dont advocate carb loading until the night before or morning of competition. So not planning to start carbing up till tomorrow morning:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/layne36.htm
http://www.t-nation.com/article/bodybuilding/shredded_in_6_days&cr=

Hmmm - the problem with this is you will struggle to dry out

This is my issue - you have to follow one set of advice all the way through and not ask others, or it will contradict

Hope it goes ok, and let us know

Sodium is only an issue the day before a show. Just stop added soduim and any obvious sodium Friday night for a Sunday show - keep it simple!

ORIGINAL: mike gelsei

Sodium is only an issue the day before a show. Just stop added soduim and any obvious sodium Friday night for a Sunday show - keep it simple!

Disagree with that