All Salts Are Not Created Equal

Many people believe that using kosher salt or sea salt is a healthier alternative to our common table salt. Many feel that it is better for them should be on a diet with low sodium. Nothing could be further from the truth.

, but look at it Kosher salt is the chemical sodium chloride, and further, but with a different name. She tends to be sold in larger chunks than you would find with normal salt and it can even contain additional chemicals added to it to prevent it from caking up.

your common table salt is chemically sodium chloride. As with kosher salt salt may possibly contain additional ingredients that would prevent it from caking up. Other then the small granule size of table salt also contains iodine, which is a chemical known to prevent certain types of thyroid conditions. iodized salt supplement is usually in the form of another type known as a salt with potassium iodide.

Medical sea salt is any worse than kosher salt, or with respect to its chemical composition. Similar to other salt sea salt is composed of "mainly sodium chloride, but it also includes a myriad of other chemicals such as potassium, sodium, magnesium, and the chemical elements known as metal salts. Sea salt can provide a number of trace elements that your body may require, but because of various salts which are included in the composition of sea salt that does not bring any reduction in sodium. This salt could actually be worse for those with questions related to high blood pressure.

I would like to point out that regular sea salt may have a different chemical composition depending on the particular area in the world that manufactures the product. This is largely the large differences in the composition of sea water from all oceans of the world are not chemically identical. In our real-world notion of one size fitting all does not hold water. This salt from different places in the world can actually be dangerous for certain classes of medical patients. Sodium, magnesium, potassium, lithium and various other metal compounds all tend to affect each of us a medical on an individual basis. What is medically wrong for one person may not necessarily be good for others. Before you can use sea salt to make sure that you check with your doctor to determine whether there are any health reasons why you should not use.

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