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Sodium
Chloride
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Sodium
Chloride
Fast Facts
Foods
high in salt: buillion cubes,
green olives, sausage, hot dogs,
cold cuts, corned beef, salted
potato chips & pretzels, pickles,
ketchup, mustard
What
it's good for: an
essential nutrient for maintaining
body fluid balance & to generate
electrical impulses in nerves
& muscles.
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Salt.
It's the mineral essential to all life. But research suggests
that the amount of sodium chloride in prepared foods may be
way too much of a good thing, especially if you already suffer
from heart
disease or liver
disease.
Sodium
chloride, more commonly known as common table salt, is a mineral
essential for human health and plays several important roles
in the body.
The average
American, in fact, gets far too much salt, about double the
recommended daily intake of 2400 mg, There are also a number
of health benefits that can be derived from modifying salt
intake, but unlike most supplements and minerals which people
take more of to get benefits, the average person needs to
consume much less salt to get health benefits or, more accurately,
undo some of the damage their high salt intake is doing to
their bodies.
There is some limited evidence that shows that too much salt
can increase the rate at which many minerals such as calcium
are excreted from the body. This is harmful because many of
these minerals are essential for maintaining healthy bones,
and it has been suggested that for this reason, too much salt
may contribute to bone related illnesses such as osteoporosis.
For this same reason, salt is also thought to contribute to
kidney
stone development when excess calcium builds up in the
kidneys.
Although there have only been a few studies done on the subject,
it is believed that there is a relationship between too much
salt and cardiovascular disease, and the link between salt
and cardiovascular disease certainly needs to be studied more
closely.
Along those same lines, there is a great deal of evidence
showing a link between high salt intake and elevated blood
pressure. Of particular interest are the geographical studies
that demonstrate that populations around the world which consume
less salt have a lower average blood pressure than those populations
that consume excess salt.
More
about salt around the Web:
Read more
about the most commonly found nutrient along with its history,
uses, production, and the various ways to stay salt healthy....
Salt
FAQ - 'What you always wanted to know about salt,'
says it with a mountain of information on sources, history,
production, uses, studies on dietary sodium and health, and
lots more.
Sodium
Chloride, Linus Pauling Institute's Micronutrient Information
Center - Expert overview of sodium chloride's functions
in the body, symptoms and causes of deficiency, conditions
brought about by high intake, recommendations for adequate
intake by age level, drug interactions and related references.
Salt
- More of everything you need to know including myths, history,
production and uses, salt chemistry, trivia, plus an editorial
promoting increased dietary salt consumption courtesy of -
you guessed it - the Salt Manufacturers Association.
Sodium
content of common foods - An extensive list of everyday
foods with corresponding salt content in milligrams.
also
in Vitamins & Minerals --> Calcium
| Chromium
| Iodine
Magnesium
| Manganese
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| Phosphorus
Potassium
| Selenium
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| Sodium
chloride
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| Vanadium
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