A little salt makes things a whole lot better
Salt does more than season our foods and preserve them for a shelf-life which ensures we have stores of food for the upcoming needs of our families. Salt is one of the basic "ingredients" of our cellular system and without it we experience quite an imbalance in our physical bodies. Since sodium (salt) attracts and "holds" water wherever it is, a certain amount of it must be circulating around our bloodstream in order for us to maintain what we might refer to as a "healthy blood pressure". Too little can actually cause the blood pressure to drop to dangerously low levels and result in serious complications. Our nerve pathways are also highly regulated by the right amount of positively and negatively charged particles in our body at any one time - sodium being one of those things which carries a "charge" to help with nerve conduction. Along with these attributes of this important substance in our bodies, we can thank sodium for helping to brin...