Friday, December 01, 2006

The Essentials Of Sodium In Our Health

The Essentials Of Sodium In Our Health: "People tend to think that sodium is a negative thing when it comes to nutrition, but the fact is that sodium is one of the necessary minerals in a diet. It is true that too much sodium can cause strokes, kidney disease, high blood pressure and kidney stones among other things but the body still needs one hundred milligrams every day to function. While most people get too much sodium in their diet, the body is capable of eliminating the excess to a degree.

Along with potassium and chloride, sodium can be termed an electrolyte. That is, they control the electrical charges between cells. These electrical charges are the reason we are able to see, eat, touch, smell and taste, they communicate with the nervous system."... {Click on title link above to read entire article}...

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