First of all, it’s important to note that we need salt. Salt is composed of potassium and sodium chloride which are both electrolytes. For optimal health, those two need to be in good balance, however. This is why consuming foods like bananas and beans, which are high in potassium, is recommended for people with high levels of sodium.
Table salt, as you know it, is a bright white, heavily processed and chemically induced product. We constantly hear that we should reduce our salt intake due to it causing a multitude of health problems including diabetes, heart and kidney diseases.
Reducing our salt intake, particularly from processed foods, is important but it’s also worth noting that by just switching to sea salt, you can drastically improve your health. Table salt is devoid of most nutrients due to all the heavy processing while sea salt retains traces of minerals because it’s extracted through the evaporation process. All these minerals are actually good for your health.
Some people point to the iodine in table salt as the necessary ingredient. Iodine is important but it can be obtained through many other means by just consuming baked potato, green beans, cranberries, cod fish and prunes among many others.
There are many health related choices that may be difficult for most people to make but this one is an easy one. Choose sea salt and you will take one more step toward your healthy life.