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The Terrors of Table Salt
Unrefined sea salt or natural rock salt, also known as "real salt" supplies important minerals to our diet. In fact, the liver cannot function without salt. It helps speed up recoveries from serious illness and acts as a scavenger-purging the body of toxins.
Health-Sustaining Sea Salt
The oceans of the world are our greatest and most diverse biological system, characterized by a life-sustaining nutrient-rich solution that we call seawater - a mixture of roughly 96.5 per cent water (H2O) and 3.5 per cent mineral salts..
Sprinkle a Little Colour
Salt gets a bad rap most of the time, but our bodies need it. It is essential for digestion, respiration, and maintaining the body’s electrolyte balance. It’s also important to limit your daily salt intake to no more than 5.8 g per day (about a teaspoon). If you’re going to salt your food, however, go beyond bland, boring, white table salt.