Salt Your Food
If you train hard and eat animal based, salt is not the enemy. It is part of how you stay hydrated, feel good in class and recover for the next day.
At CrossFit Uncommon we build the plate around meat, eggs and organs. Then we salt that real food. Paul Saladino talks about this a lot: salt is a nutrient, athletes who sweat need more of it, and you do not need a fancy neon drink to get there.
This is education for people who train. It is not medical advice.
You probably need more salt than the labels suggest
Low salt messaging is everywhere. Saladino pushes back hard. He salts liberally, talks about needing several grams a day, and notes that people who lift and sweat often do better with more salt, not less.
Shawn Baker and Anthony Chaffee both talk about salt in animal based and carnivore eating too. The shared point is simple. When you cut packaged junk and train hard, your salt needs can look different than a desk job eating takeout.
Listen to how you feel. Cramping, feeling wiped after a hot class, or craving salt after a hard session are signals many athletes use to add more salt to food and water.
Sweat means you lose salt
CrossFit is sweaty work. You lose salt when you sweat. If you only replace water and never replace salt, you can feel flat.
You do not need a science project. Salt your food. Add a pinch to water if that helps you. Keep it simple.
Skip the fancy electrolyte marketing
Shelves are full of brightly colored electrolyte drinks with long ingredient lists. Saladino often points people back to real food and basic salt instead of neon powders and sports drinks packed with junk.
Real food first. Watermelon, fruit, salted meat and eggs go a long way. If you like a plain electrolyte mix with no junk, fine. Just do not let marketing convince you that salt on steak somehow does not count.
Salt real food
The easiest habit: salt your meals on purpose.
Steak, ground beef, eggs, organs. Salt them. Fruit with a little salt if you like it that way. Cook in butter or tallow and season like you mean it.
Pick a clean salt you trust and use it every day. Saladino has whole videos on salt quality for people who care which brand lands in the pantry. The bigger win for most athletes is simply using enough salt on real food.
Bottom line
Train hard. Eat real food. Salt it. Skip the fear and the fancy bottles when a salt shaker and a solid plate do the job.
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Not medical advice. Educational content only. If you have high blood pressure, kidney disease or another health condition, talk with your doctor before changing how much salt you eat.