Function:

1. It is needed to keep the proper balance of body fluids
2. It is an essential part of digestive (stomach) juices
3. It is one of the components of salt used in cooking and in some foods
   https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002417.htm
4. Along with sodium and potassium are responsible for osmotic pressure and acid-base balance
5. Acts as an oxidizing agent
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780120749034500121
6. maintains urine output and concentrations in the renal countercurrent mechanism
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978141602971710008X

Overdose: more than 2.3 g/day
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002417.htm

Excess: 90% excreted in the urine and is also excreted in stool and sweat
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B978141602971710008X

Type: water soluble
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.php?printable=1&id=2624

Symptoms of hyperchloremia:

1. changes in sodium
2. metabolic acidosis
   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781437706574000065
3. Increase your blood pressure from sodium chloride
4. Cause a buildup of fluid in people with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, or kidney disease
   https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002417.htm

Recommended daily intake= 2300 mg

1. Celery
2. Lettuce
3. Olives
4. Rye
5. Tomatoes
6. Seaweeds
7. Table salt
8. Sea salt
   %DV: 3400 mg

Deficiency symptoms

1. loss of appetite
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641
2. decrease the growth rate in infants
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641
3. muscle weakness
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641
4. lethargy
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641
5. Erythro-cyturia which is presence of red blood cells in the urine
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641

hypotension, tachycardia, and orthostatic changes in blood pressure
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK309/#A5565