Why does our body need salt?

Why does our body need salt?

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  Salt looks like one of the basic cooking ingredients. But actually it's much more than that. We can't do without salt and even with too much of it. So why does our body need salt???

  Salt is chemically sodium chloride with 40% sodium and 60% chloride.

  Salt controls our fluid balance and the way our muscles and nerves work. They maintain fluid levels in the body. A healthy salt intake is necessary for smooth functioning of heart, liver and kidney. Regulating blood fluids, salts prevent low blood pressure. 

  So now you know how salt is important for the body...

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