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The sodium-potassium intake ratio is important. Far too many I know who are restricting salt were never told to increase the potassium intake with more fruits and vegetables. IMO the high sodium issue would evaporate for many if they just ate more produce. For me, I mix sea salt with no-salt potassium about half and half. My blood tests look fine. Used to be able to purchase low salt mix but can't find it anymore.
Thank you for this. I have long appreciated this subject, beginning when I changed from table salt to real salt in the late 90s. I'll go through your post when I have time to dig into some of the more technical aspects that I'm not familiar with. For most people - even health providers and coaches I'd propose - there are some key foundational facts (including clear definitions and table salt processing methodology) upon which we can then build: https://wellnessresource.substack.com/p/table-salt-is-nothing-like-real-salt
There I back up these Essential, Verifiable Facts:
1. Table salt (including iodized salt*) is not at all the same as the real salt that nature provides. Table salt is “hazardous for human consumption.” [source]
2. To create table salt, toxic substances are added. [source and source]
3. The processing used to create table salt strips the natural salt of its balanced mineral composition. [source]
4. Real salt retains its natural composition of trace minerals and electrolytes, which humans need for bone health, fluid balancing, muscle functioning and nerve signaling. [source and source]
5. “Natural salt contains a vast array of essential minerals and [is] incredibly valuable for health.” [source]
6. The term “sodium” refers to an element that occurs abundantly in nature. It never exists alone; it is always part of compounds. [source]
7. Natural salt contains sodium in balance with other minerals.
8. Sodium that is not in natural balance with other minerals, particularly potassium, harms health. [source]
9. Sodium is not the same as salt. [source] While it is a component of natural salt, sodium (not natural salt) is also added to processed foods such as canned soups, lunch meats and packaged foods, and is also in medications. [source]
10. One can have excess sodium or an improper sodium-potassium balance from eating processed foods. [source] One may also get low blood sodium due to eating insufficient amounts of natural salt, which research shows is fairly common and causes serious health issues including heart disruption. [source and source]
Your [source] links don’t work. It’s a Substack commenting problem; they don’t allow URL links to have a text label in comments (as they do in an author’s post). I often provide citations for my comments, but never more than one or two. For massive citations, you’ll need to use endnote references [1] in the text and move the URL links to the end, which will, of course, double the size of your comment.
Sorry for the confusion. I did a copy/paste from the post and didn't take the time to delete the word "source" from each line. My apologies - my intention was to let you know the source links are available for each point. The sources are available quickly at the post: https://wellnessresource.substack.com/p/table-salt-is-nothing-like-real-salt
Glad to see that you hit on the iodine connection (protects thyroid from radiation-induced cancer).
There is a potential draw-back to sea salt which does not get much attention but, in a world flooded with many times the radiation (our wireless radiation exposure is now off the charts regarding the recent past), it ought to get more discussion.
Sea salt contains nitrates/nitrites which can, at least in the presence of consuumed fish, result in higher levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and perhaps a 10- to 20-fold increase in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). It explains why those areas of China that eat sea-salted fish get NPC at 25 times the world average rate.
Nitrosamines are no joke, and when combined with exposure to electromagnetic radiation, you can reliably induce cancers in animals within a year or two. Sea salt might make us more sensitive to cancers induced by wireless radiation.
Another issue is that, just like TC/HDL is better at predicting heart disease risk than either TC alone or HDL alone (or LDL alone, for that matter), it is not the dietary sodium (NA) that predicts your blood pressure response, it is the potassium:sodium (K/Na) ratio that does.
A ratio of 2:1 - 3:1 works well across a wide range of sodium intakes. If your dietary potassium is at least twice as much as your dietary sodium, then you probably do not have anything to worry about.
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The sodium-potassium intake ratio is important. Far too many I know who are restricting salt were never told to increase the potassium intake with more fruits and vegetables. IMO the high sodium issue would evaporate for many if they just ate more produce. For me, I mix sea salt with no-salt potassium about half and half. My blood tests look fine. Used to be able to purchase low salt mix but can't find it anymore.
Thank you for this. I have long appreciated this subject, beginning when I changed from table salt to real salt in the late 90s. I'll go through your post when I have time to dig into some of the more technical aspects that I'm not familiar with. For most people - even health providers and coaches I'd propose - there are some key foundational facts (including clear definitions and table salt processing methodology) upon which we can then build: https://wellnessresource.substack.com/p/table-salt-is-nothing-like-real-salt
There I back up these Essential, Verifiable Facts:
1. Table salt (including iodized salt*) is not at all the same as the real salt that nature provides. Table salt is “hazardous for human consumption.” [source]
2. To create table salt, toxic substances are added. [source and source]
3. The processing used to create table salt strips the natural salt of its balanced mineral composition. [source]
4. Real salt retains its natural composition of trace minerals and electrolytes, which humans need for bone health, fluid balancing, muscle functioning and nerve signaling. [source and source]
5. “Natural salt contains a vast array of essential minerals and [is] incredibly valuable for health.” [source]
6. The term “sodium” refers to an element that occurs abundantly in nature. It never exists alone; it is always part of compounds. [source]
7. Natural salt contains sodium in balance with other minerals.
8. Sodium that is not in natural balance with other minerals, particularly potassium, harms health. [source]
9. Sodium is not the same as salt. [source] While it is a component of natural salt, sodium (not natural salt) is also added to processed foods such as canned soups, lunch meats and packaged foods, and is also in medications. [source]
10. One can have excess sodium or an improper sodium-potassium balance from eating processed foods. [source] One may also get low blood sodium due to eating insufficient amounts of natural salt, which research shows is fairly common and causes serious health issues including heart disruption. [source and source]
Your [source] links don’t work. It’s a Substack commenting problem; they don’t allow URL links to have a text label in comments (as they do in an author’s post). I often provide citations for my comments, but never more than one or two. For massive citations, you’ll need to use endnote references [1] in the text and move the URL links to the end, which will, of course, double the size of your comment.
Sorry for the confusion. I did a copy/paste from the post and didn't take the time to delete the word "source" from each line. My apologies - my intention was to let you know the source links are available for each point. The sources are available quickly at the post: https://wellnessresource.substack.com/p/table-salt-is-nothing-like-real-salt
Glad to see that you hit on the iodine connection (protects thyroid from radiation-induced cancer).
There is a potential draw-back to sea salt which does not get much attention but, in a world flooded with many times the radiation (our wireless radiation exposure is now off the charts regarding the recent past), it ought to get more discussion.
Sea salt contains nitrates/nitrites which can, at least in the presence of consuumed fish, result in higher levels of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and perhaps a 10- to 20-fold increase in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). It explains why those areas of China that eat sea-salted fish get NPC at 25 times the world average rate.
Nitrosamines are no joke, and when combined with exposure to electromagnetic radiation, you can reliably induce cancers in animals within a year or two. Sea salt might make us more sensitive to cancers induced by wireless radiation.
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Another issue is that, just like TC/HDL is better at predicting heart disease risk than either TC alone or HDL alone (or LDL alone, for that matter), it is not the dietary sodium (NA) that predicts your blood pressure response, it is the potassium:sodium (K/Na) ratio that does.
A ratio of 2:1 - 3:1 works well across a wide range of sodium intakes. If your dietary potassium is at least twice as much as your dietary sodium, then you probably do not have anything to worry about.
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Here are two illuminating articles on the important role of salt, as well as modern mainstream myths:
https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/salt-and-our-health/#gsc.tab=0
and
https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/the-salt-of-the-earth/#gsc.tab=0
P.S. Baja Gold salt is highest in minerals of any salt. Delicious!