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Sea Salt - not good for us

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Well, I thought I was keeping my heart healthy by using sea salt for cooking, but this fairly new posting is an eye opener.

youtube.com/watch?v=IM-wVnU...

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Finvola profile image
Finvola

Yes, we read about that some time back and stopped using sea salt. ☹️

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toFinvola

I'm going to use up what I have, but won't buy any again from then on. I use Himalayan salt for the table and will be using that for cooking too from now on.

This study from 2017 appears to suggest there isn’t a threat to health at the moment, but if plastics continue to accumulate in the oceans, there may be in the future.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Apparently Indonesia exports a lot of sea salt from seas with some of the highest levels of plastic.

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Maldon sea slat is what I have used for yeasr and will contiue to when necessary. We use little slat in cooking anyway as sam has never added any . I may use a small pinch when making soups .

Here's a question. How can plastic be in salt which is formed by the evaporaton of the sea water in which it is disolved if plastic does not disolve in water?

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toBobD

You been on the wine Bob? Answer to your question very small 'micro beads' as are showing up in fish etc.

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HiloHairy

Regardless of the plastic, salt acts as a trigger for my afib. For this reason I have to be careful when I eat out at restaurants.

There seems to be a relationship between sodium magnesium and potassium. Too much sodium when I don't have enough magnesium or potassium and I'll get an attack.

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toHiloHairy

That's interesting that salt triggers your AF. I've not heard anyone say that before, but have heard of people diluting it in water and drinking to stop an attack.

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Woundbird

Recently started using Himalayan salt for better overall health benefits

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toWoundbird

Yes, that's the one I'll stick to now.

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toWoundbird

Yes, I'm going to stick to just using that from now on.

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WendyWu20

Salty food is definately an AF trigger for me.

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toWendyWu20

Eating lots of salty Doritos, at a pre Christmas get together at a friends house, once stopped my AF. At least it was either that or the glass of wine I had!

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WendyWu20 in reply tojeanjeannie50

You can drink wine and be on anticoagulants?

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toWendyWu20

In moderation, yes.

Yes I've been using himalayan for years in the hope it was better for my blood pressure than table salt but very nice to know I'm not sprinkling plastic on my dinner.

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I've been using the Himalayan one too, but only as table salt. I never gave a thought to sea salt coming from polluted seas, then a few days ago I happened to see the above recording on another forum. We live and learn.

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Yes everywhere we turn there seems to be these hidden dangers, we need to get back to a simple uncomplicated life where things are just as they seem. (that's my little dream)

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My dream too.

Just been eating my healthy nuts which are packaged in plastic!! I once met an architect who told me how PVC window frames gave off fumes for years after being installed. We're all doomed!! I think we'll have to get a health commune going somewhere.

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Oh dear that's grim! We go on holiday to the Isle of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides and that's my sanctuary. It's so much cleaner the air, the sea, there's only 1 co-op and the sense of community is so strong. Here in Surrey I walk the same route everyday and no one even acknowledges you're on the same planet. Yes let's do a healthy commune I like that idea. 😊

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And what was wrong with wooden window frames they look nicer?

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Ah but plastic was the 'in' thing and didn't need any maintenance for we people who would rather not spend time painting window surrounds!

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Do you watch Ben Fogles programme on tv where he visits people who have dropped out and live in the wild, far from others.?

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Yes it's one of my favourites. He's doing a live tour called tales from the wilderness I think. I bet that'll really interesting.

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momist

I never understood the 'Sea Salt' thing at all. Firstly, ALL salt comes from the sea, that is where the salts accumulate, or accumulated. The so-called 'Rock Salt' was laid down by dried up seas many millennia ago, millions of years ago. Why would anyone wish to eat something recently dried out from our polluted over populated sh!t hole of a planet, when they could use that laid down before humans existed? It's still salt!

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jeanjeannie50 in reply tomomist

I agree.

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Shcldavies

I took an interest in salt a few years back back and from memory, sea salt and Himalayan salt is better for you. Anglesey Sea salt and another from South East England (can't remember where) has the most benefit for anyone with mineral deficiency and Himalayan salt for those with iron deficiency (it gets its colour from rust). These micro particles are a big concern but as far as I understand our bodies do a good job in getting ride of them for now at least.

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DK81

I have watched the video, and can find no argument that demonstrates that the micro particles do any harm to humans. What about fish, particularly shellfish? What about the air we breathe? Should we go around wearing pure air cylinders on our backs?

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toDK81

We all have choices to do what we want.

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mariah222

Thanks for the info Jeanjeannie, I wasn't aware of the plastics in sea salt, though it makes perfect sense once you think about it. I will be sure to use only the Himalayan Pink Salt in future.

Happy Sunday,

Mariah

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Nwtf81a

I’m afraid you can’t stop with sea salt, studies report micro plastics in just about everything, beer (oh no), drinking water and the air. I don’t know about you, but I take in a lot more drinking water and air than I do sea salt.

Cheers ... george

theguardian.com/environment...

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toNwtf81a

George you're right of course .

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Madscientist16

I use Himalayan salt for cooking. You should try it.

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jeanjeannie50 in reply toMadscientist16

I've always use Himalayan salt for the table, but yes intend to use that for cooking as well now.

I thought salt was a no-no for AF and have reduced the little I use to no added salt at all-well a little tamari sometimes.

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I have never heard that, we've had posts on this forum where people have purposely mixed salt with water to get their heart back into normal sinus rhythm. Salt had always been a no, no for people with high blood pressure though.

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Well, I made some bread earlier and that called for some sea salt which I always use (in great moderation). Must go now as the bread is baked and have to go and get it out of the oven!

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Yum, I can just imagine the lovely smell of that!

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Yes, it is pretty good- I've been making bread for many years now as I like to know what goes into it- organic wholemeal or spelt flour and today, sunflower and sesame seeds too and as the sun is shining and we have pv panels on our roof, it baked for free!

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I'm impressed.

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KMRobbo

If I use salt, which is not often these days as there is so much in other food esp. bread, I use lo- salt which is 52% potassium chloride , one so you don't get too much sodium so it does not raise your blood pressure and two so it does not give you a sodium :potassium imbalance as described on another response to your mail.

I doubt that this comes from the Himalayas though!

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