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Dr. Chris Masterjohn on Understanding Key Nutrients: Biotin, Sodium, Potassium, and Omega-3s

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Is There a Difference Between Sodium and Potassium?

Sodium and glucose are the two major osmolites that hold on to water. If you don't have enough salt incoming, you cannot hydrate yourself with water because there's nothing to hold on to it. sodium is used to transport so many nutrients from the gut that if you have malabsorption, you should see if it goes away with more salt. It might not be some kind of hard to fix gut issue. It might just be that you don’t have any salt in your food.

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