Real Salt, Celtic Salt and Himalayan Salt
This is what real salt looks like—we all know what
regular white salt looks like—and we mistakenly think it is real salt
when it is not. The fact is that refined white salt, such as commercial
table salt is bad, very bad stuff. Unrefined natural salt on the other
hand is good, very good stuff providing many health benefits.
Unrefined sea salt is healthy. The
blood-pressure-raising effect of table salt can be due to its high
content of sodium with not enough magnesium to balance it. This has a
magnesium-lowering effect that can constrict the arteries and raise
blood pressure. Real salt (of various kinds) contains plenty of
magnesium and other important minerals, which is why it usually does
not affect blood pressure in a negative way.[1]
Sodium is an essential nutrient required by the body for
maintaining levels of fluids and for providing channels for nerve
signaling. Some sodium is needed in your body to regulate fluids and
blood pressure, and to keep muscles and nerves running smoothly.
Without appropriate amounts of sodium, your body may have
a difficult time cooling down after intense exercise or activity. When
the body is hot, you sweat. If you do not have enough sodium, your
body may not sweat as much and you may then become overheated. This
could result in a stroke or exhaustion as well as dehydration.
Sodium is an energy carrier. It is also responsible for
sending messages from the brain to muscles through the nervous system
so that muscles move on command. When you want to move your arm or
contract any muscle in your body, your brain sends a message to a sodium
molecule that passes it to a potassium molecule and then back to a
sodium molecule etc., etc., until it gets to its final destination and
the muscle contracts. This is known as the sodium-potassium ion exchange. Therefore, without sodium, you would never be able to move any part of your body.
Excess sodium (such as that obtained from dietary sources) is excreted in the urine.[1] Most of the sodium in the body (about 85%) is found in blood and lymph fluid. Sodium levels in the body are partly controlled by a hormone called aldosterone, which is made by the adrenal glands. Aldosterone levels determine whether the kidneys hold sodium in the body or pass it into the urine.
Dr. David Brownstein weighs in heavily on this matter
saying, “Nobody makes a distinction between unrefined and refined salt.
They ‘lump’ all salt together as a bad substance. This is a terrible
mistake. There are two forms of salt available in the market place:
refined and unrefined. Refined salt has had its minerals removed and
has been bleached to give it the white appearance that we are
accustomed to seeing with salt. It is the fine, white salt that is
available at almost any restaurant or grocery store. Refined salt has
been bleached and exposed to many toxic chemicals in order to get it to
its final product. It has aluminum, ferrocyanide, and bleach in it. I
believe this refining process has made it a toxic, devitalized
substance that needs to be avoided.”
“Unrefined salt, on the other hand,” Brownstein
continues, “has not been put through a harsh chemical process. It
contains the natural minerals that were originally part of the product.
Its mineral content gives it a distinct color. The colors of unrefined
salt can vary depending on where it is taken from. This is due to the
changing mineral content of the various brands of salt. It is the
minerals in unrefined salt that provide all the benefits of this
product. The minerals supply the body with over 80 trace elements
needed to maintain and sustain health. Furthermore, the minerals
elevate the pH (correct acidity) and lower blood pressure. Our maker
gave us salt to use in our diet—unrefined salt—with its full complement
of minerals. It should be the salt of choice. It is a vital ingredient
that needs to be part of everyone’s diet.”
Dr. Brownstein says, “Years ago salt manufacturers
decided that pure white salt is prettier than off-white salt and that
consumers prefer pretty white salt. So they started bleaching it. They
also added anti-clumping agents to increase its shelf life. The problem
is that the chemicals added to keep salt from absorbing moisture on
the shelf interfere with one of salt’s main functions: to regulate
hydration in your body. The sodium chloride in table salt is highly
concentrated, denatured, and toxic to your body. Ever put salt on an
open cut? It burns!!! Refined salt has the same effect on internal
tissues and causes a negative reaction: your body retains water to
protect itself, and your cells release water to help dilute,
neutralize, and break down the salt. This loss of water dehydrates and
weakens your cells and can even cause them to die prematurely. Natural
sea salt is far superior to chemically-treated iodized table salts as
it contains all 92 trace minerals, and it’s only 84% sodium chloride
while table salt is almost 98%".
All this adds up to one thing. Table salt, whether
marine or not, is toxic—it’s poisonous to the body and is responsible,
in great part, to the onset of many terrible diseases including thyroid
and metabolic dysfunction.
In addition to sodium and chloride, Celtic Sea Salt® provides other
nutrients that naturally occur in salt beds, including trace amounts of
calcium, magnesium potassium, iron and zinc.
In accordance with standards set by The World Health
Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization, independent
analysis indicates that levels of heavy metals are non-detectable (e.g.
arsenic, cadmium, mercury) or well below published safe limits in
Celtic Sea Salt®. Perhaps most importantly, Celtic Sea Salt® is not
exposed to refinement and bleaching used to manufacture typical table
salt and there are no additives. Celtic Sea Salt® is harvested from the
ocean using the sun, the wind and shallow clay ionizing ponds, a method
passed down through the generations.
Many Americans over consume refined salt by eating
processed foods, fast foods and canned foods with salt added. Celtic
Sea Salt® is a good alternative as part of a healthier diet.
Recommended use is a half teaspoon per day.
Himalayan Salt
Himalayan crystal salt that is mined 5,000 feet deep
below the Himalayan mountain range was subject to enormous pressure
over millions of years and is over 99% pure. The higher the amount of
pressure the more superior or excellent the state of order within the
crystalline structure of salt. Many Himalayan salts are sold cheaply
but are collected from higher up near the tops of the Himalayan
Mountains instead of from the deeper mines. These salts contain more
impurities, do not have the same structure and are not as easily
assimilable by the body.
Himalayan salt contains 84 minerals and trace elements
in ionic state and is a delightful pink color. People often state that
they use less of this salt than of other types. Many sizes are
available from 3 oz in a salt grinder to larger 1-kg bags (2.2 lb).
Salt chunks are also available for making your own “sole,” which is a
saturated solution of purified water with Himalayan salt. A specific
recipe (see below) must be followed to make sole and results in a
solution that has much less sodium than just adding salt to water would
have. Daily use of sole is believed to stimulate the peristalsis of
the digestive organs, balance the stomach acid, support the production
of digestive fluids in the liver and pancreas, regulate the metabolism
and harmonize the acid-alkaline balance.
Start Each Day with a Healthy Sole
The ideal way to use Himalayan
Crystal Salt is in the form of a sole (so-LAY). Drinking the sole when
you awake each morning is like getting up on the right side of the bed.
It provides the energizing minerals you need daily to recharge your
body, and it helps set the stage for a day of vitality.
Essentially, a sole is water
saturated with Himalayan Crystal Salt. The sole contains about
approximately 26 parts of salt to 100 parts of water. Prepare the water
and salt combination in advance (see directions to the right). Each
morning place a teaspoon of the sole mixture in a glass and fill with 8
ounces of pure spring water. Drink it immediately or sip it while
getting dressed, checking emails or preparing breakfast. The water
helps transport the electrolytes throughout the body to all the many
places they are needed.
How to Prepare Sole
Sole is a mixture of water and
salt. The object is to saturate the water with dissolved salt so it
can’t hold anymore. You'll know that you’ve created sole when there are
undissolved salt crystals in the water. You can't oversaturate the
water with salt. The crystals will simply drop to the bottom of the
container.
Place several Himalayan Crystal
Salt stones or Himalayan Crystal Salt granules about an inch deep in a
glass container. (A canning jar works well.)
Cover the salt with two to three inches of pure, spring water. Let the salt dissolve for 24 hours.
If all the salt dissolves in 24
hours, add more salt to the container. The sole is finished when the
water can no longer dissolve the salt and the salt crystals drop to the
bottom of the container. There will always be salt crystals in the
jar. It doesn’t matter if you have only a few crystals or many. The
water is saturated and is now sole.
Cover the container to prevent
the water from evaporating. Since salt is a natural preservative, the
sole will keep forever. It can't spoil or go “bad.”
The vibrational energy of the Himalayan Crystal Salt remains in your body for 24 hours.
A teaspoon of sole contains
480 mg of sodium, or 20% of the Daily Reference Value of 2400 mg based
on a 2,000 calorie per day diet.
Redmond Real Salt
Redmond Real Salt
is mined in the United States and is another good unrefined salt that I
also recommend. It can be used as a table salt and for cooking and is
available in coarse and fine grinds and in a variety of sizes.
Real Salt comes from a mineral rich salt deposit formed
by an ancient sea in Utah. It contains 62 trace minerals, and is without
additives, chemicals, or heat processing of any kind. Real Salt’s
unique pinkish appearance and flecks of color come from the more than
60 naturally occurring trace minerals. The result is a delicate “sweet
salt” flavor that you may not have experienced before.
Special Note: I was very disappointed to hear Dr. Max Gerson’s daughter Charlotte Gerson
saying, “That sodium is never good, never in any form!” I have put
Gerson in the best light in my writings and his organization does hold
the high ground for organic raw juicing but there are some things they
say that have no grounding in medical science or clinical reality. Talk
to Dr. David Brownstein and he will tell you that often the first
thing a patient needs is water and salt but its real salt not table
salt he is talking about and prescribing for his patients.
I have written a full essay addressing this communication
from Charlotte. And I have another essay on using seawater as a
medicine and that will be seen in my Treatment Essentials book
that is now finished and ready for publication on the 15th of
February. To even think of discounting the medical miracles from the
sea, which Charlotte is clearly doing, makes me shudder.
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