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definition of salts

The you go out are saline chemical compounds, as those that contain salt or have the typical characteristics of this substance, which can be organic or inorganic, are called. While, the salt It is a type of chemical compound that is made up of cations, which are positively charged ions, which in turn are linked with anions, ions that have a negative charge.

One of the most popular types of salts is what in common language we call table salt, common salt, which implies sodium chloride, a white, crystalline substance, soluble in water, that we can find in sea water or in some other solid masses and that is used mainly as food seasoning. It should be noted that salt provides us with one of the basic flavors, the salty, which is felt thanks to the receptors arranged in our language that allow us to do so.

For its part, mineral salts they are inorganic molecules that exhibit simple ionization when water is present. In living beings, salts are found in a way: precipitated, dissolved, in the form of crystals, or in union with other biomolecules.

Salts in living beings contribute to the performance of very important functions, such as vitamins, among other issues: they are present in bone and dental structure, they regulate the balance of water inside and outside the cells, they participate in excitability. nervous, participate in muscle activity, facilitate the entry of substances into cells, provide their contribution in metabolic processes, help the proper functioning of the immune system, are part of molecules such as hemoglobin and chlorophyll.

The chemical elements that contain mineral salts are: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, fluorine, zinc, selenium, and copper.

And among the main food sources rich in mineral salts, the following stand out: milk and derivatives, nuts, legumes, meats, fish, drinking water, vegetables and whole grains, among others.

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