Why is sodium used to label the salt content in foods when it is not actually referring to the metal?
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Sodium in your diet refers to NaCl or Sodium Chloride, which is a chemical compound where the primary component is Sodium (Na) and the common name is “salt”.
People don’t consume straight Na.
People do consume NaCl (salt) and in dietary terms they call that “sodium”.
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