Blog on Salt’s effect on the body
(taken from The essential guide to Water & Saltt by F.BatmanghelidjMD & Phillip Day)
Salt consumption for health is considered by the orthodoxy to be ‘irresponsible’ and dangerous’, yet, so far as proper research has shown, the only danger to the public lies in common table salt, an industrial poison, which has been refined from Nature’s storehouse to remove all elements but sodium chloride, then fortified with iodine and various fillers for the supermarket shelves. Some say we ended up with this particular compound due to industry’s colossal use of it. Whatever the reason, ‘table salt is not real ‘salt’ as the ancients knew it and its dangers are well touted:
- It destabilizes blood pressure
- Can cause cellulite, kidney stones and rheumatism
- Upsets your fluid balance
- Acts as a diuretic (expels water from cells)
- Thereby a cell-toxin
- Contains the endocrine disrupters, fluoride and iodine
- Contains fillers such as calcium carbonate and aluminium hydroxide, the latter aluminium implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease
Some PR job to convince the world we need it! Yet, as we’re about to find out, ‘salt’ is essential for the body’s systems. Farmers know if they don’t put out the salt licks for their cattle, they die. This is real salt as Nature intended, not the truncated, worse-than-useless mess made of it in the refining process.
Enter saltpan salt, sea salt, Celtic salt, and the pink Dalek of all salts, Himalayan crystallized salt, or ‘white gold’ as it’s come to be known ((light pink gold, actually). Far from being the over-hyped, ‘luxury’ salt scorned by the media, leading Internet physician, Kr Joseph Mercola, declares that this mother-of-all-salts:
- Regulates the water content throughout your body
- Balances excess acidity from your cells, particularly your brain cells
- Balances your blood sugar levels and helps reduce your aging rate
- Assists in the generation of hydroelectric energy in cells in your body and absorption of food particles through your intestinal tract
- Helps clear mucus plugs and phlegm from your lungs – particularly useful in asthma and cystic fibrosis
- Acts as a strong natural antihistamine to help clear up congestion in your sinuses
- Prevents muscle cramps
- Makes the structure of your bones firm – osteoporosis can occur when your body needs more salt and takes it from your bones
- Regulates your sleep – it is a natural hypnotic
- Maintains your libido
- Prevents varicose veins and spider veins on your legs and thighs
- Stabilizes irregular heartbeats – in conjunction with water, )salt) is actually essential for the regulation of blood pressure
Sea salt is sometimes used by those who wish to safeguard their health. The problem is, while sea salt is heavily mineralized, it can also contain industrial poisons cast into the oceans over the years. For that reason more pristine salts are often preferred – hence today’s preference for the Himalayan variety.
Read much more on the topic in ‘The essential guide to Water & Salt’ available to purchase through our website. Cost $25.00
