Insufficient sodium leads to loss of other minerals...

Richiebogie

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Salt is cheap these days, but it looks like the body puts a higher value on it than on the neighboring minerals in the Table of the Elements which are more expensive for us to obtain...

Ray Peat said:
One of the things that happen when there isn't enough sodium in the diet is that more aldosterone is synthesized. Aldosterone causes less sodium to be lost in the urine and sweat, but it achieves that at the expense of the increased loss of potassium, magnesium, and probably calcium. The loss of potassium leads to vasoconstriction, which contributes to heart and kidney failure and high blood pressure. The loss of magnesium contributes to vasoconstriction, inflammation, and bone loss. Magnesium deficiency is extremely common, but a little extra salt in the diet makes it easier to retain the magnesium in our foods.
 

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