Good Salt, Bad Salt

[Hinotori]

Salt doesn't effect blood pressure unless you have a fairly rare gene variation. They've known this since the early 90s.

Too much isn't good. Neither is too little. Too little will kill you much faster than too much. USA guidelines is 2300 mg max. Hubby's doctor wants him to stay between 2500 and 3000. It's a healthy range. And if he's eating enough potassium higher isn't even as bad. Have to balance sodium and potassium intakes.

Mom is under orders from her doctor to eat more salt. Her potassium levels are through the roof. She eats potatoes at every meal and doesn't use much salt. Salt helps with with some of the pain she gets.

 

[Fixit]

Just curious, doesn't it get hard on you?

No it doesnt cake. It has a bit of moisture in it and the grains are bigger. So we dry it in the oven and pulse it in the blender

 

[Boobalacka]

We use Redmond Real Salt. I eat it out of my hand sometimes, it’s the minerals I want.

Nice. I do that too but with Maldon salt. It’s delicious

 

[flowerbug]

Y'all have convinced me to try Redmond and Maldon salt. I usually stay away from sea salt because of potential for microplastic, but seems microplastic is inescapable.

mined sea salts should not have any microplastics in them. but otherwise yeah.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Interesting, on many different levels. Thanks for posting a thought provoking article.

 

[Rammy]

Where do you get your salt?

 

[FarmerJamie]

After my last cardiologist visit, where I outlined my diet, she wanted me to add a little natural salt to my diet. Go figure

 

[tortoise]

I was watching one of the Paul Gautschi you tube videos last night. For those of you not familiar with him: He pioneered the Back to Eden farming method. His approach was to use wood chips, in a very deep layer (at least 4") directly on top of the soil. He did that for a number of years, but has recently stopped adding the wood chips because of his physical disability. Anyhow... We all know that trees mine nutrients from deep in the soil. So, the whole tree, including the leaves is a treasure house of nutrients, especially minerals. Currently, the only thing he ever adds to his soil, in a garden that I guestimate to be about 3000 s.f. is compost from less than a dozen chickens. His recent soil test, macro and micro nutrient levels were totally off the charts. All of this babbling from me, to merely support the following statement: If we feed the soil, the soil will feed us. I find the discussion about salt cravings to be interesting. If we crave salt b/c our mineral balance is off, then... IF we feed the soil, THEN the soil, our vegetables, and our own bodies will have balanced minerals, and we WON't crave salt. Could just be that salt is really not the issue when it comes to heart/vascular disease. Instead, it's mineral imbalance.

My understanding is most heart disease is caused by inflammatory diet, particularly seed/bean "vegetable" oils, and metabolic disease/nutritional excess causing high insulin and sodium retention.

This is a good presentation for those who prefer not to read:

Readers might enjoy this book, there is a thick chapter explaining vegetable oils: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Nutrition-Your-Genes-Traditional-ebook/dp/B01G1J7WEU

 

[tortoise]

Y'all have convinced me to try Redmond and Maldon salt. I usually stay away from sea salt because of potential for microplastic, but seems microplastic is inescapable.

 

[baymule]

Y'all have convinced me to try Redmond and Maldon salt. I usually stay away from sea salt because of potential for microplastic, but seems microplastic is inescapable.

Redmond salt is mined underground. No microplastic contamination!

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