Salt Deficiency: Cause Of Many Serious Diseases

[Boatowner]

I am a fan of Grand Canyon hiking. Think very, very hot. Too little water with too much heat is not the only thing that kills people there. People have died in the Grand Canyon of too little salt too. With almost everything, there is too much, too little and just the right amount. The body will adjust, but it can't make salt.

 

[edhackett]

I forgot to add that reagent grade NaCl is nasty, very sharp and metallic tasting. It's the impurities that make it taste good.

Ed

 

[BrianWC]

I think the food you put the salt on is more important than the salt itself. Salted green beans are a lot healthlier than unsalted McDonalds fries (if such a creature exists).