eli5: If vitamins are things considered essential to human life, why is salt not considered a vitamin?

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Salt isn’t regularly considered a spice, nor is it discussed as a vitamin like A, B, etc. But isn’t it necessary in small amounts for humans?

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While others explained what vitamins are and that salt is a mineral, I want to point out the logic problem.

Imagine you have a box with all your toys. In it you have many balls and a cube. Just because all your balls are in the box doesn’t imply that your cube is a ball.

The box represents all things essential to life, the balls are the vitamins and the cube is salt.

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