Best Salt For Hydration
Iodized Salt, Pink Himalayan Salt, Sea Salt, Celtic Salt
How much Salt? When to have Salt? Is Salt Healthy?
Salt is evil, right? If we trade in the animal fats for seed oils and eliminate salt, eggs and red meat from our diet, we’ll have healthy hearts. We should eat whole grains. I hope you know that I am being sarcastic. Salt is not evil. We need it. Salt is Sodium Chloride. Sodium and Chloride are electrolytes. Electrolytes are crucial for hydration. So what is the best salt for hydration? What is the best salt for cooking? Lets figure this all out!
What does Sodium do?
- Maintain Fluid Balance: Where Sodium goes, Water goes. Sodium helps to regulate the balance of fluids.
- Nerve Function: It helps generate and transmit electrical impulses in nerves. This facilitates communication between the brain and the body.
- Muscle Contraction: It helps generate the electrical signals that prompt muscles to contract and relax. This enables movement and coordination.
- Maintaining Blood Pressure: Sodium controls the volume of fluid in blood which changes the pressure.
- Balancing Electrolytes: It works with other electrolytes to maintain a proper balance of electrolytes. This balance is essential for normal cell function.
- Nutrient Absorption: Aids in absorption in the small intestine. It helps transport glucose and amino acids into the bloodstream.
- Acid/Base Balance: It helps regulate the pH levels of body fluids
- Kidney Function: It helps filter waste products from the blood and regulate the balance of water and electrolytes in the body.
- Heart Function: Sodium is necessary normal heart rhythm. It helps generate electrical impulses for heartbeats
- Water Retention and Distribution: It ensures that cells, tissues and organs are properly hydrated.
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What are the Different Kinds of Salt:
Table Salt: Table Salt is pure Sodium Chloride, plus Iodine. All trace minerals, like magnesium, Potassium and Calcium, have been removed with processing. Table Salt has additives. Anti-caking Agents are added. Synthetic Iodine, Potassium Iodide, is added. Some table salt has dextrose added as well. Dextrose is a sugar.
Kosher Salt: 100% Sodium Chloride. No Additives. No Minerals
Sea Salt: Sea Salt is harvested through the evaporation of seawater. Minimal processing is involved. Up to 60 additional trace minerals are retained in the salt. 97% is still sodium chloride. There can also be contaminants like plastics that exist in current seawater. Sea Salt is often used as a finishing salt in the culinary industry, a preservation ingredient for curing and fermenting and bath salts and beauty products.
Himalayan Pink Salt: Mined from Ancient Ocean Floors near the Himalayan Mountains. This salt contains trace minerals which make the salt pink. Buyer Beware: It can be easily imitated. There are no laws against calling salt Himalayan.
Gray Salt: Coarse Sea Salt with a gray color from the clay that lines the salt ponds.
Black Salt: A type of rock salt infused with sulfur. This salt has a strong taste and smell…often considered offensive. It tastes like eggs, aka sulfuric.
Pickling Salt: Finely Ground, Kosher salt. No additives. It dissolves easily for making pickles and preserving food.
What Are Electrolytes?
Electrolytes are minerals that carry an electric charge when dissolved in a liquid like blood, sweat and urine. They are vital for many bodily functions, including fluid balance, transmitting nerve signals, and muscle contraction.
Here are the key Electrolytes:
- Sodium: Maintains fluid balance, aids in nerve transmission and is crucial for muscle function. Found in salt, cured meats, deli meats and processed foods, soups and snacks
- Potassium: Regulates Heartbeat, helps with nerve transmission and muscle contractions. Found in Avacados, Legumes, Fish, Meat (Especially Pork) and Vegetables
- Calcium: Essential for bone health, muscle contraction, nerve function and blood clotting. Found in Leafy Greens, Organ Meats and Dairy Products.
- Magnesium: Supports muscle and nerve function, helps with energy production and regulates blood pressure. Found in Nuts, Seeds and leafy greens
- Chloride: Crac Works with Sodium maintain fluid balances and is in stomach acid. Found in Salt, Seaweed, Processed Foods and Deli Meats.
- Bicarbonate: Br Helps maintain the body’s pH balance. Made by the body. Found in Baking Soda, Carbonated Drinks,
- Phosphate: Inportant for bone and teeth formation, energy production, and cell membrane integrity. Found in Meat, Organ Meats, Dairy, Nuts and Seeds
What is Iodine?
Iodine is a very important mineral. It is not an electrolyte. It is vital for thyroid function and child development. Iodine can be consumed from food. You can get iodine by eating Seafood, Shellfish, Dairy and eggs. Fruits and Vegetables can have iodine if they grown near coastal areas. Beans, Potatoes, Beans, Turkey, Chicken and Beef also have Iodine.
Iodine plays such an important role in the human body that it was added to table salt. There is still over 1 million people with an Iodine deficiency.
**If you are not consuming foods containing Iodine, like seafood and seaweed, you need to use table salt on your food.
What is the Best Salt for Hydration?
To answer the question…the best is Black Salt or Black Himalayan Salt. It has all the minerals plus sulfur. However, most people do not like it.
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Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
Vitamin A
The Alpha Swoletauri System prioritizes multivitamins as part of the Lion Diet. As I’ve mentioned before even when eating a healthy diet, we can be micronutrient deficient. My personal experience led me to having high blood pressure and 3 blood clots in my leg. As I investigated root causes for my conditions, I found that many nutritional deficiencies could effect the circulatory system. These nutrient deficiencies cause a ripple effect in the body and are very hard to pinpoint….Read More…
“Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient found in many foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are compounds formed when our bodies convert the food we eat into energy. People are also exposed to free radicals in the environment from cigarette smoke, air pollution, and ultraviolet light from the sun.
The body also needs vitamin E to boost its immune system so that it can fight off invading bacteria and viruses. It helps to widen blood vessels and keep blood from clotting within them. In addition, cells use vitamin E to interact with each other and to carry out many important functions.“
Vitamin D Roles in the Human Body:
- Bone Health: Enhances the absorption of Calcium and Phosphorus from the gut.
- Bone Growth: Unstable molecules that can damage cell membranes, proteins, DNA. They potentially lead to chronic diseases like Cancer.
- Immune System: Regulates the immune system.
- Cell Differentiation: Promotes cell differentiation and inhibits Cell Proliferation. This is a cancer prevention role.
- Insulin Regulation: Plays a role in insulin production and glucose metabolism.
Vitamin K Roles in the Human Body:
- Blood Clotting: Essential for synthesizing proteins required for blood coagulation and activates clotting factors to prevent excessive bleeding.
- Bone Health: Regulated the binding of Calcium in Bones and activates a protein critical for bone formation and mineralization.
- Cardiovascular Health: Regulates the calcium levels in blood vessels
- Cell Metabolism: Helps cell’s Mitochondria make ATP for energy.
Water-Soluble Vitamins:
Vitamin B
Vitamin B Roles in the Human Body:
- B1: Helps convert Carbohydrates to energy, supports nerve function, and plays a role in muscle contraction.
- B2: Aids in energy production, supports cellular function, growth and development and helps maintain healthy skin and eyes.
- B3: Supports the metabolism by helping to convert nutrients to energy. Essential for DNA repair and the production of stress and sex hormones.
- B5: Crucial for the synthesis of coenzyme A, which is important for fatty acid metabolism and the synthesis of hormones and neurotransmitters.
- B6: Involved in Amino Acid metabolism, red blood cell production and the creation of neurotransmitters…….
Vitamin C
Vitamin C Roles in the Human Body:
- Antioxidant: Powerful Antioxidant that helps protect Cells from damage by free radicals. This reduces the risk of diseases such as heart disease and cancer.
- Collagen Synthesis: Essential for the biosynthesis of collagen. Collagen is a protein involved in clotting and maintaining the structure of skin, blood vessels, bones and connective tissue.
- Immune Function: boosts the immune system by stimulating the production and function of white blood cells. It enhances the skin’s defense system and helps wounds heal faster.
- Absorption of Iron: It improves the absorption of iron.
- Cardiovascular Health: Associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Eye Health: Reduces the risk of cataracts and macular degeneration.
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