(NaturalNews) If you've been reading NaturalNews for long, you've heard me talk about the importance of switching from processed table salt to a "full spectrum" salt. Table salt -- or "white salt" -- is to real salt as table sugar is to dehydrated cane juice. Both white table salt and white sugar are devoid of the full spectrum of minerals and other nutrients that protect and enhance your health.
Here in Ecuador, I regularly drink
jugo de caņa, for example (fresh, raw sugar cane juice), but I would never think of eating refined
white sugar. I don't use refined white
table salt, either. Instead, I use
Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt because it contains the full spectrum of 84
minerals and trace elements just like Mother Earth intended. It is an unrefined, unprocessed "raw"
salt that's hand-mined from abundant salt caves that were formed 250 million years ago as ocean salt settled in certain geologic pockets around the earth.
Most of the western world thinks of salt as
sodium chloride -- a highly refined, processed white substance that's devoid of
nutrients. Salt is so devoid of nutrients, in fact, that in the early 20th century, doctors noticed that people who ate white table salt started to suffer chronic degenerative diseases such as
goiter. This was caused by the
lack of iodine in the salt.
Iodine deficiency, by the way, is the No. 1 most preventable cause of
mental retardation. Eating
processed salt that lacks iodine, in other words, can cause your offspring to be retarded.
Now what's really interesting about processed table salt is that
it's missing over 80 minerals. But they only put ONE mineral back in -- iodine. That's because iodine is the one mineral that causes the most
obvious disease (goiter is sort of hard to not notice).
Iodine is a naturally occurring mineral in the ocean. It's abundant in seafood and in real
sea salt, but it's completely missing from refined white table salt.
So they started
adding iodine to table salt, creating "iodized salt."
But why would you want to eat salt that's been artificially enriched with ONE mineral when you could be
eating salt that naturally contains
eighty-four minerals?Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt contains 84 minerals and trace minerals, including iodine! And below we share a link where you can get it at 33% off...
Beware of the "sea salt" scam
You've probably noticed a lot of processed salt companies now claiming to offer "sea salt." The truth is,
virtually all salt is sea salt because it all came from the sea at one time or another in the Earth's history.
The term "sea salt" is essentially meaningless. White processed salt can still be called "sea salt" even though it is devoid of full-spectrum sea minerals.
The way to tell if your salt is really
full-spectrum salt is to
look at the color. If it's pure white, it's not full-spectrum. White salt is just like white
sugar: It's missing the key supporting minerals and nutrients your
body needs.
Full-spectrum salt always has a non-white color. Celtic Sea Salt, for example (which is really good salt) has a brownish sandy color. Our Pink Himalayan salt is a sort of sandy rose color. All the truly
natural full-spectrum salts are sandy or brownish in color.
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Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt normally sells for
$14.95 per pound. With this week's special for
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When you buy three one-pound bags of Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt, the price drops to just
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Click here to take advantage of this NaturalNews discount on Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt.The 3-pack is our best price on full-spectrum salt, and if you don't need all 3 pounds for yourself, they make fantastic gifts for family or friends!
Some other things you may not know about full-spectrum salt:
• This product stores for years. It's naturally shelf-stable as long as you keep it relatively dry and unopened. Store in a dark, cool place for longest shelf life.
• Full-spectrum salt is a crucial
preparedness item. Your body cannot live without salt, and in a crisis situation, real salt may be very difficult to come by in many areas. Storing full-spectrum salt is not only good for your
health today; it's a type of nutritional insurance against future
food shortages.
• If you
exercise a lot, juice a lot or live in a very hot climate, your body may actually
need more salt than you're getting. But processed salt doesn't provide all the minerals your body needs to replenish. Only full-spectrum salt fulfills your body's true salt needs.
• A craving for junk
foods is often just a craving for full-spectrum salt. When your body lacks minerals, it urges you to consume more. This is often mistranslated in your mind as a craving for salty snack foods. But consuming full-spectrum salt (in a reasonable amount) can often ease your junk food cravings.
Pick up Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt today by clicking here.Where it comes from
Our Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt comes from the Himalayan Region of the Karakoram mountain range located 400 miles from the Hunza Valley in Pakistan. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram)
Our salt is always
stone ground. No metal ever touches the salt during grinding. All the salt is extracted by hand from the salt caves (ancient sea bed deposits). No salt from other sources is mixed with this salt. This is 100% from the Karakoram mountain range salt caves.
These salt deposits are roughly 250 million years old, meaning they were deposited long before the earth became polluted with heavy metals, pesticides and PCBs. While there is really no such thing as "organic" salt, this is probably the most pristine salt you'll find anywhere on the planet. Eating this salt is a lot like going back in time and consuming minerals from pre-industrial Earth.
Get some for yourself by clicking here.This is the salt I use regularly. I actually add salt to raw foods recipes (like raw guacamole) in order to increase my mineral intake. That's necessary because I eat very few packaged foods that are high in salt. Plus, I exercise regularly so I'm losing a lot of minerals through sweating. This is why salt intake is a regular part of my
diet. To me, it's actually a type of superfood, and I make sure I get enough full-spectrum salt on a daily basis.
Note: If you have high blood pressure or eat a lot of salty processed foods, then obviously don't add more salt to your diet. Instead,
replace the junky processed salt in your diet with full-spectrum salt. Stop eating salty snack chips and canned soups (those soup cans are lined with BPA, too) and start eating fresh
juice smoothies and homemade cuisine made with full-spectrum salt.
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams co-founded NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing site that has now grown in popularity. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also a noted technology pioneer and founded a software company in 1993 that developed the HTML email newsletter software currently powering the NaturalNews subscriptions. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal health statistics and mission statements are located at www.HealthRanger.org
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