Should You Add More Sea Salt to Your Diet

Dr. Berg also maintains that you need to add more sea salt to your diet. "And when you lose water weight, you're gonna lose electrolytes, especially salt. And if you're low on salt and you're doing fasting, you're gonna feel weaker, you're gonna feel tired. A lot of people do not realize how much salt they actually need, especially when they're doing fasting. If you're low on salt, you're not gonna sleep that good, especially in the first part of the sleep. So be more mindful of adding a little more salt to your food," he says. 

RDN Says: "I completely disagree. The typical American diet has an abundance of salt/sodium. Even if you are reducing your processed food intake, you will still be getting sodium in your food.  The Institute of Medicine recommends a minimum of 200-500 mg of sodium per day, which is very little and is very easy to get in your diet. You don't need to purposely add salt to replace the water weight you are losing when you lose weight."