The Truth About Table Salt and The Chemical Industry

Written by Thomas Corriher Saturday, 06 December 2008 16:49

I grew up watching commercials about the plethora of reasons to restrict your intake of salt. I agree entirely with the commercials. A body recognizes table salt as being slightly toxic, and we definitely should limit our intake of it. In fact, I feel that table salt should be banned from all foods, because it simply is not safe to consume. The medical establishment reminds us that table salt can raise the blood pressure, cause cardiac failure, damage the kidneys, aggravate asthma, cause kidney stones, and even be a contributing factor in causing osteoporosis. The establishment makes no distinctions between the different types of salt. All the while, the chemical industry places processed table salt in virtually every food that we eat.

They will happily allow us to believe that all sodium is deadly, and will eventually destroy us. Ironically, they also promote chemically engineered 'flavor-enhancing' excitotoxins like monosodium glutamate. They conveniently omit mentioning that naturally occurring (unprocessed) sodium is not a poisonous substance. The real issue is that the word unprocessed translates for them into the word unprofitable.

Only their chemically bastardized table salt is harmful. We could not survive without sodium, and this is even admitted by modern medicine advocates. Instead of recognizing the differences between man-made and God-made substances, FDA officials and industry insiders just tell us to reduce our salt intake, and provide us with chemical methods through which this may be achieved. A whole new industry has since been created to cater to the health-conscious people who happily seek the 'lower sodium' options. This is great for industry, which first creates the problem, and then further profits by providing 'the solutions'. This provides plenty of incentive for them to prevent us from discovering that salt (sodium) is beneficial for our health, and most of us do not get enough natural sodium.

Sea salt does not need to be avoided. It is a natural source of sodium, packed with minerals that are essential for good health. It is what all of us would be using if the chemical companies did not have such a grasp around our society's throat. The chemical industry was kind enough to bless us with bleached white, easy to pour, toxic table salt.

The incredible array of minerals that are found in sea salt are particularly important in this era.  Our soils are so depleted by chemical fertilizers that our bodies are consistently deficient in the minerals necessary to utilize vitamins. These include selenium which has been in the news for preventing cancer, boron for preventing osteoporosis, and chromium for regulating blood sugar levels. All of these minerals are depleted in our modern diets. Tap water in the U.S. is simply too dangerous to drink, and many of the minerals in it are neutralized by chemical processes, such as chlorination. Mineral deficiencies are a large part of why so many Americans are obese. Through malnutrition, their bodies are always starving, regardless of how much food, and how many calories are consumed.

Our best remaining sources of essential trace minerals are spring water and natural sea salt. The sea salt that you can buy at Walmart and other grocery stores is noticeably white, and contains silicon dioxide, or calcium silicate to ensure easy pouring. In other words, this salt has been somewhat enhanced by the chemical industry too, so beware of them. For optimal health, visit a health food store to buy gray sea salt, in its natural form. While you are there, it would be wise to purchase a food-based multi-vitamin, because our chemical fertilizer-depleted diets no longer provide all of the vitamins that we need, either.

The biggest surprise from our research was that small quantities of natural sea salt will actually lower the blood pressure of most people, because it provides some of the minerals necessary for blood pressure regulation. This is something you are not likely to learn from the regular media, the F.D.A., or the medical journals.