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One of the essential minerals in the human body is salt. How much salt (NaCl) is in the average adult human body?
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One of the essential minerals in the human body is salt. How much salt (NaCl) is in the average adult human body?

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No! If it was 12% a 150 pound person would be about 18 pounds of salt!

~0.4%
The average 150lb person would contain ~280 g of NaCl.
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