It's everywhere. It always has been. I'm talking about salt. You see, salt is a primary source of minerals for our bodies. Minerals are vital to every chemical transaction in our body - 35,000 of them, per second, per cell. Multiply that by the body's 100 trillion cells!
Salt has been traditionally derived from sea water and, like gold, used as currency around the world for almost all recorded time. By now you're probably thinking, "So if salt is so important and it is everywhere, why the article, Doc?"
Learn More About Celtic Salt
Like many of our foods today, salt has been hijacked and adulterated. Almost all salt you see today (table salt) is made of just three minerals, sodium, chloride and iodine. Sodium and chloride give off that salty taste and iodine was added in the mid 1900's to help reduce thyroid goiters (swellings).
In contrast, whole, un-processed grey salt gently combed from the sea contains 84 minerals and trace elements in all their natural ratios. Grey salt is not iodized, as it naturally has a small amount of iodine.
Many, if not most, of the chronic health problems we see in America today are in part contributed to by the lack of minerals in our daily diet. Worsening the situation, our over-sugared, over-worked, over-stimulated, under-rested lifestyles lead to adrenal gland distress, further pushing minerals out through the urine.
Utilizing a moderate amount of grey salt (sometimes called Celtic salt) can help improve the body's mineral balance. The benefits of a healthy mineral balance may include: better, more restful sleep, higher energy levels and greater stamina, better weight and blood sugar control and reduced sensation of stress/anxiety.
Because farming soils have been so significantly depleted over the last 50-75 years, it is increasingly difficult to get all of the minerals we need for optimal health. So the addition of grey salt to the diet can have terrific health benefit. Additionally it can also have a great culinary benefit-most people find that "table salt" (sodium chloride) often makes foods taste salty, where grey salt brings out the flavor of the food.
Dr. Brett Saks is a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (NMD), Author, Lecturer and Health & Wellness Coach. His book
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