Curious about sodium? I had my one cooked veggie meal and it was in olive oil and I added salt.


I am working on this, but does anyone ever use salt or no? It was table salt not dead sea salt.

I don't use table salt, but i do use unrefined salts such as himalayan or celtic sea salt now and again. They are a good source of hard to get trace/ultra trace elements, which are hard to get from land plant sources, which is what makes sea vegetables quite special also.

I have always got on well with salt though, especially in my adrenal fatigue days.

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If some nutrients are "HARD TO GET" are they really necessary?
Mother nature will be so unwise.

RawPracticalist Wrote:
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> If some nutrients are "HARD TO GET" are they
> really necessary?
> Mother nature will be so unwise.

Many of these trace elements are necessary for health and can be like i say hard to get from land plant sources. Alfalfa being the exception due to its deep root system.

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There may be some other "HARD TO GET" elements you may not be aware of. Not discoverd yet.
The solutions to all of these unkowns is to eat fresh raw and monitor how your body feels, it will tell you if something is missing or not. When you get into calories counting, mineral x, mineral y, that mental exercise will make you miserable

No one is suggesting to count calories or every vitamin or mineral. Just eat a healthy varied balanced diet and these issues usually take care of themselves.

But if people are interested in the nutrition side of things then unrefined salts and sea vegetables are good sources of trace and ultra-trace elements which are hard to come by from other land food sources.

Sea vegetables are a great source of nutrients period.

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If you are going to purchase special salt over the web, get this one:

[www.selinanaturally.com]


There is a comparison of salts published here:

[www.selinanaturally.com]

I use pink Himalayan salt every day. I once went a long time without any added salt in my diet. I felt completely run down at a certain point. One day I was eating some watermelon and had this urge to put some salt on it. It tasted great and perked me right up. Salt on watermelon is surprisingly tasty. It also helps to keep me warm in the winter.

Mined salts such as himalayan tend to be much lower in heavy metals than salts from the sea. Good find though Panchito, im going to try it out to see how it compares in taste. If those comparisons are true its a fair bit richer in trace elements

I use sea greens 50/50 blend of sea salt and seaweeds.

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Arn't sea salts exposed to heat or is it just some of them?

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> Arn't sea salts exposed to heat or is it just some
> of them?

I believe they are heated to some degree as sea salt involves evaporation during its process if im correct.

I don't feel its an issue anyway as minerals are mostly heat stable.

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i soak in sea salt in my bath water .. im assuming i must get some trace minerals through my skin

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist

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> i soak in sea salt in my bath water .. im assuming
> i must get some trace minerals through my skin

Haha you will indeed Jodi, ive never found anything as soothing to the skin as a bath with sole added. Sole is an exact mixture of himalayan salt water.

So moisturizing and skin protective.

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Yeah there is nothing like soaking in the ocean. I live in S. Florida and it is awesome. It is so freaking healing, I can feel it changing the chemistry of my body, wow powerful stuff.

I suggest that you use iodized or himalayan salt rather than table salt. These two types of salt are healthier. Believe me.

Michele, I know you were talking about bloating - if you want to reduce bloating and water retention, get the salt out of your diet!

A little salt isn't going to cause bloating or water retention. If a person eats tons of fast and processed foods that come loaded with obscene amounts of table salt, yes, that certainly would be a concern. Something like a little non-table salt in a raw or simply non-SAD diet is fine.

HH Wrote:
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> A little salt isn't going to cause bloating or
> water retention. If a person eats tons of fast and
> processed foods that come loaded with obscene
> amounts of table salt, yes, that certainly would
> be a concern. Something like a little non-table
> salt in a raw or simply non-SAD diet is fine.

Definitely agree. There are many different causes of bloating, the most common being due to increased fermentation and low stomach acid.

Some people need a little extra salt such as those under stress or suffering from adrenal fatigue, which causes sodium loss through disturbed aldosterone levels. Non-table salt of course and unrefined full spectrum of trace elements.

Its hard to get obscene amounts of salt with a healthy diet, at the most you use a little for seasoning. Cutting out the processed foods is the key, which is where the majority of dietary sodium comes from for most.

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Michele,

For me, Celtic or Mediterranean sea salt, only. I used table salt to make something sweet for a guest a few months ago, and when I took a bite of it, it was unbearably salty. I looked at my guest in alarm and said, "Isn't that too salty? I am so sorry!" and she replied, with a curious expression, "No it's fine, it's just right." I hadn't used table salt in years, at that point, and this incident was an eye-opener--all salts aren't the same! And the palate does adjust! Now, I really pay attention to the saltiness of whatever I'm eating; I had some older baby spinach recently that didn't need anything to make it a salad except a spritz of fresh lemon juice.

Salt used in moderation is the raw foodists' friend. For one, the trace minerals that Chris has brought up. Secondly, fermentation. Third, a bit of salt will soften up harder raw veg like cabbage pretty quickly.

agree to disagree re bloating.

Its funny because i view it in much the same way as other scare mongering when it comes to nutrition. The premise that a high intake of salt is bad, so we should go to the other extreme end of the spectrum with low salt diets. Why can there never be balance or moderation when it comes to nutrition.

There is quite alot of mounting evidence, that shows low sodium diets actually increase risk of heart problems. Again this information doesn't apply to everyone.

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it's not LOW salt that is the issue

it's the contention that ADDED salt is unnecessary

it's been my experience that added salt causes all kinds of problems including
fatigue, overeating, etc

although HH has obviously reported the opposite



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/26/2012 02:45PM by fresh.

Added salt implies that one is getting enough sodium from there diet in the first place. When one eats clean and even raw there is a tendency for diets to become lower or low in sodium unless you are eating a decent serving of celery daily.

Ive found nothing but positives from switching from table salt to himalayan salt. I used to start my day with a glass of sole water which is amazing, especially first thing in the morning for anyone with poor adrenal gland function.

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I feel fine and I've always had at least 2-3 celery stalks every day plus some pink himalayan salt. My bp is good too. Checked it yesterday and it was something like 114/68 with 56 bpm. That's okay for a 45 year old ex-smoker, right? The only thing in my life that gives me fatigue is social anxiety and/or not getting enough fresh air.

I used to re-mineralize my water with sole too. It's quite powerful.

powerlifer Wrote:
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> Added salt implies that one is getting enough
> sodium from there diet in the first place.

added salt to me means not coming from foods.

whether the amount is correct is another matter

fresh Wrote:
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> powerlifer Wrote:
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> > Added salt implies that one is getting enough
> > sodium from there diet in the first place.
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> added salt to me means not coming from foods.
>
> whether the amount is correct is another matter


i think you're earlier statement should say "sodium" then and not salt when referring to what is naturally occurring in fruits/veg.

Utopian Life Wrote:
> i think you're earlier statement should say
> "sodium" then and not salt when referring to what
> is naturally occurring in fruits/veg.

fair enough

What is this "sole" you speak of, people?

26% brine solution used to re-mineralize water. Fill a jar of water 1/3 with coarse Himalayan salt. Let it sit for 24 hours. It will stop dissolving at 26%. If all of the salt dissolves, add more. Put a drop or two into your morning glass of water. That's how I do it at least.



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