Salt is one of the most common and used compounds by most people, it originated from sodium chloride. Most people use it for cooking and also to prevent sea foods from spoiling.
Aside from its preventive purposes, it’s however needed by human body cells to carry out their daily activities.
Both sodium and chlorine are necessary for the central nervous system, without them signals cannot be conducted in the human body.
We lose salt from our body through sweat and urine so salt must be consumed almost every day to keep the body active.
Its deficiency leads to severe disorders of the nervous system, low blood pressure, leaching of bones, and destruction of muscles.
It is especially dangerous for people with hypertensive and kidney diseases.
So salt is essential for humans in all activities we undertake every we do each day but it must be used in the right proportion to help the human body.