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Health
Vitamins
& Minerals
Sodium
Chloride
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.
Read more
about the most commonly found nutrient, its history, uses,
production, and the various ways to stay salt healthy....
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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
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
| Molybdenum
| Nickel
| Phosphorus
Potassium
| Selenium
| Silicon
| Sodium
chloride
Sulphur
| Tin
| Vanadium
| Zinc
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