Drink water with a small pinch to about half a teaspoon of salt, often first thing in the morning and sometimes during fasting or before a workout. The idea is to improve hydration and sodium balance, which may help with lightheadedness, shakiness, low blood pressure, or reduced alertness when sodium intake is low.
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“Many people find that the kind of lightadedness, the shakiness that's accustomed with having slightly low blood sugar can be offset by taking a half teaspoon or so of sea salt or even just a tiny pinch of salt and putting into some water and drinking it.”
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