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Are Salt and Sodium the Same Thing?

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Salt is made up of sodium and chlorine (chemical name: “sodium chloride”).   But there are other forms of sodium in food, including baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and food additives, such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), sodium nitrite, and sodium benzoate.    Any form of sodium adds to your overall daily intake, but salt makes up about 90% of the sodium we consume.   Sodium can be necessary and harmful at the same time……..

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The sodium contained within each capsule/tablet of GNLD’s PhytoDefense Pack occurs naturally from the raw ingredients — we do not add sodium.   The amount present in each serving of PhytoDefense is only a fraction of a teaspoon — less than one-third of the amount in a single serving of corn flakes.

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