Salt cravings

[bws1565]

Just curious.

 

Do your kids crave salt? DD15 has this strange symptom of strong salt craving. She can take salt on a spoon and lick it off....

 

Does anybody know if this is Lyme or Pandas related??

 

[searching_for_help]

I don't know if it is PANDAS related or not, but my dd, (whose PAN morphed into an eating disorder) dumps salt over everything. The "rule" is she can't salt her own food, it's so bad. And she's almost 23 years old, but she simply can't taste her food very well. Anorexics often are low in zinc, which can cause you not to be able to taste well, but we have done the zinc test with drops in water, and she can taste it. I'm going to be having her blood levels of zinc done soon, to double check on that.

 

So, maybe you should check zinc levels. Be careful of just supplementing with zinc, though, as the zinc/copper ratio in the body is very important. Too much zinc can mess up that balance. Strangely, my dd is also very low in copper on hair analysis, and OK in zinc, so we are not sure what is going on.

 

I personally don't worry about salt per se, but when it is poured on in large amounts I'm concerned about what it's doing to other levels in the body. Our dd will really retain a lot of water after one of her salty meals. Not sure that's a good thing.

[rowingmom]

I have heard that it is related to adrenal fatigue which many chronically ill/stressed people have.

 

http://blog.adrenalfatigue.org/adrenal-fatigue/eating-right-for-your-adrenal-glands-part-4-salt-aldosterone-and-adrenal-fatigue/

[greeneyes578]

This does not sound Lyme disease related. As many peo ple age they tend to lose their taste buds and need to over salt things. This could be imbalanced osmotic pressure in the body or an imbalance of hormones. Check out this link and see if it helps ( https://www.drlam.com/blog/microbiome-gut-flora/23823/)