And the mono-/di-/tri- sodium something-ate (ex. mono-sodium-glutamate, tri-sodium-posphate) added to preserve the artificial flavors (including unnaturally extracted "natural" flavors) since the normal neutralized sodium in table salt doesn't react with your taste buds quick enough to fool you into thinking its a fresh flavor.
Whenever you hear about sodium being bad, that's actually what is meant. It's the free sodium ions that will leech any mineral it can from your body before it can even be filtered out by your kidneys. Salt isn't nearly as much a problem because it comes with the chloride to neutralize it.
And the mono-/di-/tri- sodium something-ate (ex. mono-sodium-glutamate, tri-sodium-posphate) added to preserve the artificial flavors (including unnaturally extracted "natural" flavors) since the normal neutralized sodium in table salt doesn't react with your taste buds quick enough to fool you into thinking its a fresh flavor.
Whenever you hear about sodium being bad, that's actually what is meant. It's the free sodium ions that will leech any mineral it can from your body before it can even be filtered out by your kidneys. Salt isn't nearly as much a problem because it comes with the chloride to neutralize it.