Coconut oil, magnesium, vinegar ….. It seems like Admin has converted to being a total Health Nut. Good for him!! Let’s see if I can convert him, and you, to the Best Salt on the planet.
IS SALT BAD FOR YOU?
NO! Other than saturated fat, I don’t think there’s another NUTRIENT so universally maligned and demonized as salt. “Salt = Bad Food” is just about every doctor’s mantra. In a nutshell, that’s horseshit. The absolute truth of the matter is that BAD salt is bad for you …….. good salt will keep you healthy.
BUT ISN’T THERE PROOF SALT WILL RAISE YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE?
Noooooo!!!
A quick word about studies. Do you remember when movie popcorn was really delicious, crunchy, and flavorful … as compared to today? Back in the good old times movies cooked popcorn in coconut oil. But then a few libtard activists along with substantial funding from the Soybean Industry were able to convince Americans — or, at least theater owners — that coconut oil is about as evil as Satan himself. Bye bye healthy popcorn! You can read about the popcorn-coconut-oil SCAM here;
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2011/03/4397-pulling-the-curtains-on-another-cspi-scare-campaign/
Go ahead and google “is salt bad for you”. “Yes!!” … “No!!” … you’ll find ample proof for both. So, who you gonna believe?
The American Heart Association recommends 1500 mg per day maximum. The USDA recommends 2300 mg per day maximum. And a recent study by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) says there is very little to no evidence that going below 2300 mg of sodium per day will actually benefit anyone …… and may even harm some! It took me a while to find a free summary of the IOM report, but here it is.
HOW DID SALT GET SUCH A BAD REPUTATION?
Let me quote below (between the dashes) a website I’ve greatly enjoyed over the years, Marks Daily Apple.
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“Back in the 1980s, a massive global study of salt intake and blood pressure called INTERSALT was undertaken. Overall, it showed a modest association between the two, but some groups, particularly the undeveloped, non-industrial peoples who had very little access to salt (and other trappings of industrialization), had blood pressure that was generally extremely low. Foremost among these groups were the Yanomami of the Amazon rainforest.
The Yanomami have very low sodium excretion, which indicates very low sodium intake, and very low blood pressure. Even the elderly Yanomami enjoyed low blood pressure. This was convincing. I mean, it sounds convincing, right? Low salt intake, low lifelong incidence of hypertension – how much more cut and dry can you get? This low salt/low blood pressure connection seemed to also apply to other groups who happened to be living more traditional ways of life.
Except that there’s another non-industrialized group (and you only need one) whose slightly different results kinda muck up the Yanomami argument: the Kuna of Panama.
Among the Kuna, a tribe native to Panama, both salt intake and blood pressure were also historically low well into old age. To study whether the two variables were linked, researchers examined a group of “acculturated” Kuna with ample access to salt and an otherwise strict adherence to their traditional way of life. Little changed but the salt intake, in other words. But, despite consuming an average of 2.6 daily teaspoons of salt (and sometimes up to 6 teaspoons), the Kuna did not have hypertension, not even in old age. There was no change between the hypertensive statuses of 20 year old Kuna and 60 year old Kuna.
All in all, drastic reduction of sodium can reduce blood pressure by a few points. The evidence is pretty consistent on that. But the example of the Kuna shows THAT THERE’S WAY MORE TO BLOOD PRESSURE THAN HOW MUCH SALT YOU EAT, LIKE HOW MUCH POTASSIUM YOU EAT.”
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/salt-what-is-it-good-for/
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CAN A LOW SALT DIET BE HARMFUL TO MY HEALTH?
Yes!! You should avoid “low sodium” diets as much as “low fat” diets … both do much more harm than good. Links and data for below statements can be found in the same Mark’s Daily Apple article found above.
———- a low salt diet increases insulin resistance in healthy men and women
———- a low salt diet leads to increased triglycerides and LDL and elevated stress hormones.
———- a low salt diet leads to increased arterial plaque formation
———- a low salt diet (under 3 grams per day and a high salt diet (over 6 grams of sodium per day) both increased the risk of stroke and heart attack at the same rate …. Eating between 4-6 grams of salt (about two teaspoons) is associated with the lowest risk of cardiovascular incidents
———- folks with a “medium” salt intake live longer than people who eat too little salt or too much salt.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO NEUTRALIZE A TOO HIGH SALT DIET?
Yes!! Eat moar this.
Sodium and potassium actually have opposite effects on heart function. High sodium intake can indeed increase blood pressure, while high potassium intake can relax blood vessels and decrease blood pressure.
American salt consumption is anywhere from 150% -200% of the recommended daily limit — almost all of it due to eating shit processed food — while the average daily intake of potassium is estimated at only 60% of the recommended daily amount.
Therefore, the RATIO of sodium to potassium intakes probably represent a more important risk factor for hypertension and cardiovascular disease than each factor alone.
WHAT IS “BAD” SALT?
The SHIT below.
——— It’s HEAVILY refined shit absolutely denuded of ALL minerals
——— It has aluminum, ferro-cyanide, and bleach in it!! (anti-caking agents )
——— These chemicals added to keep salt from absorbing moisture. BUT, that interferes with one of salt’s main functions: — to regulate hydration in the body!
——— When you put salt on an open wound it burns, right? Refined salt does the same to your internal tissues. Your body retains water to protect itself, and your cells release water to help dilute, neutralize, and break down the salt. This loss of water dehydrates and weakens your cells and can even cause them to die prematurely. Another Big Ag clusterfuk … and the FDA knows it, and doesn’t give a shit.
——— REFINED TABLE SALT IS PURE POISON TO YOUR BODY. IF YOU HAVE ANY, GO TO YOUR CUPBOARD AND THROW IT OUT NOW. I’ll wait until you get back.
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OK ALREADY!! TELL ME ABOUT “GOOD” SALT
Damn, you’re impatient. OK, here it is; Himalayan Pink Rock Salt
1)– It’s pink because of its rich and varying mineral and energy-rich iron content.
2)– Per a LewRockwell article yesterday — “Himalayan salt contains 84 minerals, electrolytes, and elements – a staggering number considering that only 118 elements are known to science.” —- You can read the spectral analysis here;
http://www.atthemeadow.com/shop/Resources/Minerals-in-Pink-Himalayan-Salt
3)– “For this reason, adding more HIMALAYAN SALT TO YOUR DIET CAN HELP RECTIFY VIRTUALLY ANY MINERAL DEFICIENCY YOU MIGHT HAVE. Significantly, Himalayan salt contains iodine, magnesium, zinc, iron, and calcium – the five minerals in which the United States population are most deficient.”
4)– Although it comes from the mountains, it is technically a sea salt. ALL salt comes from a salted body of water. But as our oceans become more and more polluted salt directly from that source may not be the best option.
5)– It is believed that Himalayan mountain salt is the purest on the planet. The belief is that many millions of years ago crystallized sea salt beds, now deep within the Himalayans, were covered by lava. Aside from being kept it in a pristine environment that has been surrounded by snow and ice year round, the lava also protects the salt from modern-day pollution.
6)– Some believe that Himalayan salts detoxify the body from heavy metals. Others discard the idea. It appears there isn’t enough scientific data to come to a clear conclusion either way. I do know when I take just a regular Epsom Salt bath I feel tremendously more relaxed and it CLEARLY relieves minor muscle pains.
7)– It just TASTES BETTER. I’ve been using it for years. I get it from Trader Joe’s … it comes in rock form in a built in grinder. One can buy much greater quantities at a better price online, both in rock form, and fine crystals.
ARE THERE OTHER GOOD SALT OPTIONS?
I came across this web site a little while back. It looks quite interesting, but I haven’t tried it yet.
http://get.realgoodsalt.com/bgf/?AFFID=126660&SUBID=ben
They claim to have less sodium chloride and more minerals than Himalayan salt. It is harvested in Mexico (Cuyutlán) by traditional salineros (salt farmers) using environmentally friendly techniques that are over 150 years old … and harvested from the very same saltpans where the Aztecs made their salt over 500 years ago. It’s more expensive than Himalayan salt, probably because there is only a 16 week season (between February and May). Maybe Juan, El Coyote, El Camino, can ‘splain it better.
EXTRA CREDIT: READING MATERIAL
Hope you all learned something new. I’ve posted this before. This is a really, really informative, interesting, fascinating, easy-to-read book. I highly recommend it.
While I have mildly high blood pressure that is well controlled I never bought into the salt bullshit. When I run or any time I sweat I leave a ring of salt around my hat and on my shirt. I call that a good sweat. I assume it is my body regulating how much salt it needs, and it needs to excrete. Much of this goes back to the same thing, less processed is always better. I am reading a good book called “Born to Run” about the Tarahumara, they run hundreds of miles weekly, into their old age. Men, women, and children alike. Their diet consists of commonly found grains, seeds, squash no processed foods. I am sure much of their ability comes from their lifelong commitment to the love of running, but I am sure their diet helps. They have found as some of them veer toward a more processed food diet they reduce their ability to run dramatically.
Bob.
I recently purged my existing adjustable grinders in my kitchen cabinet to include only Mediterranean Sea Salt. Had to thrown one in the trash.
throw, not thrown !!!!!!!!!
I like this guy a lot. He has a show called ” Dead Doctor’s Don’t Lie “.
http://www.wallachonline.com/
If you’ve got the salt thing squared away and are craving some doom, this ought to do
http://enenews.com/kyodo-massive-amount-of-fukushima-radiation-data-could-be-wrong-figures-cannot-be-trusted-nhk-strontium-90-in-groundwater-close-to-ocean-160000-times-limit-actual-levels-had-exceed
Westcoaster posted this on the Sexless thread.
I could barely sleep last night.
indialantic posts the NOAA tsunami wave height map? WTH do tsunami wave heights have to do with a salt thread?
I_S
Have had a Himalayan salt block for 8 years now, cook on it all the time using a Big Green Egg bbq, it works great, each time you use it a little bit of surface area disappears from the cooking and cleaning process. We mostly cook pork loins on it, it gives the meat a very subtle salt taste that is just perfect, it is also very good for salmon and halibut filets.