Salt, How much is too little?
Sodium chloride is the spice of life. It’s the one common condiment in everyday use across cultures, cuisines and continents. Yet it can be harmful if you have too much. Then again, it’s an essential nutrient, and too little of it can be dangerous too.
Salt’s humble image has undergone a sea change since the days of the Dandi march . Now it comes in an assortment of amped-up “healthier” variants. Iodized or not, low-sodium or normal…the confusion this simple and essential (even this is now being debated) food ingredient seems to churn up is bewildering, to say the least. So what’s the truth? Is salt good or bad for you? The truth, as is often the case, lies somewhere in between.
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