Originally posted by: Sedulous
Date: December 10, 2014 at 05:08 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/the-time-is-now.64801/
osubuckeye4 said:
That's kind of not true according to the Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-l...y-eating/expert-answers/sea-salt/faq-20058512
Sea salt and table salt have the same basic nutritional value, despite the fact that sea salt is often promoted as being healthier. Sea salt and table salt contain comparable amounts of sodium by weight.
The fact is, while sea salt does have some helpful minerals that table salt does not... it has so little of them, that you would need to completely overload your sodium intake in order to reap any real benefits, which is counterproductive.
There are hundreds of things that someone would want to change in their diet before they got to the type of salt they are using.
Agree with the other things you stated (epsecially avoiding processed sugars... delicious delicious processed sugars). Can't view the actual site because my version of IE that my company provides is junk.
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Not all sea salt is the same. The fact that the article is pretending like it is, makes it sound irresponsible or lazy to me. Virtually all salt is technically sea salt. At some point in its history it was part of a sea. I avoid table salt because it is processed, contains additives, and more importantly it contains far more sodium than a non-isolated salt like pink salt. One teaspoon of Himalayan pink salt contains 478 mg of sodium. One teaspoon of table salt contains 2,300 mg sodium. The daily recommended sodium intake is 1,500 mg. You can see how much easier it is to exceed that when you are using table salt (or eating processed foods that contain this refined isolated salt) as opposed to pink salt.
I agree though, the real culprit is the sugars. There is no real evidence to suggest salt actually increases the risk of heart attack and stroke and one only one poorly conducted study links it to hypertension. Fructose is a far bigger culprit in the heart disease epidemic we are seeing.
However, there are other bad things that can be caused by the overconsumption of sodium. Again much more easily achieve through the consumption of refined salt.
As for the the benefits of the minerals, a salt like Himalayan pink salt contains like 40 different nutrients in varying amounts depending on the specific harvest location. I can't currently speak to the benefits of each in the amounts they are delivered but the information I have read indicates they are beneficial. I might try to obtain more info on that later.
