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RE: OK, per dictionary, nutritionists consider "mineral" interchangeable with "element", "radical" or "phosphate".

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In Reply to: RE: OK, per dictionary, nutritionists consider "mineral" interchangeable with "element", "radical" or "phosphate". posted by Steve O on December 08, 2016 at 18:11:27

Regardless of "dictionary.com", sodium is not a mineral, it is a corrosive elemental metal. The fact that we need sodium in order to function is another topic.

We do not ingest sodium in its elemental form, we ingest it as a component of a mineral. This is clear.

:)

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RE: OK, per dictionary, nutritionists consider "mineral" interchangeable with "element", "radical" or "phosphate&qu - JURB 13:48:20 12/10/16 (0)
I'm done.

Maybe I'll just delete all my text and let this rest, forever. I know nothing.
I hear ya and tend to agree... - Steve O 21:00:16 12/08/16 (3)
...but every field of specialization has its jargon or lexicon. I find this specific usage imprecise and wouldn't use it in the scholarly literature for that reason. But who am I to judge? Oops, I guess I just did.
- RE: I hear ya and tend to agree... - Inmate51 07:22:03 12/09/16 (2)
  Yeah, it's kinda like "recording engineer" even when the person has no science or engineering degree or even a modicum of engineering education. It's a slang and incorrect usage of the term.
  
  Sodium is NOT a mineral, even if some people wish to loosely call it one. Nutritionists are actually referring to it within the context of it being a part of a mineral composition, such as salt. As long as everyone in the conversation and the audience understand that, I suppose that's ok. But when a person who professes to have "researched" a topic comes along and says flat out "sodium is a mineral", their believability goes right out the window.
  
  I don't put much stock in downstream "definitions" (in this case, definition #5) with online "dictionaries" except as casual usage. I much prefer hardcore dictionaries such as Britannica and Webster. While they both have online versions, and that's good, there are other "me too" online dictionaries which tend toward too much "fluff".
  
  :)
  - This is how I would describe it... - Steve O 07:43:35 12/09/16 (1)
    ...Sodium (Na) is an element, sodium chloride ("salt", NaCl) is a compound and maybe a "mineral", halite is a mineral.
    - RE: This is how I would describe it... - Inmate51 07:57:04 12/09/16 (0)
      Still, I like being called an audio "engineer". It gives me a little respect.
      
      :)

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