The human body can't function without a little bit of the old NaCl. But most human bodies also have a huge -- and growing ever huger -- problem with moderation. If a little is good, then a whole lot must be better.
Which is how kids get themselves into so many odd predicaments. They haven't completely learned that more is frequently just more. Too much salt, in addition to playing hell with your blood pressure, also makes you really thirsty. When most kids get thirsty, they reach for a sugar-laden soda the size of a smallish old tanker.
Researchers are suggesting that there might be a connection between the ingestion of sodium-rich processed foods and the resulting gulping down of cola products might just have something to do with why kids are so fat.
I'd get up to yell about how wrong they are, but I can't force myself out of my couch.
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