Salwa Munir Chemistry Sodium is a chemical element with a symbol of Na and atomic number 11. Sodium is an alkali metal which has a color of silvery white. Sodium is a reactive element because of the shiny metal which produces hydrogen. Sodium is an essential element which can be used in humans, animals, and plants. Sodium is the sixth most common element. Sodium is the element that is used very commonly around the world such as in foods and preparation of chemicals. Sodium forms very useful compound name NaCl. Sodium has many serious and dangerous side effects on people lives, thousands and millions of people die in the world because of talking too much of sodium as (salt). Sodium harms our lives in diverse ways such increasing …show more content…
If someone overdoses sodium, they can get into several medical problems like "High blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, coronary artery disease, stroke, dementia and kidney disease." This illustrates that if you are in the risk in these diseases sometimes at that point there is no cure and you can die, and sodium affects your body by increasing these risks and unbalance your sodium level. There is high ranked of death that was done by the mineral sodium, "The findings are clear eating too much salt would kill you. Immediately increase and decrease your salt intake, or prepare to die." This emphasizes that it doesn’t matter how much amount of salt you intake, it still affects you. It’s like if you say sodium is poisonous. According to the misuse of sodium, we can’t just blame food manufacturers because we are the one who doesn’t read the labels and we just don’t care, we just intake them by having no clue what’s …show more content…
For Example, it states, "It regulates extracellular fluids, acid-base balance, and membrane potential, partially together with potassium." However, It harms our life more because eating too much of salt could kill us. It states in the article, "Dr. Tara Narula, a cardiologist at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City, says thousands of American lives could be saved every year if people cut their sodium intake by half." This emphasizes that we should have limitations on intaking salt because it is taking our lives, it is separating us from our families. Most of the researchers found that thousands of patients die because of eating to much salt. We have to stop this. We have balance our diet so our body can work properly. As it states, "Too much salt, and it can cause seizures or a coma." According to this quote, Sodium can be a fatal imbalance condition that can be a very serious risk for human lives. Sodium influences the salt level of our body. Also past few decades, salt has been blamed for the lives of patients who had heart disease or kidney problems. Eat less salt and try to stop the consumption of salty food, and food that is processed with
I found that there is always unintended events or problems that occur because of salt. For example, if the Egyptians did not depend on salt for mummification, would they still be as obsessed to own a large load of it? Also, if the church had not restricted meat, would the need for salt be forgot instead of advertised to the world? Salt: A World History is very bias based on the fact that the author believes salt is one of the greatest things to happen. Kurlansky repeatedly reminds the reader that without salt, certain wars or cuisines would never come to
High sodium diet: Too much sodium causes fluid retention which increases the workload of the heart. The reason sodium causes water retention is because water moves from low concentrations to high concentrations. Water follows salt so when too much salt is consumed it draws the water from the blood into the tissue.
What are bath salts? What are all the effects of bath salts on a human body?
A young, healthy teenage girl fell to her death after following a high-protein, low carbohydrate diet for no more than two weeks. The girl, having no identified sicknesses or medical conditions, exhibited "electrolyte imbalances" along with minimal levels of potassium and calcium, which appeared to be a result of the diet according to doctors at the University of Missouri Health Science Center. These irregularities upset the "normal electrical function of her heart" causing it to stop and her to collapse ("US teen . . ."). Based on this alone, it is evident that a high protein, low carbohydrate diet is not a safe and healthy long-term weight loss program.
I am going to discuss about the element known as gold in my assignment. To describe the element gold in simple terms, I can only say that it is an element (chemical element). This element is denoted by the symbol Au. It has an atomic number of seventy nine (79). I will describe quite a number of things concerning gold as an element. To begin with is:
There are many consequences to having an unhealthy diet such as diabetes type two, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity. More severe conditions includes heart attacks, heart diseases. If
Firstly, a social impact that Nickel has is that some foods have too much quantity of Nickel. Chocolate in particular, is known to have high quantities of Nickel. Even vegetables from polluted soils have severely large quantities of Nickel. Lastly, detergents also have Nickel in them. Nickel can be exposed to humans by breathing air, eating food, drinking water or even smoking cigarettes. Intake of too much Nickel can result in a high chance of developing lung, nose and prostate cancer, respiratory failure, birth defects etc. Furthermore, Nickel is also harmful to the environment. After being released into the air by power plants and falls to the ground after it reacts with raindrops. It takes a while for Nickel to be removed from the air. Sometimes Nickel ends up in the surface of wastewater streams, endangering sea life. High Nickel concentrations in the ocean can decrease the growth of algae and microorganisms. Also, sea animals, particularly the ones that live near refineries, can get cancer on different parts of the body due to the high concentration of Nickel. Furthermore, high concentration of Nickel on soil can also damage plants and contaminate fruits and vegetables with large quantities of Nickel.
In my opinion, I think salt water is bad for you. If you’re stranded in a deserted island and you drink salt water, it’ll just make you even more dehydrated and probably kill you faster. If there’s nothing to drink at the island, then don’t drink the salt water because that’ll just make you die faster. Your body also won’t be able to get rid of all the extra salt. Your body fails when it tries to get rid of too much salt. Your kidneys produce urine to get rid of all that salt but it needs fresh water to actually make it work. If you drink salt water, then too much salt will go into your body and it won’t make the kidneys work which will eventually make your body fail. Salt water will pretty much make your body stop functioning if you drink too much salt water. Some salt is good for you but drinking a lot of salt water can make your body go weird or different. Our blood can’t really handle too much salt. When there’s a lot of salt, the water in the cell goes outside to balance itself. Since you’re drinking salt water, there’s a lot of salt which causes a lot of water to go outside to help out. That can cause the cells to actually shrink and that’s obviously not good. If the cells shrink, then they can’t carry out
Electrical conductivity refers to a substances ability to carry moving electrons (conduct electricity). In order to do so, there must be a supply of delocalised electrons. While in a solid state, ionic substances can not conduct electricity as there are no delocalised electrons or free/mobile ions to act as charge carriers. In an aqueous ionic solution, the H2O molecules break apart the crystal lattice structure of the ionic substance into individual ions, surrounding each ion in a jacket of hydration. Below is the equation that describes the dissociation of NaCl when in H2O solvent.
The purpose of the toxicity assessment in a risk assessment is to identify the adverse health effects caused by present chemicals and how these adverse effects depend on the exposure to the chemical. The toxicity of chemicals varies with route of exposure, length of exposure, and dose, so the toxicity assessment is intended to describe these toxic effects. The carcinogenic and non-‐carcinogenic effects will be addressed separately due to major differences in their dose-‐response relationships (RAGS, 2014).
Come on, you like beef, potatoes, and green beens, so you will like this beef, potato, and green been casserole. " This is fallacious for the same reason that the following is fallacious: "You like eggs, icecream, pizza, cake, fish, jello, chicken, taco sauce, soda, oranges, milk, egg rolls, and yogurt so you must like this yummy dish made out of all of them." Sodium and Chloride are both dangerous to humans. Therefore any combination of sodium and chloride will be dangerous to humans. Fallacy Of Composition: assuming that a whole has the same simplicity as its constituent parts.
... I was not aware of all the sodium in my food and the 1st thing I will begin doing is seriously reducing the number of processed foods in my diet. I may not be ale to eliminate all since unfortunately it is a lot more convenient to consume it but I will be reducing the amount I have. I can start purchasing fresh, rather than packaged meats. I can also start Compare various brands of the same food item until I find the one that has the lowest sodium content. When I purchase packaged foods at least get ones that say low sodium or sodium free. I can use more herbs in my cooking and switch to Mrs. Dash salt-free seasonings. Lastly, if I’m using canned foods I can rinse them off in water to at least wash some of the sodium off. When it comes to consuming foods with little to no sodium a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables would work since they have “essentially no sodium,"
In conclusion, our body is made up of several ions that are essential in the body in order to obtain a healthy system. In order to be provided with the benefits these ions offer the body, the body must be cared for by being fed the right foods, being exercised regularly and making sure it’s healthy by attending scheduled check-ups. Ions help the body in more ways than one. They provide the body with nutrients that strengthen our health system in order to ensure we maintain our well-being. These ions can be beneficial to the human body by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Fast foods, eaten on a regular basis, that people eat, may cause side effects and a list of disadvantages (health problems) like obesity, digestive and cardiovascular disease, peptic ulcer, type-2 diabetes, cancer, atherosclerosis, hypertension, liver damage. Obesity is on the rise in people of all ages due to a dietary pattern of over sweetened drinks, junk food and refined sugars. Obesity is not the only risk. Heart disease is a prime example. As one’s cardiovascular system slowly weakens, it can be difficult to perform physical activities that keep up health. Liver damage, initiated by the working of the body to eradicate the trans-fat from the system, builds up fat in the liver and causes damage. When one eats all of the sugar, fats, and salt, one’s heart can grow weak and put one in danger. These are effects of fast foods on the body that are life
Although many things in life are helpful, they can become harmful when overused. This is true for anything, whether it?s food, drinks (including water), drugs, or even medicine. For example, medicine is only beneficial to your body in limited amounts, and once that limit is reached, anything above it becomes damaging. When consuming food, medicine, etc., make sure you know how much is useful and how much is harmful. Use everything in moderation.