Salt

[2sail2]

I've been soo tired of getting up at night for last 10 years and it had actually started to get worse such that I was falling asleep at 9, getting up at 12:30, 2:30/3:30 and then being woken up by needing to go at 5.

[rusty pins]

Best thing is to perhaps do an internet search on salt intake recommendations, or get a book on nutrition and read up on it.

[Dubious]

Food have enough salt, no need to add any more

[Guest sometimes]

if you are under 50, you should aim for a daily intake of 1500-2300mg of sodium per day. if you are over 50, you should aim a little lower, towards 1300-2100mg per day.

[sarah_ab]

salt makes you retain water. REtaining water is NOT healthy. If you are getting up during the night to urinate, than you might want to see a urologist. Its not normal. Normal is when the kidneys slow down when sleeping so you do not produce as much urine, so you don't have to keep waking up because of a full bladder.