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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, September 22-28, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 23 September 2014 01:39:11PM 0 points [-]

Is there a straightforward way to know your average sodium intake?

Comment author: RomeoStevens 23 September 2014 06:40:09PM 0 points [-]

Not really unless you actually chart your foods for a bit. Which can be laborious. Worth it though to get it through to system 1 how bad your current diet is (if it is about as bad as average).

Comment author: ChristianKl 24 September 2014 12:50:12PM *  0 points [-]

I'm no sure how bad my system 1 happens to be on the salt question. On some days my system 1 feels like more salt is warranted and I follow that intuition. I'm also not sure that the RDA is +/- 25% accurate for myself given that I sometimes drink 4 liter of water per day and probably need more salt consumption than the average person on those days.

Charting my food doesn't easily tell me how much of the salt I put into the water to cook pasta makes it into my pasta.