Some consequences of high sodium intake
(The specialists talk about these rarely or never):
1. bigger and longer hunger stimulus - we overeat
2. we drink many sugary soft drinks - we get fat
3. we get tired soon, we move little
4. higher energy requirements for Na-K pump, and kidney
5. all the rest of our vital processes receive less
energy (because the metabolic rate - speed and capacity of enzyme reactions - is limited)
6. all of our vital processes work worse.
7. we get sick often, and We will die soon.
= Extra profit in food and pharmaceutical industry
and health services, and savings in the pension funds.

Plagiarism necessary: The optimal Na/K ratio and
the ratio between sum of alkaline metals and sum of
polyvalent metals (etc.) is in the human milk.
Copy/Paste :-)

Henningsen N.C.:
The sodium pump and energy regulation: some new aspects for essential hypertension, diabetes II and severe overweight.
Klinische Wochenschrift 63 Suppl 3:4-8. 1985.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...

Sándor Z.: Equivalency law in the metal requirement of the living organisms.
Acta Alimentaria 27 (4): 389-395. 1998.
http://padre.uw.hu/ekvis/...