What's true about salt, /fit/? I know it's unhealthy to eat alot of it and apparently it causes you to retain water weight, but it seems like every restaurant or packaged food is packed with sodium. How much is too much?
>>36586562
>what's true about it
It contains both sodium and chlorine molecules
>>36586888
Hmm.. Has this been proven by science?
The molar mass is 58.443 g/mol
>>36586562
chlorine is a strong nucleophile
>>36586562
It tastes salty
When mixed with water, the freezing point of the solution is lowered below that of pure water
Kosher salt steals NaCl molecules from the hard working table salts
Our lineage evolved to get about a gram of sodium a day from whole foods. Even if you're not salt-sensitive the stuff has a variety of adverse effects, some of which can be reversed by increasing the intake of other minerals and some of which cannot. There is also the issue of developing salt sensitivity over time, as the episodic postprandial rises in plasma osmolarity that accompany a high salt diet accelerate the age-related loss of functional nephrons.
It's cubic.
It's fucking cool as shit when you pour salt onto a plate or something and move it around a bit.
It all comes together like a puzzle
The less, the better
>>36589164
I don't have a whole foods in my area. How do I get my sodium?
>>36589164
>A gram of sodium a day from whole foods
Sounds like a great way to get hyponatremia, unless your idea of exercise is a brisk walk
