A low-sodium diet is it necessary to be healthy?

Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to give up salt totally to maintain optimal health. The right kind of salt should be an integral part of healthy feeding plan for everyone, even those with hypertension.




Here are the facts about salt:


The human body can not survive without salt (which is why you have a saline infusion in the hospital). Salt is an essential nutrient that your body can not manufacture by himself, so it must be consumed.


Here's the problem. Most people eat the wrong type of salt. The only way to receive all the benefits of eating salt is unrefined sea salt, NOT table salt transformed.


The reason the salt got a bad reputation is because 99% of searches in the world of salt were made from table salt trade, the only salt that most people know (which is bad, bad , bad). Some of the best scientific research on the healthy properties of unrefined sea salt has been written in French, German and Portuguese, and many Americans have not been exposed to them (so far, does not it ?).


Well, not anymore. The unrefined sea salt works wonderfully for hundreds of my clients, and well for ME.


When you consider that the sea salt helps balance blood sugar levels, is necessary for absorption of food particles through the intestinal tract, can help prevent muscle cramps, is needed to make bones strong , regulates and normalizes blood pressure, increases energy levels, helps regulate the metabolism, helps maintain proper electrolyte balance, and supports the immune system, how could you not use it?




What salt should you buy?


Search the unprocessed sea salt, unrefined. Any type of brand of salt unprocessed, unrefined is great, however do be careful: it is not mentioned unprocessed, unrefined, suppose it is not.


Oh and of course, avoid at all costs the refined white table salt (unless you wanted to have high blood pressure for some reason). This is the type of salt that we should avoid like the plague.


So next time someone tells you to go easy on salt, tell them the facts cited above, and encourage them to make salt unrefined sea an integral part of their healthy feeding plan .
Personally, although I advocate healthy eating, I always use in small quantities and rarely table salt. I prefer to use more herbs or olive oil for seasoning extra virgin and refined taste of my dishes. However, following this article by Isabel De Los Rios, I seem to get very soon sea salt unprocessed and unrefined it is true that I had already heard the benefits of this salt in contrast to salt table.


Even if table salt is cheaper than sea salt, do not you think your health should be the biggest investment of your life and not your bank account?!


But in addition to table salt we add in our dishes to enhance the flavor of this dish, we use every day foods that contain too much salt, so in addition to the addition of table salt you eat a lot without ever realizing it. We find the salt in almost all foods, especially processed foods such as ready-to-eat potato chips, frozen meals, sauces business, butter, oil, salad dressings, pasta shell, cookies, crackers, pizza, soda, etc..


Sure, in addition to no longer consume table salt, to always look the nutritional value of food consumed and to prefer lighter versions or low-sodium, a label more and more popular these days because of illness heart are also caused by a diet high in salt.


Little trick, remove the salt shaker on your kitchen countertop or your dining table, already you will manage to consume less and above all, get the salt as soon as possible and throw away your table salt.