Function:
- It is needed to keep the proper balance of body fluids
- It is an essential part of digestive (stomach) juices
- It is one of the components of salt used in cooking and in some foods
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002417.htm - Along with sodium and potassium are responsible for osmotic pressure and acid-base balance
- Acts as an oxidizing agent
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780120749034500121 - 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:
- changes in sodium
- metabolic acidosis
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9781437706574000065 - Increase your blood pressure from sodium chloride
- 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
- Celery
- Lettuce
- Olives
- Rye
- Tomatoes
- Seaweeds
- Table salt
- Sea salt
%DV: 3400 mg
Deficiency symptoms
- loss of appetite
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641 - decrease the growth rate in infants
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641 - muscle weakness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641 - lethargy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6932641 - 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