Salty food make us fat? Less sodium means less fat? Why?

According to the American Heart Association....and I will give you the link so you can read about it yourself....people should consume no more than 1,500 milligrams of sodium(salt) per day. The reason for this, as I stated, is because too much salt contributes to high blood pressure and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Salt does not make you fat. So, as long as your "normal" amount of sodium consumed is less than 1,500 milligrams a day then what you said would be accurate. But, now let me touch on what you said about the intake of sugar, fatty foods, and carbs. Aside from the vitamins and minerals that we get from food there are three primary substances that we also get from food that we need for good health. They are: proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Yes, carbs and fats are good for you as long as you consume the right kinds. We hear a lot about carbs these days especially when we talk about dieting. Sometimes carbs in general can get a very bad rap. While there are carbs that are "bad" there are also carbs that are good. One excellent example of a bad carb is sugar. While many foods, especially fruits and vegetables, contain naturally occurring sugars white sugar like the kind we use to sweeten our foods and our drinks does not really have any nutritional benefits. An example of a good carb is fiber. Fiber, among other things, helps to keep our digestive system healthy. Good carbs our also beneficial for good brain function and as a good source of energy. Fats are necessary because they help our bodies absorb and utilize certain vitamins. Some vitamins are fat-soluble. This means that we must consume fat in order for those vitamins to do there job. But, like carbs there are good and bad fats. The bad fats that you want to stay away from or at least consume very sparingly are saturated fats and trans fats. The good fats are the unsaturated kind: monounsaturated and polyunsaturated. While saturated and trans fats can contribute to heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases the unsaturated fats can help guard against those ailments. And last but not least there are proteins. Their primary function is to repair and build tissue such as muscle. So when it comes to losing weight and getting in shape there is more to it than just simply staying away from that kind of food and eating plenty of this kind of food. It helps to have a good knowledge of nutrition. This doesn't mean you have to have a Ph.D in the subject but it helps to have a thorough basic understanding of it. A good rule-of-thumb guideline for maintaining a health weight is the ratio of calories burned to calories consumed. If you burn more calories, through exercise, then you should lose weight. Here is that link: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4708 Another link you might want to check out: http://whfoods.org/

Very informative

So for those who are trying to get fit or to lose size, it doesn't matter much if your intake of sodium is normal? Unlike the intake of sugar, fatty foods and carbs?

So it is not that bad? Not bad as sugar?

it is bad. it is still bad because water retention isn't healthy. especially if your organs are not functioning well like having a kidney problem or heart failure. It can also cause fluid shifting within the cells. there has to be equilibrium. just remember that too much of anything is bad.

But water is good, right?