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I do not know whether 45 mg is a small or large amount of salt. But his main point is that that salt is there to make you feel thirsty after drinking a soda. I
by hristov 15y ago
I do not know whether 45 mg is a small or large amount of salt. But his main point is that that salt is there to make you feel thirsty after drinking a soda.
In my personal experience he is correct there. Soda does not quench my thirst and leaves me feeling thirsty.
- DanBC 15y ago1 teaspoon is (very) approximately 5 grams. There are 1000 mg in 1 g; thus 5000 mg in 5 g. So 50 mg is 100th of a teaspoon of salt. Roughly. EDIT: This UK health advice suggests that adults should have less than 6 g of salt per day. (http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/salt.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/salt.aspx) But this Scientific American Article suggests that there's no evidence for that. (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=its-time-to-end-the-war-on-salt http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=its-time-to...)