Lots of slat retains water(stores) and causing a bloating look. If you ever hear women complain that they feel bloated on the rag, lot's of salt will cause you to look and feel bloated, I can tell you from experience that when I am eatgin clean, if I have liek a beef jerkey usually has like 1000mg sodium, I feel liek crap for a couple days...if you drink enough water slat shoudln't be a problem, unless you eat frozen preserved stuff...ut as a lifter you shoudln't eat that crap anyways