SALT INTAKE A CAUSE OF NOCTURIA?
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Lowering your salt intake could mean fewer trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night, a new study suggests.
Most people over age 60, and many even younger, wake up to pee one or more times a night. This is called nocturia. This interruption of sleep can lead to problems such as stress, irritability or tiredness, which can affect quality of life.
There are several possible causes of nocturia, including — as this study found — the amount of salt in your diet.
The study included more than 300 Japanese adults. They all had high salt intake and sleeping problems. They were given instructions and help to reduce their salt intake and followed for 12 weeks.
The American Heart Association recommends that people consume no more than 2,300 milligrams (2.3 grams) of sodium daily. That’s about a teaspoon of salt.
Ideally, the AHA says, people shouldn’t have more than 1,500 milligrams (1.5 grams) of sodium per day. Table salt is made up of about 40 percent sodium, according to the AHA.
More than 200 people in the study reduced their salt intake. They went from an average of 11 grams per day to 8 grams a day.
With that reduction in salt, the average number of nighttime trips to the bathroom to urinate fell from 2.3 to 1.4 times per night. The number of times people needed to urinate during the day also decreased.
In comparison, the nearly 100 participants whose average salt intake rose — from 9.6 grams per night to 11 grams nightly — had an increase in nighttime trips to the bathroom, from 2.3 to 2.7 times a night, the study revealed.
The study was to be presented Sunday at the European Society of Urology annual meeting, in London. Findings presented at meetings are typically viewed as preliminary until they’ve been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Dr. Marcus Drake is a professor at the University of Bristol in England and leader of the working group for the ESU Guidelines Office Initiative on Nocturia. “This is an important aspect of how patients potentially can help themselves to reduce the impact of frequent urination. Research generally focuses on reducing the amount of water a patient drinks, and the salt intake is generally not considered,” he said.
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rocky31676 They say that this is a preliminary, non-peer reviewed study. So eventually the impact of reducing salt could be greater or less than what they found
What caught my attention was that reducing salt led to a 43% reduction in nighttime trips (2.3 to 1.4 times). Since it doesn't require sugery or travel or thousands of $$ in expense or pain or bleeding, I'm going to give it a try.
Thats significant enough for me.
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Have had that issue, nocturia. It prevents me from getting a good nights rest and I'm stressed out. I have been trying to drink less fluids before bedtime, and all it seemed to do is less urine but up and about every few hours which is a real issue along with other issues (insomnia, dizziness, nausea in the morning hours) I've been experiencing.
Could be my losartin, though I took it for years with no issues or side effects, except some belly bloat and fatigue. But high blood pressure can't be ignored.
Will be trying to lose a bit of weight (not obese) so I can reduce the Losartin.
Will try reducing salt intake as well and see if it makes a difference in nocturia, even if it is a slight reduction.
Have to try everything so won't know exacty what works.
Was taking ginger (a knob in hot water steeped for an hour) drunk slowly for the nausea , but even there one wonders what kind of soil the ginger is grown in and I buy a large bag and use it often. The organic I saw which was more expensive had mold, so I buy it as fresh as I can. I'm even trying to grow my own which definatly would be organic.
I'm desperate to sleep a good nights rest because I'm exhausted and don't get much done being tired. Rest in the afternoon, though don't sleep even then.