Humans need approx 1tsp (or less) of sodium daily as an essential nutrient. I was low on sodium this morning* then spent the day at the beach in the salty ocean air, then within about 30 minutes I wasn’t dizzy and nauseous anymore. Did the ocean air provide me sodium somehow?

*(dizzy & nauseous, I know the symptoms well since I often have no sodium in my diet and I’ve learned this through experience the last 5 years and I have to consciously remember to add sodium to my diet, and if I forget then I have dizziness and nausea)

Reddit wouldn’t let me post this for some reason, Maybe because that subreddit r/askadoctor is dead, there have been no posts there for 3 years, so instead of abandoning my attempt at a post, I screenshat it and posting it here on Lemmy.

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    8 months ago

    A daily teaspoon of, excuse me, but a fucking metal‽

    I know it’s everywhere but that seems excessive.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve never really thought of sodium as a metal, but I once witnessed a 10-year-old girl reading the ingredients on a food label and she was like,

      “IRON??”

      🤣