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I take 5-7g of salt daily in the form of manual supplementation. I eat a ketogenic diet so it's necessary to combat the diuretic effect of low-carb eating.

I feel like this study doesn't really do a good job isolating the actual changes that might have led to the improvements. How was salt intake determined? Was it controlled? Unless I am getting lost in the technical writing it looks like the results were based purely on urine output tests, not inputs.

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5-7g seems very high. What else do you eat?

Meat. Eggs. Cheese. Salad. Broccoli. Other veggies. Avocado. Nuts. Oils. Coffee. That’s the gist of it.

That looks like a very healthy diet. What happens, or would happen, if you reduce or stop your salt supplementation?

Headaches and flu-like symptoms. I take something called "lite salt" which is intended to be a salt substitute for folks with health issues. It's essentially a 50/50 blend of salt and potassium so it's perfect. I put a teaspoon in some water with a zero-sugar flavor aid like mio, shake it up, and boom I got some zero-sugar/low-carb gatorade.

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