Salt...Sodium...Chlorine... Was: Re: Pritikin Article

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Hi JR:

OK. Thank you. Now I am not just trying to be argumentative about

this. But do you have good reason to believe that you need both the

sodium and the chlorine? If so, how do you know that if you haven't

tried a substitute that supplies the sodium but not the chloride; and

another that contains the chloride and not the sodium? Then looking

to see whether both, neither, or one or the other satisfy the need

you perceive.

Is it not possible that you need one and not the other?

Suppose you only really need the chloride. In that case you could

take potassium chloride which would be healthier than something

containing sodium, and since it is an ingredient in many multivitamin

tablets as the ingredient providing both the potassium and the

chloride components, presumably it is understood not to be toxic.

Or, as previously suggested, if it were only the sodium you need then

there might be a safe compound that enabled you to get it without the

chlorine attached.

There are reasons to suspect that both sodium and chlorine atoms can

be harmful to at least some people. Only salt contains them both and

nothing else.

Anyway, there will not be any more input on this from me, as everyone

will no doubt be pleased to hear : ^ ))).

Rodney.

--- In , " " <crjohnr@b...>

wrote:

> MY bad.... I needed " sodium chloride " . Yes I remember my HS

chemistry,

> and freshman college chemistry, and..... I need SALT, in goldilocks

> (just right) amounts. I am not at risk of getting too much.

>

> JR