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SALT
IS GOOD FOR YOU: EATING MORE COULD EVEN LOWER THE CHANCES OF HEART
DISEASE:
Controversial findings question push by authorities to get people to
cut
consumption. For years, doctors have been telling us that too much salt
is bad
for us. Until now. A study claims that cutting down on salt can
actually
increase the risk of dying from a heart attack or a stroke. The
research has
left nutritionists scratching their heads.
‘Your
table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5%
chemicals such as moisture absorbents and iodine. Dried at over 1,200
degrees
Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of
the salt
causing the potential for a myriad of health problems in your body.’
– Dr
Joseph Mercola
The papers today are full
of a new, ‘controversial’ study
that actually shows that salt may be good for you (yawn). Of course,
nowhere in
the article do they strike the all-important distinction between
refined table
salt and natural whole salts, so let’s do a review on this most
important of
subjects.
Common table salt is a
poison, refined from Nature’s
storehouse to remove all elements but sodium chloride. 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’ and its dangers are well touted:
·
It destabilises 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, eh?
Yet ‘salt’ is essential
for the body’s systems. Nobody
questions why we put seriously ill people on a saline drip. Farmers
know if they
don’t put out the salt blocks for their cattle, they die. This is real
salt as
Nature intended, busting with electrolytes, 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). Mercola declares 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 your blood pressure
These
claims are backed by evidence. Barbara Hendel MD and Peter Ferreira
cover most
of it in Water and Salt, The Essence of Life
(available through Amazon).
World renowned water guru, Dr Fereydoon Batmanghelidj’s Water
and Salt, Your
Healers From Within, available through Credence, contains
much of the
Iranian physician’s decades of studies into the building blocks of life.
The manufacturers of FIJI water, as another
example, remark on their
web-site:
‘A nine-week,
double-blind university study undertaken in
2003 at the Inter-University of Graz, Austria, examined the effects of
drinking
a minimum of 1.5 liters of tap water per day with common table salt vs.
a
minimum of 1.5 liters of FIJI Water with Original Himalayan Crystal
Salt on
physical and psychological functions of the body. In the study,
patients who
drank FIJI Water together with the Original Himalayan Crystal Salt saw
significant positive changes in respiratory, circulatory, organ,
connective
tissue and nervous system functions. Patients also reported increases
in the
quality of sleep, energy and concentration levels, brain activity,
weight loss,
enhanced consciousness and noticeable nail and hair growth.’ [1]
The medical orthodoxy is
not kind to any notion of a
super-salt, crying ‘commercialism’ and ‘quackery’, indubitably the pot
calling
the kettle black. My advice? Switch to Himalayan salt or at least a
whole salt.
Table salt is just that – sodium chloride. Himalayan salt is sodium
chloride
plus 82 other minerals in its natural, crystalline form, all ready to
feed
metabolic processes the way Nature intended. There are other advantages.
Get sole and slap it all
over
Topical applications and
baths in whole salt solutions have
been found to help with psoriasis, eczema, toe-nail fungus, insect
bites,
rheumatism and arthritis, acne, ear infections, nasal congestion and
sore
throats. The solution used is known as sole, (pronounced
so-lay).
Take a container of water and start mixing Himalayan salt crystals into
it,
stirring well, until the salt no longer dissolves. The solution is now
26%
saturated and sterile, so can be re-used. Sole in a hot water bowl can
be
inhaled as a decongestant for blocked sinuses since it is antiseptic
and ideal
for bacterial/fungal/yeast conditions.
Salt
– further
benefits
Whole salt has
many other functions than just regulating the water content of the
body. Here
are some of its additional duties:
- Salt is a strong,
natural
antihistamine. It can be used to relieve asthma by
putting it on the tongue after
drinking a glass or two of water. It is as effective as an inhaler,
without
the toxicity. You should drink one or two glasses of water before
putting salt
on the tongue
- Salt is a strong
‘anti-stress’
element for the body
- Salt is vital for
extracting excess
acidity from inside the cells, particularly the brain cells.
If you don’t want
Alzheimer’s disease,
don’t go salt-free, and don’t
let them put you on diuretic medications for long!
- Salt is vital for
the kidneys to
clear excess acidity and pass the acidity into the urine. Without
sufficient
salt in the body, the body will become increasingly acidic
- Salt is essential
in the treatment of
emotional and affective disorders. Lithium is
a salt substitute that is used in
the treatment of depression. To prevent
suffering from
depression, make sure you
take some
salt
- Salt is essential
for preserving the
serotonin and
melatonin levels
in the brain. When water and
salt perform their
natural antioxidant duties and clear the toxic waste from the body,
essential amino acids, such as tryptophan and
tyrosine,
will not be sacrificed as chemical
antioxidants. In a well-hydrated body, tryptophan is
spared and gets into the
brain tissue
where it is used to manufacture
serotonin,
melatonin,
and tryptamine—essential
anti-depression neurotransmitters
- Salt, in my
opinion, is vital
for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Cancer cells are
killed by oxygen;
they are anaerobic ‘organisms’. They must live in a low-oxygen
environment. When the body is well hydrated and salt expands the
volume
of blood circulation to reach all parts of the body, the oxygen and the
active
and ‘motivated’ immune cells in the blood reach the cancerous tissue
and
destroy it. As I explained in my book on lupus, dehydration—shortage of
water
and salt—suppresses the immune system and its disease-fighting cells’
activity
in the body
- Salt is vital for
maintaining muscle
tone and strength. Lack of bladder control in those who suffer from
involuntary leakage of urine could be a consequence of low salt intake.
Salt
is most effective in stabilizing irregular heartbeats and, contrary to
the
misconception that it causes high blood pressure, is actually essential
for
the regulation of blood pressure—in conjunction with water. Naturally,
the proportions are
critical. A low-salt diet with high water intake will, in
some people,
actually cause the blood pressure to rise. As a
secondary complication,
it can also cause asthma-like shortness of
breath.
The logic is
simple. If you drink water and do not take salt, the water will not
stay in
the blood circulation adequately to completely fill all the blood
vessels. In
some, this will cause fainting, and in others, it will cause tightening
of the
arteries—and eventually constriction of bronchioles
in the
lungs—to the point of registering a rise in blood
pressure,
complicated by breathlessness. One or two glasses of water and some
salt— a
little of it on the tongue—will quickly and efficiently quieten a
racing
and ‘thumping’ heart, and in the long run, will
reduce the blood
pressure and cure breathlessness
- Salt is vital for
sleep regulation.
It is a natural hypnotic. If you drink a full glass of water, then put
a few
grains of salt on your tongue, and let it stay there, you will fall
into a
natural, deep sleep. Don’t use salt on your tongue unless you also
drink
water. Repeated use of salt by itself might cause nose
bleeds
- Salt is a vitally
needed element in
the treatment of diabetics. It helps balance the sugar levels in the
blood and
reduces the need for insulin in
those who have to inject the
chemical to regulate their blood sugar levels. Water and salt reduce
the
extent of secondary damage associated with diabetes
- Salt is vital for
the generation of
hydroelectric energy in all of the cells in the body. It is used for
local
power generation at the sites of energy need by the
cells
- Salt is vital to
the communication
and information processing of nerve cells the entire time that the
brain cells
work—from the moment of
conception to death
- Salt is vital for
the absorption of
food particles through the intestinal tract
- Salt is vital for
clearing the lungs
of mucus plugs and sticky phlegm, particularly in asthma, emphysema and
cystic
fibrosis sufferers
- Salt on the tongue
will stop
persistent dry coughs
- Salt is vital for
clearing up catarrh
and sinus congestion
- Salt is vital for
the prevention of
gout and gouty arthritis
- Salt is essential
for the prevention
of muscle cramps
- Salt is vital in
preventing excess
saliva production
to the point that it flows
out of the mouth during sleep. Needing to constantly mop up excess
saliva indicates
salt
shortage
- Osteoporosis, in a
major way, is the
result of salt and water shortage in the body
- Salt is absolutely
vital to making
the structure of bones firm
- Salt is vital for
maintaining
self-confidence and a positive self-image—a serotonin- and melatonin-controlled
‘personality
output’
- Salt is vital for
maintaining
sexuality and libido
- Salt is vital for
reducing a double
chin. When the body is short of salt, it means the body really is short
of
water. The salivary glands sense the salt shortage and are obliged to
produce
more saliva to
lubricate the act of chewing and
swallowing and also to supply the stomach with water that it needs for
breaking down foods. Circulation to the salivary glands increases and
the
blood vessels become ‘leaky’ in order to supply the glands with more
water to
manufacture saliva. This ‘leakiness’
spills to areas
beyond the glands themselves, causing increased bulk under the skin of
the
chin, the cheeks and into the neck
- Salt is vital for
preventing varicose
veins and spider veins on the legs and thighs
- Sea salt contains
about 80 mineral
elements that the body needs. Some of these elements are needed in
trace
amounts. Unrefined sea salt is a better choice of salt than other types
of
salt on the market. For instance, ordinary table salt has been stripped
of its
companion elements and contains additive elements such as
aluminium silicate
to keep it powdery and
porous. Aluminium is a very toxic element in our nervous system. It is
implicated as one of the primary causes of Alzheimer’s disease
- As much as salt is
good for the body
in asthma,
excess potassium is
bad for it. Too much orange juice,
too many bananas, or any ‘sports drink’ containing too much
potassium
might precipitate an asthma attack,
particularly if too much of the
drink or too many bananas are taken before exercising. It can cause an
exercise-induced asthma attack.
To prevent such attacks, some
salt intake before exercise will increase the lungs’ capacity for air
exchange. It will also decrease excess sweating
- It is a good
policy to add some salt
to orange juice to balance the actions of sodium and potassium in
maintaining the required volume of
water inside and outside the cells. In some cultures, salt is added to
melon
and other fruits to accentuate their sweetness. In effect, these fruits
contain mostly potassium. By adding salt
to them before
eating, a balance between the intake of sodium and potassium results.
The same should be done to
other juices
- I received a call
one day from one of
the readers of my book to tell me how he had unwittingly hurt his son.
Knowing
that orange juice was full of vitamin C, he forced his son to drink
several glasses of it every day. In the meantime, the young boy
developed
breathing problems and had a number of asthma attacks
until he reached college and
moved out of the sphere of influence of his father. His asthma cleared
and his breathing became
normal. The father told me he had to call his son and apologize for
having
given him such a hard time when he was younger. The more the son had
rebelled
against orange juice, the more the father had insisted he should take
it,
convinced a large amount was good for him
- As a rough rule of
thumb, you need
about 3 grams of salt—a half-teaspoon—for every 10 glasses of water, or
a
quarter teaspoon per quart of water. You should take salt throughout
the day.
If you exercise and sweat, you need more salt. In hot climates, you
need to
take even more salt. In these climates, salt makes the difference
between
survival and better health and heat exhaustion and death
- Warning! You must
at the same time
not overdo salt. You must observe
the ratio of salt
and water needs of the body. You must always make sure you drink enough
water
to wash the excess salt out of the body. If your weight
suddenly goes up in
one day, you have taken too much salt. Hold back on salt
intake for one
day and drink plenty of water to increase your urine output and get rid
of
your swelling
- Those in
heart failure – or kidney failure requiring dialysis – MUST consult
with their
doctors before increasing salt intake.
Further
resources
The
Essential Guide to Water and Salt –
F Batmanghelidj MD and Phillip Day
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