What is bad about sodium?

Answer 1

The body requires sodium. However, too much of this mineral can be bad for the body.

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The current US recommendation is to consume less than 2,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day. This is about 1 teaspoon of table salt per day. It includes ALL salt and sodium consumed, including sodium used in cooking and at the table.

(In the UK , the Recommended Nutritional Intake (RNI) upper limit for sodium is 1,600 mg.)

People with high blood pressure should consume less sodium as recent research has shown that people consuming diets of 1,500 mg of sodium had better blood pressure lowering benefits. These lower-sodium diets also can keep blood pressure from rising and help blood pressure medicines work better.

However, sodium deficiency (while not common) can occur during heavy/prolonged exercise, due to loss in sweat and in high temperatures. Signs of sodium deficiency include: cramps, weakness, fatigue, nausea and thirst. In these cases you need to make sure that you take in more sodium to replace that which is being lost.

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Actually, increasing sodium in the form of sea salt can lower blood pressure. It is mostly the toxic nature of chemically bastardized table salt that makes it so bad - not the sodium. Sea salt contains an ideal mixture of minerals derived from the oceans that work together with the salt. Give a body back these critical trace minerals that have been stripped out of the diet, and you actually treat the cause of most dis-ease (return the balance), and this is true for salt. Otherwise, you can just do like most do: treat the symptoms while the disease gets progressively worse requiring more and more pharmaceuticals that never actually cure anything. Switching (not eliminating) salt is the wisest route to long term health.

Answer 2

Sodium in it's elemental form is a caustic mineral, and poisonous. I'm assuming you mean sodium chloride, or salt. This substance is vital to human life, by aiding in water retention and homeostasis.

Answer 3

it can raise you blood pressure if the total amount on a day exceeds 3 g.

However it is fundamental to your nervous system, and to your heart, since you do not eat more than the recommended daily intake.

Answer 4

The bad about sodium is that more than 3 g a day may raise your blood pressure, and too much sodium may cause heart arrhythmia and kidney failure.