Article: Sodium: Are you getting too much?

Dr Zahara Abdul Manaf
New Straits Times
01-20-2008
Sodium: Are you getting too much?
Byline: Dr Zahara Abdul Manaf
Edition: New Sunday Times
Section: Main Section

SALTY food may taste good, but it causes your liver to work overtime and may cause it to break down. Too much sodium is bad news for health, writes Dr ZAHARA ABDUL MANAF.

Some people are confused between sodium and salt. Some may be familiar with salt but not sodium. Sodium is a mineral essential for human life. It is not the same as salt. Salt is sodium chloride, and is just one part of a molecule of salt.
Most of the sodium in your diet comes from the salt (sodium chloride) that is added during processing or cooking. Malaysian ...

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