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southernmyst ([personal profile] southernmyst) wrote in [community profile] cookability 2014-09-18 08:36 pm (UTC)

When I needed to add lots of sodium to my diet, I made salt pills. I found the most success with buying gelatin capsules and filling them with ordinary table salt, and then swallowing those as normal.

The capsules come in a variety of sizes; more here.

Assuming that chart on Wikipedia is right, here's the yield you should get for a few sizes:
Capsule SizeVolumeSalt WeightSodium WeightPills Per 3g Sodium
10.48mL0.576g0.2232g13.4
00.67mL0.804g0.31155g9.6
000.95mL1.14g0.44175g6.8


In all honesty, given all your restrictions, this is what I'd suggest doing. Make sure to take them with food on your stomach, and milk, and spread them out during the day.

You can get kits to make it easier to fill them, like this one. You can buy the capsules at health food stores, often, or online. Just search for "empty gelatin capsules".

Good luck with it; sounds miserable.

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