Re: detox/cleansing necessary?now SALT

[Guest guest]

Whoa, that is a heck of alot of salt! 2-3 Tbsp?? Where did you get

this information?

Becky

I do now belive that salt is a very

> important and often overlooked element to good nutrition. Our

> healthy ancestors used to eat between 20 and 40 grams of salt a day!

>

[Guest guest]

The book " Salt: A World History " by Marc Kurlansky actually says they

consumed 60 grams a day, but I think that is in error because they did

soak the saltiest foods to dissolve out some of the salt. But the

fact is that it was used for preserving fish, which was transported

from the fishing areas inland and widely consumed, as well as other

meats and perishable vegetables, sometimes even fruits. Other

sources, like the information on www.lymephotos.com and Shirley's

Wellness Cafe say they ate less salt but still in the 20 grams per day

range. Of course, if you try to do that with Morton's you'll probably

get sick because it has " flow agents " added and the minerals removed;

our ancestors ate natural salt that except in the highest grades

(probably used more on the table) contained dirt and many minerals.

Now industry is finding they get more profit by removing the minerals

and selling them individually and giving us just the sodium chloride

that is left.

>

>

> Whoa, that is a heck of alot of salt! 2-3 Tbsp?? Where did you get

> this information?

>

> Becky

>

> I do now belive that salt is a very

> > important and often overlooked element to good nutrition. Our

> > healthy ancestors used to eat between 20 and 40 grams of salt a

day!

> >

>

[Guest guest]

On 8/17/06, haecklers <haecklers@...> wrote:

> The book " Salt: A World History " by Marc Kurlansky actually says they

> consumed 60 grams a day, but I think that is in error because they did

> soak the saltiest foods to dissolve out some of the salt. But the

> fact is that it was used for preserving fish, which was transported

> from the fishing areas inland and widely consumed, as well as other

> meats and perishable vegetables, sometimes even fruits.

Hi,

The amount of time that sort of salt economy was functioning could

only have been tiny compared to evolutionary time. Surely salt

wouldn't have been available in those kinds of quantities except in

certain places.

Do these people have any real argument beyond " these [recent]

ancestors did it, [all] ancestors were healthy, therefore salt is

healthy? "

Just asking, as I haven't read the material.

[Guest guest]

I don't know what you mean by recent, the Great Wall of China was

financed by a tax on salt; really old bodies (I'm thinking

Neanderthal, but could be wrong) were found in salt caves (perfectly

preserved!) I'd guess having read the book a year ago that salt has

been around and heavily used for at least as long as wheat.

> > The book " Salt: A World History " by Marc Kurlansky actually says

they

> > consumed 60 grams a day, but I think that is in error because

they did

> > soak the saltiest foods to dissolve out some of the salt. But

the

> > fact is that it was used for preserving fish, which was

transported

> > from the fishing areas inland and widely consumed, as well as

other

> > meats and perishable vegetables, sometimes even fruits.

>

> Hi,

>

> The amount of time that sort of salt economy was functioning could

> only have been tiny compared to evolutionary time. Surely salt

> wouldn't have been available in those kinds of quantities except in

> certain places.

>

> Do these people have any real argument beyond " these [recent]

> ancestors did it, [all] ancestors were healthy, therefore salt is

> healthy? "

>

> Just asking, as I haven't read the material.

>

>

>