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Posted by Padre on 24 Aug 2012 at 15:56 GMT

The abstract of Henningsen's (1985!!) article:
"There is a growing evidence for that in modern societies the function of the cellular sodium-potassium pump (membrane-bound Na+ K+ ATPase) in several tissues in man cannot respond adequately to demands. This is not seen in any other free-living vertebrates on this earth. The clearly unphysiological very high intake of sodium- chloride (salt) and also alcohol is definitely playing an important role in the development of the common degenerating metabolic aberrations, e.g. essential hypertension, diabetes II and severe over- weight, in man. The special and overall important role of the sodium- potassium pump for optimal cellular function and regeneration with special reference to the vascular tissues is presented and discussed."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g...

The doctors forgot, or not learned the entropy law, and its correlation with Na/K pump?

The "Equivalency law in the metal requirement of the living organisms"

Acta Alimentaria 27 (4): 389-395. 1998.
http://padre.uw.hu/ekvis/...
http://padre.uw.hu/ekvis/...

is a simple chemical rule: The alkali metal requirement (mainly potassium and sodium)
is chemically equivalent with that of polyvalent metals (namely calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron etc.). Because, is a strict chemical stoichiometrical rule of the
cation exchange processes is that they proceed with the exchange of an equivalent amount of positively charged counter-ions. The counter-ions in our body: sodium and potassium.
Less counter-ion = trouble, a lot counter-ion = trouble,
very much counter-ion = catastrophe.
The doctors and specialists forgot the chemistry too, or...
This Eq. law is 14 years old, but nobody deals with (cares about) him!

It's now clear that the energy that we could save (by low physical activity), the entropy law swallows it - by our "floor gas" Na/K pump. And it's now clear that we (Westerners) eat (with a lot) much more, as we can burn - because the much sodium (salt) in our foods.

The alarm bells peal for a long time, but nothing the situation improved!
We overeat (devour), we get sick, and We die, while millions are starving.
Because the much salt, and a lot the irresponsible specialist!

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