This, my friends, is how much salt I am ingesting daily right now.* Seven whole grams, with standard size capsule for scale. Things you should know about this:

// Around 4 o’clock every day, I start getting what I affectionately refer to as my “salt belly.” I don’t know if it’s water retention or what, but my stomach sticks way, way out. By the time I go to bed, I look about five months pregnant. When I wake up, it’s mostly flat again. So weird!

// Right now I’m taking a salt and C dose almost every 1-1/2 hours while I’m awake. It feels like I’m taking them every five minutes.

// When I first started the protocol, I was exhausted, which was my strongest Herx reaction. I also had twinges of pain for a few minutes immediately after taking the salt, especially in my wrists and forearms. As I progress through the doses, these reactions have diminished. The last two times I increased my dose, I didn’t have any reactions.

// The salt belly is so bad. Seriously. It’s embarrassing.

// I’ve never been a salty food person. I would take something sweet over chips or pretzels any day. Except now. I will literally suck on crystals of our unrefined Celtic sea salt if I get a craving. Or I’ll dip dried banana chips in salt and eat them. I completely agree with you that this is gross. Strangely, I had stronger salt cravings when I first started than I do now.

// My blood pressure has gone up not a single point, a testament to the healthfulness of unrefined, high-quality salts. (We use Himalayan pink for the protocol, Celtic sea salt for cooking…and snacking.)

*Brad and I are doing the Salt/C plus protocol to (hopefully! prayerfully!) kill the Lyme in our bodies.