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Salt shakedown: salt adds flavor to food, but is that all it's doing? learn how salt can be harmful.

Publication: Scholastic Choices
Publication Date: 01-FEB-05 		Format: Online - approximately 897 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Salt shakedown: salt adds flavor to food, but is that all it's doing? learn how salt can be harmful.(nutrition)

Article Excerpt
Americans consume lots of sodium. The National Academy of Sciences says that consuming 500 milligrams of sodium a day is healthy for the body. But most Americans consume about 5,000 milligrams a day. A chart of some high-sodium foods is on page 27.

Salt and sodium are not the same thing. Table salt is really sodium chloride and is 40 percent sodium and 60 percent chloride. The human body contains about 4 ounces of salt, which the body uses to help muscles contract. Sodium is also used in the body to control fluid balance. Without sodium, blood wouldn't circulate and food wouldn't digest.

All the sodium we're consuming isn't good for us. Sodium affects the volume of blood circulating through your body. The more salt you eat, the more water is...

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