Moving on to sulphur, sodium, chloride and potassium, this is actually getting a little bit outside my wheelhouse and further into dietitian / biochemist territory, so take all the following with a grain of salt (pun very much intended).
Sodium, potassium and chloride all serve really important functions in cellular metabolism, as well as being essential for the nervous system. A lot of public health messaging (and advertising) tends to focus on “sodium bad”, but it isn’t quite that simple. Most people on a western diet get too much, but you do actually need it to live. There’s also some research indicating that the ratio of these might be at least as important as actual amounts.
If we go by WHO recommendations for total sodium intake of less than 2000mg / day, we’re a little over at 2311.4mg. This is actually -way- better than the average USAmerican. Might run into some problems later down the line, but honestly better off than most western diets. The WHO also recommends a potassium intake of >3510mg / day, which puts the ratio at ≤ 0.6 mg/mg Na:K. With our potassium intake of 3721.9, we’re actually pretty much bang on. Surprisingly, no real issues here.
Chloride is tied quite tightly to sodium, given that our main source is salt (sodium chloride). EU food safety suggests an adequate intake of 3100mg / day, which we’re apparently getting about half of. However, I’m missing some data on the chloride content of the cereal here, the only data I have is from the whole milk. Given that chloride deficiency from diet is pretty rare in adults, I’m kinda going to hand wave this one and say we’re probably fine.
Since our main dietary source of sulphur is protein, sulphur ties heavily in to amino acid balance, which I’ll go into next.
Conclusion: Mineral-wise, this is inadvisable. Probably not fatal in the short term, but likely very unpleasant in the medium to long term. You’ll probably end up with some kind of digestive problems at the very least, bad breath, and maybe some skin and eye issues. Long term, maybe immune system and blood sugar issues. Note that I haven’t gone into carbohydrates and sugars yet, so that’s a maybe.
Part 3
Moving on to sulphur, sodium, chloride and potassium, this is actually getting a little bit outside my wheelhouse and further into dietitian / biochemist territory, so take all the following with a grain of salt (pun very much intended).
Sodium, potassium and chloride all serve really important functions in cellular metabolism, as well as being essential for the nervous system. A lot of public health messaging (and advertising) tends to focus on “sodium bad”, but it isn’t quite that simple. Most people on a western diet get too much, but you do actually need it to live. There’s also some research indicating that the ratio of these might be at least as important as actual amounts.
If we go by WHO recommendations for total sodium intake of less than 2000mg / day, we’re a little over at 2311.4mg. This is actually -way- better than the average USAmerican. Might run into some problems later down the line, but honestly better off than most western diets. The WHO also recommends a potassium intake of >3510mg / day, which puts the ratio at ≤ 0.6 mg/mg Na:K. With our potassium intake of 3721.9, we’re actually pretty much bang on. Surprisingly, no real issues here.
Chloride is tied quite tightly to sodium, given that our main source is salt (sodium chloride). EU food safety suggests an adequate intake of 3100mg / day, which we’re apparently getting about half of. However, I’m missing some data on the chloride content of the cereal here, the only data I have is from the whole milk. Given that chloride deficiency from diet is pretty rare in adults, I’m kinda going to hand wave this one and say we’re probably fine.
Since our main dietary source of sulphur is protein, sulphur ties heavily in to amino acid balance, which I’ll go into next.
Conclusion: Mineral-wise, this is inadvisable. Probably not fatal in the short term, but likely very unpleasant in the medium to long term. You’ll probably end up with some kind of digestive problems at the very least, bad breath, and maybe some skin and eye issues. Long term, maybe immune system and blood sugar issues. Note that I haven’t gone into carbohydrates and sugars yet, so that’s a maybe.