Nutrition: Sodium, Potassium, and Chlorine
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important relation to the function of the thyroid gland, and sodium chloride, which forms the largest part of the mineral matter of the blood, plays an important role in regulating the exchange of water within the body. As for chlorine, it works to regulate the body's internal processes, helps to distribute water in the blood and the cells, and forms the hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

Taking a teaspoon of salt daily is enough to preserve health in ordinary circumstances. The inhabitants of desert regions should take quantities above the average, because perspiration uses up a great deal of the salt in the body; taking large doses of it, however, harms the body.

Potassium is found abundantly in vegetables and meats, especially in young plants, and sodium is found in all vegetables and meats and in juices and blood. As for chlorine, it is found in fresh meat, and there is little of it in vegetables. Table salt is the chief source of sodium and potassium. A lack of these three minerals very often causes cramping of the leg muscles, vomiting, diarrhea, and general exhaustion, and may end in death. These conditions may be accompanied by great irritability and by weakness and paralysis of the muscles... All this occurs in the deserts, in extremely hot weather, and in hot, dry regions.

Sodium, Potassium, and Chlorine

These minerals are found abundantly in nature. Sodium is found in human blood, and potassium in the red corpuscles and the soft tissues. These minerals in general

have an effect on the body's store of water and on susceptibility to irritation, on secretion, and on excretion.

Sodium and potassium help to balance the blood. They have an

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