Night-time loo trips linked to salt intake

High salt content is more than 1.5g salt (0.6g sodium) per 100g. They followed patients who had a high salt intake and sleeping problems for three months, after giving them advice to cut back on salt in their diet. In a study of more than 300 volunteers, researchers found that reduced salt intake led people to urinate less. Feeling the urgeConversely, 98 people in the study ended up eating more salt than normal and found they went to the loo more often at night-time. On average, trips to the loo fell from more than twice a night to just one.

Night-time loo trips 'linked to salt in diet'

High salt content is more than 1.5g salt (0.6g sodium) per 100g. They followed patients who had a high salt intake and sleeping problems for three months, after giving them advice to cut back on salt in their diet. Feeling the urgeConversely, 98 people in the study ended up eating more salt than normal and found they went to the loo more often at night-time. On average, trips to the loo fell from more than twice a night to just one. Usually, doctors tended to focus on the volume of water patients drank before bedtime and on bladder and prostate problems (in men), he said.

Tired of making several trips to the toilet at night? Reduce your salt intake!

A new study has found that lowering salt intake can significantly reduce the condition known as nocturia. Everyone's salt intake is different. Therefore, cutting down on your salt intake is essential because, it will bring down your chances of developing many health issues and will also decrease your night time trips to the toilet. "This is the first study to measure how salt intake affects the frequency of going to the bathroom," said Matsuo Tomohiro, of Nagasaki University in Japan. Salty foods also make people more thirsty, so the double impact of salt and more liquid increases the need to urinate, particularly at night.


collected by :Lucy William