More often than not, people contending with disease conditions like hypertension, diabetes, stroke and heart disease are told by their doctors to reduce or avoid salt.
But how right is this advice especially given the fact that there are situations when your doctor doesn't know best when it comes to nutrition, which is actually the title of a book written by Dr. Richard N. Podel, MD. one of such situations is the linkage of salt to health or ill-health.
Do you know that human body cannot function optimally without salt? There are two main types of salt- the ubiquitous refined salt and unrefined salt.
Refined table salt is toxic to the body and triggers many degenerative diseases including hypertension, diabetes, stroke,
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Unrefined salt also has countless medicinal benefits.
It can restore good digestion and relieve allergies and skin diseases. Sea salt can also help ward-off the risk of infections and bacterial diseases as well as boost cellular energy.
While refined table salt causes elevation of blood pressure, unrefined sat lowers high blood pressure and normalizes it over time. What is the science behind unrefined salt's hypotensive effects?
A California biochemist who has been studying the health benefits of salt for over 30 years, Dr. Jacques de Langre, Ph.D, said sea salt helps to eliminate excess sodium in the body.
According to him, unlike refined sodium in regular salt, which often stays in the body long after it has done its job, the three forms of magnesium in sea salt dissolve the excess sodium and push it out of the body, thus creating a drop in blood pressure.
Also, while refined table salt promotes water retention in the body cells and elevates blood pressure, sea salt has opposite effect in the body. It regulates water content of the body and lowers blood