Pass the Salt Please

Did you know that not all salt was created equal? I always thought salt was salt, until I came across information that forever changed my salt eating habits. Most of us know that salt is in most everything we eat and that on average we eat way too much of it. For the most part, we eat too much salt because of it's use in preserving all of those lovely convenience foods we all love. Ugh.
Go look in your cabinet. Did you see a round canister with the little girl on the front with an umbrella? Yeah, well, throw it out! Seriously! THROW IT OUT!

Here's why. The salt you buy at Safeway, or WalMart is processed. Shocker! Table salt is put through a very vigorous refining process that takes all of those awesome minerals right out of it. All four cationic electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium) are available in unrefined salt, along with other vital minerals your body needs. John Kennedy said it like this:

". . .all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And, when we go back to the sea. . . we are going back to whence we came."-John F. Kennedy

To sum it up, we cannot survive without salt. Our bodies need it. Salt has gotten a really bad rap. Like all things that our bodies need to survive, too much or too much of the wrong kind can be problematic. So, where do you go from here? Well, I can tell you that the salt I buy clogs up my shaker and has black specks in it. Some of it is pink.

Listen, if your interested, do the research. The more research you do, the better product you will find. Do not be fooled by the sea salt you find in the store, it is not what were talking about here. It's just a marketing ploy. You can find good salt at reputable health food stores and online. Look for unrefined salt. Your body will thank you.