Resumo de Sodium - Philip N. Ledoux

SODIUM
Sodium Chloride written chemically NaCl, is common table
salt. The
U.S. standards for table salt allow no more than 2% mineral
content
other than Sodium Chloride. This unbalance is one of the
root causes
of many health problems. If you were to replace table salt
with
complete sea salt, it will eliminate many health problems;
but so
many of our foods contain this depleted salt that we have to
eliminate these sources too, for results. If the food
manufacturers
used genuine sea salt, we would not be in the pickle we are
in. And
not all "sea salt" is "complete"; air dried is the correct
source.

This essay is not about salt vs. sea salt; this is about
mental
problems, potential mental problems and too much "sodium."
One
dramatic type is a "nervous breakdown." Been there and
trying to
hare hard learned answers to help others figure a way out or
recognize problems before they become quagmires.

Our whole family's lives turned upside-down when it hit.
When we
finally got to the "right" doctor, It was a bit puzzling
because he
was asking the young adult so many simple questions in many
variants.
In retrospect it became obvious; he was checking to see if
the mind
was working "too fast." A genuine dim-wit obviously thinks
much too
slow. Us normal people have a range of speed from slow to
fast. And
the other extreme think gun-fire-rapid, much too fast.
Whether you
have a child who thinks too fast or not, try to tuck this
info away
into memory; it might be very useful when you least expect
it, and
can keep others out of problem when you recognize the
symptoms.
First, some mechanics about nerve operations. The general
picture
given for nerves could be described as something like long-
bones
connected end to end with a flat-faced interface between
them. If the
fingers sense something HOT, the nerves send a signal of
"hot" to the
brain. As this signal travels, when it arrives at the
synapse (the
space between the end and start of connected nerves)(the
"joint" in
our analogy to bones), the signal jumps across the space as
a spark
or electrical impulse. Let's look closely at the signal as
it travels
through the nerve after this spark takes place. All along
the nerve
are "stoma" or openings which can open and close. Preceeding
the
movement of this electrical signal, these stoma open in
sequence from
the entry end toward the exit end. By opening, they are
allowing a
concentrated sodium solution to enter the core of the nerve;
this in
turn changes the chemical structure of the internal nerve
into a
highly conductive medium (something that is many times
faster than
before the synaptic spark occurred). And thusly the nerve
impulse
rushes through the nerve to the other end and jumps across
the
synapse headed toward the brain.

When looked at as time used and time idle, the nerves are
normally
idle most of the time. Thusly this excess sodium that was
allowed to
enter and excite the nerve is pumped out of the interior to
the
exterior of the nerve. All of this is enclosed within the
nerve
sheath which defines the outer portion of the nerves. The
stoma only
open preceding the nerve impulse traveling through the nerve
and then
close. When the sodium pump completes the inner to outer
transfer,
the nerve sets in the idle mode waiting for another signal.
It makes
much sense to have a "device" setting idle most of the time
utilizing
a speed up mechanism as opposed to a "device" being at the
ready all
the time consuming energy constantly.

Normally, in the case of a too fast functioning mind,
there is TOO
much sodium surrounding the inner nerve cavity. The sodium
pump is
not able to empty the excess sodium before the nerve is
asked to do
its job again, and so the sodium concentration within the
inner part
of the nerve keeps building up. Now the signalpasses
through the
nerve faster than the stoma can open to help it pass
through! This is
how a trained health professional by asking simple questions
(mostly
math type problems) checks for a too fast functioning of the
nerves.
We as parents or concerned people can help others by being
aware of
this "too fast" factor. We know about how fast our children
think and
react. If they are starting to change to being faster, we
normally
think that this is a sign for the better. Be cautious, if
they keep
speeding up, it could very well be an overload of sodium
within the
nerve sheath. Obviously common sense should prevail, and in
today's
society it is more and more difficult to recognize this
speeding up
factor.

Now, for a solution: Salt is an obvious source of sodium,
but in many
cases salt alone is not the cause of the overload. If you
will
carefully read labels, you will find Sodium or "Na" in
combination
with other words or letter combinations with other things.
These
normally are food preservatives, but can be almost anything.
When you
start adding up the Sodium sources, you'll be amazed at how
many
there are. Before you buy meats at the deli-counter, find
the
equivalent as small packages elsewhere in the store, read
the label
hunting for Sodium or Na- something. The deli-people don't
have the
time to read the content labels, few if any have a clue; it
is their
job to "move product" not be diet advisors. If you think
your family
is borderline for problems, cut out as much "Sodium" as you
can as
fast as you can. And even if not in the potential trouble
range, do
likewise.

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