SALT YOUR FOOD TO DEATH

What is Sodium, What is Salt

While sodium is a mineral, table Salt is a manufactured salt (sodium chloride).  It is a drug, it mimics the taste of natural sea salt.   We need salt for seasoning and sodium for good health.   Salt stops bacterial growth in meat and is a superior preservative.   Manufactured salt is toxic with chemicals like sodium solo-co-aluminate, sodium bicarbonate, fluoride, anti-caking agents, potassium iodide and aluminum derivatives.  It is bleached with Chlorox to make it snow white.  

What makes Iodized Salt Bad

Natural salt which is loose and chunky comes off-white, brown or pink.  It is the kind of salt recommended by health experts to minimize the risk of many diseases especially HBP.  Too much Salt in the body burdens the liver, aggravates kidney problems, increases water retention (edema) and causes reddening of eyes. 

It is true that the use of iodine fortified salt has greatly reduced incidences of goiter and dwarfism and the base salt has always been from rock crystals or sea water.  But times have changed along with, bribery, cost cutting processes and of course the use of sodium chloride as iodized salt.

What dherbs.com says about SALT today:

“This salt that’s being consumed today is really nothing but crude oil extract – a gift from the Rockefeller-owned petroleum industry.  When oil workers are digging for oil in the earth, the digging leaves a flaky residue……. It would actually cost the petroleum or oil industry millions of dollars to dispose of this toxic waste product, but the Rockefellers bribed the food industry and the federal government into allowing them to convert it (crude oil extract) into a chemical food additive called table salt….”

“However, the initial crude oil extract-based salt of the oil industry actually destroyed

the thyroid gland, which is primarily comprised of iodine, and which regulates growth

(as well as metabolism). So to help prevent iodine deficiency-related pathologies and abnormalities due to salt consumption, the salt industry started to iodize its salt….., this synthetic iodine is very poisonous! 

Food seasoning used in Chinese food, is made of sugar and salt and MSG or mono-sodium-glutamate, a cancer causing agent.  This too must be avoided or  replaced with natural salt alternatives made from herbs, seaweeds, and spices which is available in the Philippines at a Dok Alternatibo Herbal Medicine Clinic branch.

Sources of Iodine

Sea Foods     :   Sea vegetables, kelp, saltwater fish, oyster, shellfish, shrimp and sea salt.

Poultry         :   Egg, Turkey breast, milk

Veggies        :   Asparagus, radish, mushrooms, garlic, onions, eggplant, potatoes, TALBOS NG KAMOTE

Others          :   Parsley, passionflower and sarsaparilla, apple cider vinegar,

Causes of Deficiency

Eating excessive amounts of cabbage, nuts, dietary fat or unsaturated oleic acid can deplete iodine levels in the body.

Signs of Deficiency

Lack of energy, irritability, nervousness, slow pulse, dry hair, abnormal fat deposits, breast cancer, goiter, hardening of the arteries, high cholesterol, anemia, mental retardation and cold hands and feet.

Precautions

Do not take if you have elevated serum potassium, myotonia, Consult a doctor if you have hyperthyroidism, kidney disease, amiloride, antithyroid medication, lithium, spironolactone or triamterene.

Too much iodine during the pregnancy, may cause the baby to suffer from a thyroid enlargement, hypothyroidism,dwarfism and mental deficiency).

Avoid supplements of iodine when breastfeeding.  Iodine in milk can cause skin rashes, abnormality of thyroid function in your baby.

My sources are:  eHowhealth.com; health-care-clinic.org; organicfacts.net