Celtic Sea Salt

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The Value of Real Celtic Sea Salt™

 

In the most pristine, wild area of the French countryside, the paludiers

of Brittany make salt in the traditional manner, while saving valuable

resources and preserving vital marshlands. Like vintage wines, these

culinary salts have their own seal of identity. The purity, cleanliness

and farming methods are authenticated by a group of professional

inspectors commissioned by " Nature et Progre´s, " Europe’s most diligent

and prestigious consumer protection organization.

 

What is Real Salt?

Natural Celtic Sea Salt is the most basic condiment as well as a staple

food. This sea salt is obtained from the evaporation of the ocean’s

water, simply and without artifice. No synthetic mineral supplement can

equal the wealth of minerals that natural Celtic Sea Salt supplies,

regardless of how rich its content or how precisely it is formulated.

This is real sea salt!

 

Why is it hard to obtain; how do we recognize the real thing?

Celtic Sea Salt is harvested in Brittany, near the Celtic Sea, in the

northwest of France. Cold, active, north sea currents, large tides and

other marine and climatic condition, offer the advantage of a unique mix

of minerals. It is this combination of minerals that gives Celtic Sea

Salt its special qualities. Common salt lacks many trace minerals

provided by Celtic Sea Salt because, during the refining process, these

minerals are removed. The minerals are then sold to the chemical

industry or to pharmaceutical companies to make dietary supplements. In

order to made the color of the salt white, many other sea salt products

are washed. In this process valuable trace minerals are also lost.

 

The geographical orientation of the coastline also plays an important

part in the quality of naturally extracted Celtic Sea Salt. The ocean

water is channeled into pristine ponds, edged with natural waterways,

wild grasses and other green plants. The wind and the sun evaporate the

ocean water, leaving a mineral-rich brine. The live flowing mixture is

briskly stimulated by the salt farmer’s actions, and within hours the

dazzling crystals form and are gathered by hand.

 

The method used for gathering salt from natural flats is crucial to the

production of health-giving product. The salt fields of Brittany are

lined with a natural layer of clay and sand. If concrete lined beds are

used, as in refinery-type salt, the efflorescence of the pollutes and

loads the salt with toxins. In order to ionize and harmonize the trace

elements the hand-raking of the moist crystals is done by artisans with

a skillful touch. This method is followed by a dedicated group of

professional natural salt farmers, in Brittany, who perpetuate the

traditional skills that have been passed down, through generations, from

antiquity. When harvested in these ways, natural Celtic Sea Salts are

highly beneficial to one’s health as they possess many therapeutic

qualities.

 

Flower of the Ocean ™, an almost white Celtic salt, is Delicately

gathered from the surface of the brine. The white color of this

magnificent salt is due to the bleaching action of the sun. These

delicate crystals can be crushed between the thumb and forefinger over

food at the table to add a gourmet flavor to your meals. Light Grey

Celtic Sea Salt is harvested in late summer. These are the largest of

the Celtic Salt crystals and are best in soups or sauces. Fine ground

Celtic Sea Salt is ground on granite stones from the Light Grey salt and

is perfect for those who prefer the convenience of having salt in a

shaker. Remember; since there are no chemicals added to Celtic Sea

Salt, it may be necessary to add a few grains of rice to the shaker to

keep your Fine ground salt flowing freely.

 

Basic Roles of Celtic Sea Salt ™

Our bodies contain three internal oceans that closely resemble the ionic

balance of ocean water. Each one of these complex solutions surrounds

and circulates through our body: 1. Blood Plasma 2. Lymphatic Fluid 3.

Extra Cellular Fluid. Comparative analysis shows that these fluids are

very similar to sea water in their chemical composition. Medical and

biological facts indicate that humans need salt in order to perform

basic physiological function. Ocean salt contains all of the precious

minerals our bodies require. These minerals make salt a vital

necessity. In the salty environment of amniotic fluid the human embryo

grown over 3 billion times in weight. From the moment of conception on,

humans are never without need of salt! Celtic Sea Salt is the salt of

Life!

 

In macrobiotic/natural diets, Celtic Sea Salt is considered to be a

strong alkalinizer and to provide renewed energy. An acidic body

condition is believed to contributed to many sicknesses and alkaline

foods are considered powerful remedies for hemorrhaging, severe burns,

physical trauma, acute infection, shock from an illness or surgical

intervention, or very deep emotional stress. In conditions like these

the body’s need for extra potassium was traditionally provided by

administering small doses of an isotonic salt solution made from natural

Light Grey Celtic Seas Salt dissolved in water. Salt, the universal

necessity, was appreciated as an effective medicine, used alone as an

energizer, detoxifying agent, or in conjunction with healing plants.

(Mythologia Aesopi, 1501)

 

Precious Minerals Working Together: COACTION

Proper electrolyte balance in the body is achieved by maintaining a

relatively high potassium content inside the cell and a high sodium

concentration in the fluid outside the cell (extracellular fluid).

Though potassium and sodium are the two electrolytes found in greatest

concentration in the human body, many other elements are required for

normal physiological function. Trace elements, found in ocean water and

in natural Celtic Sea Salt, work to maintain proper function of the

body’s systems. This unique combination of nutrients plays an important

role in safeguarding good health. If any one element is left out or

diminished, a link in an important chain will be missing and the whole

organism will suffer. These elements work to regulate optimum body

function by ensuring that our internal oceans are never shortchanged of

trace nutrients.

 

BUT . . . Isn’t Salt Bad for You?

Sodium-Restricted Diets

Scientific research reveals that there are actually very few salt

related health problems. A healthy, active lifestyle demands a

sufficient reasonable salt intake. The contention that our body can

function on no salt at all or on a restricted ration of salt causes more

problems than it is intended to solve! Life is closely dependent upon

the presence of sodium. However, to clearly understand the role of

sodium in blood we must examine it in combination with water and various

ions: chlorine, potassium, calcium, hydrogen, etc. It is more important

to study the co-activity of sodium with these other ions, rather than

the sodium element alone. Most often salt related health problems are

caused by diets consisting of high quantities of refined sodium

compounds, combined with a sedentary lifestyle. Some harmful unbalanced

sources of sodium include fast foods (especially french fries and

milk-shake beverages), packaged sauce mixes and cured meats.

 

High Blood Pressure and Refined Salt

The research of Dr. John H. Laragh, M.D. and Mark S. Pecker, M.D. at the

Hypertension Center of the Cornell University Medical Center, shows that

the High Blood Pressure problem lies not in salt intake but in an

overactive hormone system. When this system is overactive, renin

levels, are excessively high indicating a physiological need for salt.

Salt starvation could occur if the patient is put on a low salt diet.

On the other hand, low renin levels, which occur only in a third of

hypertensive people, actually reveal a sodium excess. Only patients in

the latter group should lower their sodium intake.

 

Factors that influence blood pressure are heart rate, changes in blood

volume and the contraction and dilation of blood vessels. A change in

any one of these factors, providing the other two remain constant, will

have a direct affect on blood pressure. Blood pressure regulation in

achieved via the dilation and constriction of blood vessels

(vasodilation, vasoconstriction) and the control of blood volume and

heart rate. A healthy cardiovascular system may be maintained through

regular aerobic exercise like: walking, jogging, bicycling, skiing,

playing tennis or swimming.

 

1996 update.

From the research of

Jacques de Langre, Ph.D. Biologist

founder of The Grain & Salt Society