Salt & Life Salt is necessary matter for the human body. It is because salt exist in the body liquid, and has the important role of maintaining osmotic pressure. Human blood contains 0.9 % salt. If the salt is not enough in your body, then, you body doesn't make enough digestive fluid, so it decreases your appetite. In the short-term, because your body doesn't make enough digestive fluid, it decreases your appetite, but in the long-term, it will cause no-energy, fatigue, tiredness and anxiety in your body. If you lose salt suddenly by sweating a lot, you can loose physical and mental functions such as feeling dizziness, disinterest, unconsciousness and listlessness. The amount of salt your body needs depends on the amount of labor you perform and the weather, however, a normal adult needs 123g salt a day. If you eat too much salt, it can cause high blood pressure. This is because when the salt concentration is increased in your body, more water comes into your blood to maintain balanced concentration rate. Some people say if you eat too much salt, it can cause stomach cancer. http://www.invil.org/english/tourism/themeTour/beach/contents.jsp?con_no=377406&page_no=1
TypeOSecretor, great info!! Must bookmark this page as well. And send it on to my mom. Also in the book You: The Owners Manual (I think), it stresses the importance of salt as well, in that where salt is, water will follow and we all know how important water is for our health.
I will keep looking. In the meantime, this quote from the Internet carries the thought.
Thank-u that's very thoughtful
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Salt & Life Salt is necessary matter for the human body. It is because salt exist in the body liquid, and has the important role of maintaining osmotic pressure. Human blood contains 0.9 % salt. If the salt is not enough in your body, then, you body doesn't make enough digestive fluid, so it decreases your appetite. In the short-term, because your body doesn't make enough digestive fluid, it decreases your appetite, but in the long-term, it will cause no-energy, fatigue, tiredness and anxiety in your body. If you lose salt suddenly by sweating a lot, you can loose physical and mental functions such as feeling dizziness, disinterest, unconsciousness and listlessness. The amount of salt your body needs depends on the amount of labor you perform and the weather, however, a normal adult needs 123g salt a day. If you eat too much salt, it can cause high blood pressure. This is because when the salt concentration is increased in your body, more water comes into your blood to maintain balanced concentration rate. Some people say if you eat too much salt, it can cause stomach cancer. http://www.invil.org/english/tourism/themeTour/beach/contents.jsp?con_no=377406&page_no=1
Check ingredients on Salt containers. The ones I've looked at with Iodine also have corn starch added to prevent caking since the Iodine has moisture to it.
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I use Himalayan Crystal salt which is course and has 84 natural elements including iodine. I also use Trader Joe’s Mediterranean Sea Salt which has fine crystals. The only ingredient is salt, but the label mentions after drying in the sun the water is evaporated maximizing magnesium and iodide content.
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Check ingredients on Salt containers. The ones I've looked at with Iodine also have corn starch added to prevent caking since the Iodine has moisture to it.
Uhoh corn starch is a NO-NO Yes, indeed we must look but at times I hear that they don't even list all the ingredients in full ... who knows
I use Himalayan Crystal salt which is course and has 84 natural elements including iodine. I also use Trader Joe’s Mediterranean Sea Salt which has fine crystals. The only ingredient is salt, but the label mentions after drying in the sun the water is evaporated maximizing magnesium and iodide content.
Nothing is 100% anymore ... sigh ... Thanks for the info
Yes, they are. Did someone say something to make you think the trace minerals are not good for us?
In a general sense, yes. I felt that some earlier comments indicated that iodine in a salt was not good, so I jumped to the conclusion that iodine in salt was not good. In fact, I think iodized salt (added unnaturally - and not occurring in nature) has been found not to be necessary because iodine occurs naturally enough in foods without adding any extra.
I was looking at a label on some Redmond's RealSalt Salt. The amount of Iodine is .002% and occurs naturally in the salt. Other trace minerals (calcium, potassium, sulphur, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, managanese, copper and zinc) amount to about 1.7% of the total amount of the salt. I suspect, but don't know for sure, that other natural salts may have a similar composition.
Redmond's RealSalt is not sun dried, and I still do not understand why sun drying is necessary, but maybe I will find out.
But then, maybe I should take it with a grain of salt.
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Sun-Dried Sea Salt is very important - As these will be Hygroscopic. Be very wary of any "Sundried" that is Pure White - as it probably is not. I'll refrain from mentioning brands here.
The way to tell: Mix a spoonful of salt into a glass of water. If the crystals settle back out you know that it has been dried at too high of heat {Kiln-dried}. This changes the molecular structure of the crystal itself {Tempering} which makes it essentially a sand...
Seawater has in it dissolved all of the minerals {H2O is the solvent of the world}
Issues come into play now, as oceans are polluted - And I have yet to try the Himalayan myself. Celtic/Brittany salts or the Algarve Salts of Portugal are good - As the Crystals look moist {Hygroscopic}. Another salt that can do this is Dead Sea Salt.
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Sun-Dried Sea Salt is very important - As these will be Hygroscopic. Be very wary of any "Sundried" that is Pure White - as it probably is not. I'll refrain from mentioning brands here.
The way to tell: Mix a spoonful of salt into a glass of water. If the crystals settle back out you know that it has been dried at too high of heat {Kiln-dried}. This changes the molecular structure of the crystal itself {Tempering} which makes it essentially a sand...
Seawater has in it dissolved all of the minerals {H2O is the solvent of the world}
Issues come into play now, as oceans are polluted - And I have yet to try the Himalayan myself. Celtic/Brittany salts or the Algarve Salts of Portugal are good - As the Crystals look moist {Hygroscopic}. Another salt that can do this is Dead Sea Salt.
We are built from water - not rocks.
I can't seem to find these salts here anywhere in the stores that I've been ... any recommendations in Canada on the above salts that u do recommend ? Thanks
I can't seem to find these salts here anywhere in the stores that I've been ... any recommendations in Canada on the above salts that u do recommend ? Thanks
Most of these salts can be purchased online, if that helps.
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Personally I don't advocate Redmond's RealSalt for internal consumption - as it is not Sun-Dried.
I wonder how they do dry it, then, because the bag that I have says "Unlike most table salts, RealSalt is not bleached, kiln dried, heated, or altered with chemicals or pollutants."
Its been buried under pressure for eons - In other words it is mined. Like the Himalayan.
I've the my above-mentioned Salts in Vancouver years past - a quick Googling revealed a Winnipeg Mailorder: http://www.eatit.ca
Though it is odd there were more refernces to recipedes than actually able to purchase.
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I feel more comforted about the salts I use now. I did the "salt in water" test.
All of my salts dissolved within 1-15 minutes.
What surprised me was that Redmond's Real Salt was the only one that dissolved instantly, and it is not sun dried. There were a few remaining brown flecks that settled to the bottom of the glass and did not dissolve, so I called the company. They stated their salt came from ancient sea beds and had 50 different minerals. They said a few minerals do not dissolve in water. What I was probably seeing was silica, they said. It makes sense to me.
Several of the other salts, such as Celtic, Brittany, and Portugese also had a few flecks of minerals that did not dissolve.
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