10/03/2024
🩵Dysautonomia Awareness Day 3- What’s your favorite salty treat? 🧂 🩵
My go to salty treats are Pop Daddy Dill Pickle Pretzel sticks!
Fun fact: While pickles and pretzels are often a go-to salty snack for POTSies, there are a lot of other options out there! Basically, processed food is terrible for “normal” people because so much of it is so high in sodium—but that makes it pretty good for us! 😂
Sodium/salt is important for POTS patients because it helps hold in all that extra water we’re supposed to be drinking. 😉
The salt + water combo = a higher blood volume, which helps combat symptoms like blood pooling and low blood pressure. Finding the amount of salt that works for you can take some experimenting, as everyone has different salty needs, and some people need so much extra sodium that they can’t get it all via food and have to take salt tablets. As with most POTS things, finding the right salt + water combo is a delicate balance and can be a bit tricky, but many patients find that a proper balance really helps their symptoms!
Rodney and I are heading to get groceries and restock our salty treats.
What high-sodium food/treat do you like?
