Salt

[plexus]

Is salt necessary in our diet? What for? What is the necessary ammount?

 

[Enigma'07]

yes, 1500mg/day is recammended by the national academy of science. It helps to regulate the exchange of water between cells.

See below for further reading:
http://www.saltinstitute.org/27.html
http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/factsheets/salt.html

 

[cotton]

But be wise, to much salt is not good for you. Does anybody know how to balance this out. Like when you have too much salt what do you take?

 

[Enigma'07]

YOur body does it automatically through sweating. The kidneys are also involved in the filtation process; If you have alot of salt, the kidneys filter is out and it comes out in your urine, if you don't have much salt, the kidneys retain the salt.