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The proper anoint of salt i your body is essential to your health. It has a role in maintaining your blood pressure in the proper range, muscle and nerve function and in ince sodium is an integral part of nerve and muscle function, it is not surprising that too little or too much sodium in the body can affect both of these organ systems.

  • Low levels of sodium (hyponatremia), can cause muscle spasms, cramps, headache, irritability, restlessness, nausea and fatigue. At very low levels there may be confusion, hallucinations, decreased consciousness and coma.
  • Too much sodium, (hypernatremia), can make you lethargic or restless, hypernatremia, increased deep tendon reflexes, muscle spasticity and seizures.
Your body, specifically your kidneys, regulated the amount of salt. poorly funtioning or diseased kidneys do not do a good job of this task. Unfortunately sweat also deceases the amount of salt in an uncontrolled fashion. This can lead to problems related to low sodium levels as noted above.


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