Chloride is essential for digestion and in respiration. Without sodium, which the body cannot manufacture, the body would be unable to transport nutrients or oxygen, transmit nerve impulses, or move muscles, including the heart.
In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable … - Mark Kurlansky
In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable …
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The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt. - Mark Kurlansky
The history of the Americas is one of constant warfare over salt.
Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture. - Mark Kurlansky
Food is a central activity of mankind and one of the single most significant trademarks of a culture.
modern people have seen too many chemicals and are ready to go back to eating dirt. - Mark Kurlansky
modern people have seen too many chemicals and are ready to go back to eating dirt.
In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for love and the search for wealth are al… - Mark Kurlansky
In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value. The search for love and the search for wealth are al…
Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one. - Mark Kurlansky
Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one.
If ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod... But it has among its predators - man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod. - Mark Kurlansky
If ever there was a fish made to endure, it is the Atlantic cod... But it has among its predators - man, an openmouthed species greedier than cod.
Fate likes to tease paranoids.' - Mark Kurlansky
Fate likes to tease paranoids.'
Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not al… - Mark Kurlansky
Nature, the ultimate pragmatist, doggedly searches for something that works. But as the cockroach demonstrates, what works best in nature does not al…
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