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Sea salt
Does anybody know how sea salt compares with regular table salt in terms of
sodium content, water retention characteristics or other diet/health related considerations? I know it is supposed to be "purer" in terms of other mineral/metal content and is not ionized, but I am curious if it is generally better for you or is it just marketing hype. Thanks, RCE 260/213/185 |
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RCE wrote: Does anybody know how sea salt compares with regular table salt in terms of sodium content, water retention characteristics or other diet/health related considerations? I know it is supposed to be "purer" in terms of other mineral/metal content and is not ionized, but I am curious if it is generally better for you or is it just marketing hype. Thanks, RCE 260/213/185 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Salt I'm really sensitive to salt, if I'm just adding salt for flavoring (and some foods need it), I'll use the French salt, I just think it has a better taste. |
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SFrunner wrote:
RCE wrote: Does anybody know how sea salt compares with regular table salt in terms of sodium content, water retention characteristics or other diet/health related considerations? I know it is supposed to be "purer" in terms of other mineral/metal content and is not ionized, but I am curious if it is generally better for you or is it just marketing hype. Thanks, RCE 260/213/185 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Salt I'm really sensitive to salt, if I'm just adding salt for flavoring (and some foods need it), I'll use the French salt, I just think it has a better taste. I have never heard of French salt. Where might I find something like that? Thanks. |
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BipolarBear wrote: SFrunner wrote: RCE wrote: Does anybody know how sea salt compares with regular table salt in terms of sodium content, water retention characteristics or other diet/health related considerations? I know it is supposed to be "purer" in terms of other mineral/metal content and is not ionized, but I am curious if it is generally better for you or is it just marketing hype. Thanks, RCE 260/213/185 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Salt I'm really sensitive to salt, if I'm just adding salt for flavoring (and some foods need it), I'll use the French salt, I just think it has a better taste. I have never heard of French salt. Where might I find something like that? Thanks. http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si..._reference.asp |
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BipolarBear wrote: I have never heard of French salt. Where might I find something like that? Thanks. If you have Trader Joe's or Wholefoods or any other decent store that has more organic or upscale products, try there. |
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RCE wrote:
Does anybody know how sea salt compares with regular table salt in terms of sodium content, The mineral content of sea water is very roughly 90ish% sodium chloride, 9ish% potasium chloride, 1ish% all sorts of other minerals in solution. Therre are tiny differences in the third or fourth decimal place from regional variation. But, and it's a huge but, some of the methods used to extract salt from sea water end up purifying it to very roughly 99ish% sodium chloride. The other dissolved minerals could be anywhere in the 1-10% range depending on exactly how it was evaporated. water retention characteristics Human kidneys eject all minerals and then actively pull back a specific level of sodium. Osmosis ensures that all of the other minerals retained in the blood stay at that (90/9/1)ish ratio. That means there is an indirect effect. The more purely sodium chloride the salt you use, the more other essental salts can leach from the body in the urine. The body can use water retention to attempt to control this. It's doubly indirect but using sea salt can reduce water retention a bit. Not much but some. or other diet/health related considerations? If you're not getting your essential minerals from your foods, it can come from the trace minerals in sea salt. This should not apply to low carbers eating their assorted veggies but it might make a difference in someone who lives off fries but salts them with sea salt. I know it is supposed to be "purer" in terms of other mineral/metal content Table salt is purer in the sense that it's closer to 100% sodium chloride than to 99%. But that sort of purity isn't always the goal. The liquid in the blood and inside the cells is close to the sea salt mixture from when life evolved in the sea. The ratio of minerals hasn't changed all that much in the billion+ years since our ancestors left the sea. If our only minerals were from salted foods, sea salt would be far healthier. As it is we get our minerals from enough mixed sources that it only matters if we are near a deficiency in some essential mineral. and is not ionized, All dissolved minerals are ionized. You probably mean iodizied. Fish, shellfish, crustfish all pull iodine ions from the sea water to use in the organs. The result is sea water is deficient in iodine and so sea salt is as well, but not seafood. Eat seafood, don't care about the iodized table salt. Avoid seafood, iodized table salt is probably better for you than fancy sea salt. but I am curious if it is generally better for you or is it just marketing hype. A mixture of both. Really good brands of sea salt might be enough better for you to notice. At the cost of being 5-10 times the price of regular table salt. I offer a different suggestions - Assuming our veggies have assorted minerals, and restaurant food uses table salt maybe even kosher salt that is not iodized, our mineral needs are handled maybe altogether maybe some of the "big 3" aren't covered enough. The"big 3" are calcium, magnesium and potassium. Cal/mag tables will cover two of them. That leaves potassium. Potassium tablets are limited to 99mg because some old diruetic blood pressure meds caused the body to hoard potassium towards toxic levels. As long as you're not on diuretics, use "Lite Salt" or one of the similar brands at home. It's 50-50 sodium and potassium. Low fatters often use Lite Salt to avoid the sodium. Low carbers often use it to pursue potassium. |
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"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message ups.com... RCE wrote: Does anybody know how sea salt compares with regular table salt in terms of sodium content, The mineral content of sea water is very roughly 90ish% sodium chloride, 9ish% potasium chloride, 1ish% all sorts of other minerals in solution. Therre are tiny differences in the third or fourth decimal place from regional variation. But, and it's a huge but, some of the methods used to extract salt from sea water end up purifying it to very roughly 99ish% sodium chloride. The other dissolved minerals could be anywhere in the 1-10% range depending on exactly how it was evaporated. water retention characteristics Human kidneys eject all minerals and then actively pull back a specific level of sodium. Osmosis ensures that all of the other minerals retained in the blood stay at that (90/9/1)ish ratio. That means there is an indirect effect. The more purely sodium chloride the salt you use, the more other essental salts can leach from the body in the urine. The body can use water retention to attempt to control this. It's doubly indirect but using sea salt can reduce water retention a bit. Not much but some. or other diet/health related considerations? If you're not getting your essential minerals from your foods, it can come from the trace minerals in sea salt. This should not apply to low carbers eating their assorted veggies but it might make a difference in someone who lives off fries but salts them with sea salt. I know it is supposed to be "purer" in terms of other mineral/metal content Table salt is purer in the sense that it's closer to 100% sodium chloride than to 99%. But that sort of purity isn't always the goal. The liquid in the blood and inside the cells is close to the sea salt mixture from when life evolved in the sea. The ratio of minerals hasn't changed all that much in the billion+ years since our ancestors left the sea. If our only minerals were from salted foods, sea salt would be far healthier. As it is we get our minerals from enough mixed sources that it only matters if we are near a deficiency in some essential mineral. and is not ionized, All dissolved minerals are ionized. You probably mean iodizied. Fish, shellfish, crustfish all pull iodine ions from the sea water to use in the organs. The result is sea water is deficient in iodine and so sea salt is as well, but not seafood. Eat seafood, don't care about the iodized table salt. Avoid seafood, iodized table salt is probably better for you than fancy sea salt. but I am curious if it is generally better for you or is it just marketing hype. A mixture of both. Really good brands of sea salt might be enough better for you to notice. At the cost of being 5-10 times the price of regular table salt. I offer a different suggestions - Assuming our veggies have assorted minerals, and restaurant food uses table salt maybe even kosher salt that is not iodized, our mineral needs are handled maybe altogether maybe some of the "big 3" aren't covered enough. The"big 3" are calcium, magnesium and potassium. Cal/mag tables will cover two of them. That leaves potassium. Potassium tablets are limited to 99mg because some old diruetic blood pressure meds caused the body to hoard potassium towards toxic levels. As long as you're not on diuretics, use "Lite Salt" or one of the similar brands at home. It's 50-50 sodium and potassium. Low fatters often use Lite Salt to avoid the sodium. Low carbers often use it to pursue potassium. Excellent. I didn't snip anything in case anyone missed it. Thanks for the info and time. RCE |
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