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Too much sodium in the body would make the blood too osmolar. Blood cells would shrink and cease to function. More critically the excess sodium would upset the electrical balance of the heart cells. Since the pace of the heart beat is controlled by the potential electric difference in heart cells which is largely set by sodium, cardiac irregularity can be fatal.

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