Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Plant question
wrote in message
... water softeners put sodium (Na+) ions into the water. and it can be significantly high enough to cause real problems with GF, so I imagine it can with koi. The relationship between salt (NaCl) and high blood pressure is complex and just lowering sodium chloride intake may have no effect at all, or actually worsen blood pressure. The suggestion is that the balance of total salts is important and unbalanced (high sodium to potassium, etc.) intake is what can cause problems. It is the chloride ion that tastes "salty". To increase the saltiness of foods, add lemon or vinegar. To decrease the saltiness add a pinch of baking soda (which is how to cut the acid in tomato sauces as well). Ingrid I think that may be your problem. A water softer that uses salt puts enough sodium in the water that those with high blood pressure are told not to drink the water from such. Ingrid...I went looking for some information on this because my first thought was that it was BS. I was shocked to find that what you are saying is basically true. Water softeners use salt to "soften" the water. The water passes through the salt mixture which leaches magnesium and potassium (hard) out of the water, replacing it with Sodium chloride (salt) molecules which are "softer". Here is a great article describing, in brief, the amounts of salt that can be transferred... http://www.extension.umn.edu/water/sodium.html |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|