what does sodium do to a person's body?
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Sodium can cause the body to retain water.If your kidneys can't eliminate enough sodium, the sodium starts to accumulate in your blood. Because sodium attracts and holds water, your blood volume increases. Increased blood volume, in turn, makes your heart work harder to move more blood through your blood vessels, increasing pressure in your arteries. Certain diseases such as congestive heart failure, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease can lead to an inability to regulate sodium.\n\nYour body needs some sodium to function properly. \nIt helps maintain the right balance of fluids in your body \nAssists in transmission of nerve impulses \nIt influences the contraction and relaxation of muscles
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1. Relax\n2. See doctor and take medication\n3. Reduce salt intake and watch your diet\n4. Relax
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Salt is a required substance for proper body function.  Granted, too much salt can be bad, but there is a certain amount needed in order for your body systems to work.\n\nSo, like any other necessary substance, when the body detects a shortage of salt, you sense a physiological craving for salt.\n\nOn the other hand, some people (myself included) just have an affinity for salty snacks, so we may occasionally take in too much - has nothing to do with need, just desire.
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Well sodium isn't nesecessarily bad but only in moderation. If you are frequently eating stuff with over 10% of your DV then that is too much. Excess sodium will lead to water storage which in turn is water weight. If you are trying to lose weight I'd opt to stay away from sodium if possible.
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The salt that you find in table salt and most processed foods is sodium chloride. Salt in this form has been processed at high temperatures, which changes the molecular structure and removes vital minerals from the salt. Table salt also contains additives, anticaking agents, and even sugar. Excess salt consumption is associated with high blood pressure, fluid retention, heart and kidney disease.\n\nTrash It: Dump out your salt shaker and toss out all other packaged or processed foods with a high sodium content. This should be pretty easy for most people.\n\nStash it: We have been told for years to avoid salt, but following this advice can lead to even more problems. We are all salty on the inside—our blood, sweat, tears, and even our urine—it's all salty. It's important to replenish the salt in our body, using the right salt is what makes all the difference in the world. The best way to put salt back into your body is to use Celtic sea salt. This high quality salt contains over 80 balanced minerals from the sea. Celtic sea salt is essential for maintaining proper fluid balance and utilization in the body. It also normalizes blood pressure, enhances digestion, and nourishes the adrenal glands. Celtic sea salt is available at many natural food stores
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The minerals and salts in the water dehydrates the body the more water you drink.
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not "drunk" but you can overhydrate yourself.\n\nWhen too much water enters the body's cells, the tissues swell with the excess fluid. Your cells maintain a specific concentration gradient, so excess water outside the cells (the serum) draws sodium from within the cells out into the serum in an attempt to re-establish the necessary concentration. As more water accumulates, the serum sodium concentration drops -- a condition known as hyponatremia. The other way cells try to regain the electrolyte balance is for water outside the cells to rush into the cells via osmosis. The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from higher to lower concentration is called osmosis. Although electrolytes are more concentrated inside the cells than outside, the water outside the cells is 'more concentrated' or 'less dilute' since it contains fewer electrolytes. Both electrolytes and water move across the cell membrane in an effort to balance concentration. Theoretically, cells could swell to the point of bursting.
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salt is a mineral that is required by the body, but excessive amounts may cause high blood pressure in some people.  Not in all people, just some people.    But to be safe, you should use it sparingly.\n\nsugar, if you are talking about refined sugar is empty calories and is only used to make things taste sweeter.  It is a carbohydrate which our body already gets enough of in our regular diet, but there are healthier sugars than others.   Fructose which is sugar found in fruit and Lactose which is found in dairy products.   These sugars are metabolized differently than refined sugar and are good sources of energy.  good luck
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Sodium is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Na (Natrium in Latin) and atomic number 11. Sodium is a soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal belonging to the alkali metals that is abundant in natural compounds (especially halite). It is highly reactive, burns with a yellow flame, reacts violently with water and oxidizes in air, necessitating storage in an inert environment.\n\nLike the other alkali metals, sodium metal is a soft, light-weight, silvery white, reactive metal. Owing to its extreme reactivity, it occurs in nature only combined in compounds, never as a pure elemental metal. Sodium metal floats on water and reacts with it violently, releasing heat and flammable hydrogen gas, and forming a solution of the strong base sodium hydroxide.\n\nSodium ions are necessary for regulation of blood and body fluids, transmission of nerve impulses, heart activity, and certain metabolic functions. It is widely considered that most people in Western countries consume more than is needed, in the form of sodium chloride, or table salt, and that this can have a negative effect on health. See Edible salt.\n\nUnder extreme pressure, sodium departs from standard rules for changing to a liquid state. Most materials need more thermal energy to melt under pressure than they do at normal atmospheric pressure. This is because the molecules are packed closer together and have less room to move. At a pressure of 30 gigapascals (300,000 times sea level atmospheric pressure), the melting temperature of sodium begins to drop. At around 100 gigapascals, sodium will melt near room temperature.\n\nA possible explanation for the aberrant behavior of sodium is that this element has one free electron that is pushed closer to the other 10 electrons when placed under pressure, forcing interactions that are not normally present. While under pressure, solid sodium assumes several odd crystal structures suggesting that the liquid might have unusual properties such as superconduction or superfluidity. (Gregoryanz, et al., 2005)\n[edit]\n\nApplications\n\nSodium in its metallic form is an essential component in the making of esters and in the manufacture of organic compounds. This alkali metal is also a component of sodium chloride (NaCl) which is vital to life. Other uses:\n\n    * In certain alloys to improve their structure.\n    * In soap, in combination with fatty acids.\n    * To descale metal (make its surface smooth).\n    * To purify molten metals.\n    * In sodium vapor lamps, an efficient means of producing light from electricity.\n    * As a heat transfer fluid in some types of nuclear reactors and inside the hollow valves of high-performance internal combustion engines.\n\n[edit]\n\nHistory\n\nSodium (English, soda) has long been recognized in compounds, but was not isolated until 1807 by Sir Humphry Davy through the electrolysis of caustic soda. In medieval Europe a compound of sodium with the Latin name of sodanum was used as a headache remedy. Sodium's symbol, Na, comes from the neo-Latin name for a common sodium compound named natrium, which comes from the Greek nítron, a kind of natural salt. As early as 1860 Kirchhoff and Bunsen noted the sensitivity that a flame test for sodium could have. Stating in Annalen der Physik und der Chemie in the paper "Chemical Analysis by Observation of Spectra": "In a corner of our 60 cu.m. room farthest away from the apparatus, we exploded 3 mg. of sodium chlorate with milk sugar while observing the nonluminous flame before the slit. After a few minutes, the flame gradually turned yellow and showed a strong sodium line that disappeared only after 10 minutes. From the weight of the sodium salt and the volume of air in the room, we easily calculate that one part by weight of air could not contain more than 1/20 millionth weight of sodium."\n[edit]\n\nOccurrence and production\nThe flame test for sodium displays a brilliantly bright yellow emission due to the so cal
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BE CAREFUL!!!!!\n\nThey say your body loses salt when you sweat, but you lose proportionately more water than salt, leaving a higher salt concentration in your body.  That's why taking salt tablets is dangerous.  It is more important that you replace the water in your body first before you worry about replacing the salts.  People have died and had serious health emergencies back when salt tablets were popular in the locker room.  They also bypass your taste buds, which is what tells you how much salt you need by how much you crave (defense mechanism against too much salt).  If you are not craving salt, you probably don't have a salt deficiency.
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Potassium is an electrolyte (a substance that maintains your body's fluid levels), this mineral helps regulate blood pressure and heart function. Research shows that increasing your potassium intake can lower your blood pressure. Those individuals with existing hypertension, as well as those just looking to keep their blood pressure in check, can benefit from potassium.\n\nA Harvard study showed that men who took a potassium supplement with a diuretic decreased their incidence of stroke by 60 percent, compared to men who did not. Potassium neutralizes acids and restores alkaline salts to the bloodstream. Potassium works with sodium in all cells including at nerve synapses to maintain or restore membrane potentials and to assist in metabolic processes. Potassium is critical to our cardiovascular and nerve functioning, regulating the transfer of nutrients into cells and facilitating muscle energy.\n\nPotassium also regulates water balance and assists recuperative powers. Potassium aids rheumatic or arthritic conditions (causing acids to leave the joints and ease stiffness). Potassium is crucial for the elimination of wastes. Potassium is a natural pain desensitizer. Potassium helps control convulsions, headaches and migraines, promotes faster healing of cuts, bruises and other injuries and generally contributes to a sense of well being. Potassium is stored in the muscles.
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The relative amount of salts and water in our body must be regulated and kept steady.\nOur kidneys adjust the amount of salt and water in our body.\nToo much salt or not enough water makes us feel thirsty and we drink.\nToo much water for the amount of salt inside us and our kidneys dump the water into urine.\nThe most variable process affecting the salt/water balance (apart from eating and drinking) is sweating. If we lose a lot of water as we sweat a lot during hot weather then there is less water put into urine. When we don't sweat much the extra water is lost in urine.\n\nThe habit of eating salted crisps and peanuts developed from a marketing idea in pubs. Provide free crisp and peanuts on the bar and customers eat lots of salt. This makes us feel thirsty so we buy more drinks.
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I really advise that you dont try it.\n\nToo much table salt will create a sodium imbalance in your body. \nSodium ions in your body are responsible for transferring chemical signals between nerve cells, so as you can imagine it's kind of important.
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The amount of urine we make is dependent upon the amount of water and salts in our body.\nThe relative amount of salts and water in our body must be regulated and kept steady.\nOur kidneys adjust the amount of salt and water in our body.\nToo much salt or not enough water makes us feel thirsty and we drink.\nToo much water for the amount of salt inside us and our kidneys dump the water into urine.\nThe most variable process affecting the salt/water balance (apart from eating and drinking) is sweating. If we lose a lot of water as we sweat a lot during hot weather then there is less water put into urine. When it is cold we don't sweat much so the extra water is lost in urine.\n\nThe habit of eating salted crisps and peanuts developed from a marketing idea in pubs. Provide free crisp and peanuts on the bar and customers eat lots of salt. This makes us feel thirsty so we buy more drinks.
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Cut every bit of salt out of your diet for a week or so.  Make sure it's not just added salt, but also look for the sodium content on the labels of wahtever you're eating.
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If you have salt-sensitive hypertension, I suppose binging on Gatorade could raise your blood pressure.  Otherwise, your kidneys should be able to handle the fluid and electrolytes just fine.
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Ok I am not sure what you are actually asking however sodium does cause you to retain water in your body as well as raise your blood pressure which can cause a stroke if left unchecked.