If there were a top-10 list of minerals that have gotten a bad rap, sodium would be close to the top of that list. There are numerous reports and articles that malign this mineral to the point that people try desperately to rid it completely from their diet. This is dangerous. Your body requires a certain amount of sodium to live. What is sodium good for? Its most important function is to balance the amount of water that exists within and outside our cells. Some signs and symptoms of sodium deficiency include heart palpitations, dehydration, low blood pressure, muscle cramps, and low libido. Plain and simple, you need sodium. So why are there so many reports about the dangers of salt?
Like many minerals, sodium has been refined with chemicals and has lost some of its natural healing properties. Most people consider sodium chloride salt in its natural state. Actually, sodium chloride is the result of natural salt crystal being washed and chemically treated. The salt crystal contains nearly 100 elements. The refinement process results in just two elements: sodium and chloride. Sodium chloride is what we refer to as table salt. It is this combination of elements that causes...