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Both sea salt and rock salt were well known to the ancient Greeks who noted

that eating salty food affected basic body functions such as digestion and

excretion (urine and stools). This led to salt being used medically. The

healing methods of Hippocrates (460 BC) especially made frequent use of salt.

Salt-based remedies were thought to have expectorant powers. A mixture of

water,

salt, and vinegar was employed as an emetic. Drinking a mixture of two-thirds

cow's milk and one-third salt-water, in the mornings, on an empty stomach was

recommended as a cure for diseases of the spleen. A mixture of salt and

honey was applied topically to clean bad ulcers and salt-water was used

externally against skin diseases and freckles. Hippocrates also mentions

inhalation of

steam from salt-water. We know today that the antiinflammatory effects of

inhaled salt provide relief from respiratory symptoms ©. Thus, 2000 years

ago, Greek medicine had already discovered topical use of salt for skin

lesions,

drinking salty or mineralized waters for digestive troubles and inhaling

salt for respiratory diseases!

The doctor and alchemist Paracelsus (1493–1541 A.D.) introduced an entirely

new medical concept. He believed that external factors create disease and

conceived a chemically oriented medical system which contrasted with the

prevalent herbal medicine. Only salted food could be digested properly: " The

human

being must have salt, he cannot be without salt. Where there is no salt,

nothing will remain, but everything will tend to rot. " He recommended salt

water

for the treatment of wounds and for use against intestinal worms. A hip-bath

in salt water was a superb remedy for skin diseases and itching: " This brine -

he said - is better than all the health spas arising out of nature. " He

described the diuretic effect of salt consumption and prescribed salt

preparations of different strengths that were used for instance against

constipation.

If the body does not get enough salt, a hormonal mechanism compensates by

reducing the excretion of salt in the urine and sweat. But it cannot reduce

this output to zero. On a completely salt-free diet the body steadily loses

small amounts of salt via the kidneys and sweat glands. It then attempts to

adjust this by accelerating its secretion of water, so that the blood’s salt

concentration can be maintained at the vital level. The result is a gradual

desiccation of the body and finally death. "

An eight-year study of a New York City hypertensive population stratified

for sodium intake levels found those on low-salt diets had more than four times

as many heart attacks as those on normal-sodium diets – the exact opposite

of what the “salt hypothesis†would have predicted. (1995). Dr. Jeffrey R.

Cutler documented no health outcomes benefits of lower-sodium diets.

The past president of the American Heart Association, Dr. Suzanne Oparil of

the University of Alabama-Birmingham, said her personal view is that the

government may have been too quick to recommend that everyone cut back. " Salt

restriction as a solitary recommendation for the population for the prevention

or the treatment of hypertension

The seawater has 84 chemical elements. For our body to be healthy we need

all those elements. When we use the common salt, we are in deficit of 81

elements which means we are somehow contributing to becoming weaker, imbalanced

and

more susceptible to diseases. Use the seawater salt.

When we drink enough water to pass clear urine, we also pass out a lot of

the salt that was held back. This is how we can get rid of edema fluid in the

body; by drinking more water. Not diuretics, but more water!! In people who

have an extensive edema and show signs of their heart beginning to have

irregular or very rapid beats with least effort, the increase in water intake

should

be gradual and spaced out, but not withheld from the body. Naturally, salt

intake should be limited for two or three days because the body is still in an

overdrive mode to retain it. Once the edema has cleared up, salt should not

be withheld from the body

Salt has many other functions than just regulating the water content of the

body. Here are some of the more vital functions of salt in the body:

 

1. Salt is most effective in stabilizing irregular heartbeats and, Contrary

to the misconception that it causes high blood pressure, it is actually

essential for the regulation of blood pressure - in conjunction with water.

Naturally the proportions are critical.

 

2. Salt is vital to the extraction of excess acidity from the cells in the

body, particularly the brain cells.

 

3. Salt is vital for balancing the sugar levels in the blood; a needed

element in diabetics.

 

4. Salt is vital for the generation of hydroelectric energy in cells in the

body. It is used for local power generation at the sites of energy need by

the cells.

 

5. Salt is vital to the nerve cells' communication and information

processing all the time that the brain cells work, from the moment of

conception to

death.

 

6. Salt is vital for absorption of food particles through the intestinal

tract.

 

7. Salt is vital for the clearance of the lungs of mucus plugs and sticky

phlegm, particularly in asthma and cystic fibrosis.

 

8. Salt is vital for clearing up catarrh and congestion of the sinuses.

 

9. Salt is a strong natural antihistamine.

 

10. Salt is essential for the prevention of muscle cramps.

 

11. Salt is vital to prevent excess saliva production to the point that it

flows out of the mouth during sleep. Needing to constantly mop up excess

saliva indicates salt shortage.

 

12. Salt is absolutely vital to making the structure of bones firm.

Osteoporosis, in a major way, is a result of salt and water shortage in the

body.

 

13. Salt is vital for sleep regulation. It is a natural hypnotic.

 

14. Salt is a vitally needed element in the treatment of diabetics.

 

15. Salt on the tongue will stop persistent dry coughs.

 

16. Salt is vital for the prevention of gout and gouty arthritis.

 

17. Salt is vital for maintaining sexuality and libido.

 

18. Salt is vital for preventing varicose veins and spider veins on the legs

and thighs.

 

19. Salt is vital to the communication and information processing nerve

cells the entire time that the brain cells work - from the moment of conception

to death.

 

20. Salt is vital for reducing a double chin. When the body is short of salt,

it means the body really is short of water. The salivary glands sense the

salt shortage and are obliged to produce more saliva to lubricate the act of

chewing and swallowing and also to supply the stomach with water that it needs

for breaking down foods. Circulation to the salivary glands increases and the

blood vessels become " leaky " in order to supply the glands with water to

manufacture saliva. The " leakiness " spills beyond the area of the glands

themselves, causing increased bulk under the skin of the chin, the cheeks and

into

the neck.

 

21. Sea salt contains about 80 mineral elements that the body needs. Some of

these elements are needed in trace amounts. Unrefined sea salt is a better

choice of salt than other types of salt on the market. Ordinary table salt

that is bought in the super markets has been stripped of its companion elements

and contains additive elements such as aluminum silicate to keep it powdery

and porous. Aluminum is a very toxic element in our nervous system. It is

implicated as one of the primary causes of Alzheimer's disease.

 

22. Twenty-seven percent of the body's salt is in the bones. Osteoporosis

results when the body needs more salt and takes it from the body. Bones are

twenty-two percent water. Is it not obvious what happens to the bones when

we're

deficient in salt or water or both.

RECIPE

WANT TO MAKE A RECIPE THAT MIGHT HELP YOU WITH ANTIOXIDANT ASSISTANCE AND

ELEVATE IMMUNE FUNCTIONS AS WELL, EVEN MAYBE BALANCE YOUR PH!

HERE IT IS

1/ 4 CUP SEA SALT

4 GRAMS ( 4000MGS OF MAGNESIUM)

812 MGS OF POTASSIUM ( ABOUT 8 PILLS THAT ARE 99 MGS EACH)

DRIED GRAPEFRUIT RINDS ( PUT IN THE EQUIVALENT OF THE RIND OF 1 GRAPEFRUIT)

DRIED CALENDULA ( ABOUT 10 GRAMS ...OR 10,000 MGS )

GRAPE SEED ( ABOUT 2 GRAMS...OR 2000 MGS )

VITAMIN C ( 5-8 GRAMS...5000-8000 MGS)

TUMERIC (5 GRAMS..5000MGS)

3 DROPS OF LUGOLS KELP ( HIGH IN IODINE AND OTHER TRACE MINERALS)

PUT IN BLENDER AND PULVERIZE TO A FINE POWDER, WHEN COMPLETE PUT INTO A SALT

SHAKER AND USE ON YOUR COOKING OR FINISHED COOKED FOODS...GOOD AS A POPCORN

SALT

CAN BE USED AS AN ALKALIZER, SODIUM AND MINERAL BALANCER.....WHEN USED

AREAS IN BODY SHOWING CERTAIN SYMPTOMS MIGHT BENEFIT OVER TIME