Is salt bad for me?
Salt is seen as something that is bad for your health when consumed in excess. But actually, salt can contain vital minerals that are fundamental to our health. You’ll notice that I said ‘can’. The reason for this is that some salt is good for you and some is not. It is important that you make sure that you are consuming the right type of salt.
‘Bad’ salt
Table salt is made up of sodium and chlorine and these elements only. This is because it has been chemically produced and altered to refine and get rid of any other trace nutrients. It is also bleached and dried at over 1200 degrees Fahrenheit. In other words, it is not naturally occurring.
Furthermore, table salt has been associated with: destabilising blood pressure; upsetting fluid balance; dehydrating the cells; slowing down the metabolism; and has even been linked to cellulite, kidney stones and rheumatism.
Just something to get you thinking: when salt water fish are placed in salt water made with table salt, they die quickly. Yet this is what is added to most processed foods, meats and snacks!
‘Good’ salt
So ‘good’ salt is 100% naturally occurring salt. This has not been bleached or processed and is taken from a natural source in its crystalline form.
So this can be sea salt or rock salt with the highest quality seen as Himalayan rock salt. This does consist of sodium and chlorine but there are 82 further minerals when it’s in its natural crystalline form.
All unprocessed salt should be marked clearly as either unprocessed or unrefined.
Naturally occurring salt has been associated with very different things to table salt. It has been linked to: regulating blood pressure; regulating water content throughout the body; balancing excess acidity in the cells; reducing your ageing rate; balancing sugar levels in the blood and making bones firmer. Plus, many more. With all these benefits it begs the question, ‘Why are we using table salt over naturally occurring salt?’
If you like this information, read our other nutritional posts here on Backblog.
Yours in health,
Mykel Mason, your Eastbourne Chiropractor
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