What’s The Hype On Sea Salt? Why Sea Salt Opposed to Your Average Table Salt?

Small amounts of salt are important to the human body (However most Americans go way beyond our recommended intake of salt). The human body does not produce salt. Sodium is one of the primary electrolytes in the body. All four cationic electrolytes are (sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium) and is available in unrefined salt. In which minerals equals balance of the various electrolytes in the body. Did u know salt was so important to ancient roman that the Romans paid their soldiers in salt which is where the word ‘salary’ got it's origin.

Table salt, sea salt, kosher salt and iodized salt (which is a form of table salt with iodine added to it) are the four main types of salts available to us. Sea salt is 98% sodium chloride, while the remaining 2% is made of other important minerals like iron, sulfur, magnesium and other trace elements. Because of the mineral content, sea salts are said to have more flavor than table salt, and is less salty. A single teaspoon of table salt contains more salt than a tablespoon of kosher or sea salt.

The common table salt is 99.9% sodium chloride. Table salt is produced from land salt deposits that are mined, heat-blasted and chemically treated. Due to these processes, table salt is stripped of all minerals other than sodium and chloride. Anti-caking chemicals are added to table salt to make it flow easier and prevent from clumping. Initially table salt was just sodium and chlorine later salt manufacturers started adding iodine to it to prevent people from suffering from iodine deficiency diseases. "This makes it an unnatural substance as compared to sea salt, and contributes to high blood pressure, heart and kidney diseases".

One major disadvantage of sea salt is that it is not a source for iodine. The iodine that is added during the refining process of table salt makes a better source of iodine than sea salt. Iodine has it’s benefits for the human body, but that is an entire subject within itself being that Iodine is a chemical element which involves a lot of chemistry talk but for food purposes lets just stick to SALT.

*When purchasing salt be sure that it is the unrefined and contains the minerals that gives sea salt the properties over table salt.