Another relevant article: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-effects.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-eff...

Another relevant article: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-effects.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health-eff... Sodium is interesting in that low or high levels in the body are bad for you. But it would appear that sodium promotes weight loss to a certain degree, the undesirable side-effect being the burning of muscle tissue.