Salt

Salt in Urdu: نمک

Salt in Roman Urdu: Namak

It is exciting that salt is the only mineral that we eat. It comes from deep underground layers inside the sea. The chemical name of it is sodium chloride and surely without this ingredient there is no taste in food. Salt is an important item of trade and it used to be transported by boat in earlier days. Pakistan is blessed with a beautiful salt mine known as khewra salt mine and its a beautiful attraction for the tourist. Salt is acquired from water or mines and is used in various industrial processes. From 200 million tones of salt annually, the rate of salt consumed by humans is only six percent. Consumption of a lot of salt by people may increase migraine, heart attacks and blood pressure. WHO(World Health Organization) suggests that mature people must only use five grams salt in a day. There is salt in most of the food it self for example, in vegetables, fruits, meat, pickled food, canned food and snack food. It has been years that salt was used for preserving food when there was no fridge or refrigerators.

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Salt benefits for teeth: