Natrium is a vital intercellular and intracellular element taking part in creation of necessary blood buffering, blood pressure regulation, water exchange. Natrium ions promote intumescense of tela colloids that keeps water in organism and promotes water accumulation, digestive ferments activation, nervous and muscles tissue regulation.

Daily need in natrium is 1 g/day and can be satisfied with a usual diet without any salt (0,8 g/day). Especially it’s important for small children. Need in natrium grows up twice by hard sweating in hot weather or because of heavy physical work. Tela capability to keep water is also connected with natrium containing. Excess of salt overloads heart and kidneys cause by uropoiesis they convert blood with high concentration of natrium. As a result legs and face swell. That’s why if you have heart or kidneys disease you are recommended to limit salt consumption. Salt consumption should be individual.

Natural nutrium containing in food is not much (15-80%). It is mostly contained in salt. There is rather much of natrium in beetroot, celery, dandelion, chicory, carrot, sea girdle. To salt meal it’s better to use sea salt as it keeps less water in your organism.