Sodium

By Abbie, Daniel W, Matthew,

Madison and Abhishek
 Sodium is a mineral that is found in most of the foods
we eat.

Sodium Chloride is the technical term for table salt

What is Sodium is naturally found in food or can be added.

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Sodium is essential to maintaining the amount of
water in your body.

It's important for proper muscle and nerve function.

 What Excess sodium increases blood pressure
happens if since it holds excess fluid in the body,
this causes burden on the heart.
you
consume Too much sodium can increase the risk
too much of stokes, heart failure, osteoporosis,
stomach cancer and kidney disease.
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 Sodium can increase your blood pressure which is just
another burden on are hearts.

How does
Sodium
affect your Sodium can also affect you because it can increase risk of stroke, heart
attack, osteoporosis (Bone Fracture), stomach cancer and kidney disease.

body.

Sodium affects your ability to retain water amounts in your body

 Where does Sodium comes from sea water
sodium come and the sodium chloride mineral
halite.(Also called salt rock)
from?
 What is the
An average person take about 3,400 mg a
recommended day however the Dietary Guidelines
recommends to only intake 2,300 mg that’s
salt intake per around 1 teaspoon of salt daily!

day
 That can have lots of undesirable effects,
such as edema (swelling in places like
the hands, arms, feet, ankles, and legs).
Undesirable
Effects More fluid in general means more blood
coursing through veins and arteries. Over
time, that causes them to stiffen, which
could lead to high blood pressure.
 If you don’t have enough salt the
What if you fluid levels in blood will drop
don’t have
enough
Hyponatremia can happen if you
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 High sodium foods include: Fish or poultry
including bacon, cold cuts, ham,
frankfurters, sausage, sardines, caviar and
What foods anchovies.

are high in
sodium? Other foods are: Frozen breaded meats and
dinners, such as burritos and pizza.