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I am pregnant and my doctor just told me the other day to start cutting my sodium intake because of my water weight gain. My problem is that I crave salt. I have been not eating salt for two days now and maybe I need to give it more time. Is there any thing in the herbal or vitamin and mineral line that can help my craving that will not cause harm to my baby?
In Reply to: salt craving posted by Michele Lee on June 08, 1999 at 20:46:30:
Hi, Michele.
Salt craving is ALWAYS trace mineral lack. The only reason people (AND all animals) HAVE a taste for salt is so they know enough to go to the salt lick (when their trace minerals get low) where there are all the ocean trace minerals.
Go to the healthfood store & get trace minerals and start on them right away. Your baby needs them too for normal development. The best ones are crystalline or ionic ones. The back of the lable should list about 70 of them.
THEN, when this pregnancy is over, only use mineral salt; NOT sea salt or (heaven forbid) refined salt. ANY health food store would know where to get it if they are not sophisticated enough to already have it on their shelves.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: salt craving (TRACE MINERAL CRAVING!) posted by Walt Stoll on June 09, 1999 at 17:14:24:
Hi Walt,
would you please explain what is bad about sea salt. Problems with refined salt are understandable, but sea salt... I thought as we once far back in the past came out from the sea and became animals, the structure of minerals there should be great for us... Thanks.
Namaste,
Karel
In Reply to: Re: salt craving (TRACE MINERAL CRAVING!) posted by Walt Stoll on June 09, 1999 at 17:14:24:
In my experience, a salt craving can indicate, er, a craving for salt. Once, for reasons I won't explain here, I drank ("homemade") saltwater for several days. It was supposed to pass through me unabsorbed, but my body managed to absorb most of it. Robert helped me to understand that I needed the extra sodium; without it, water would pass right through me, and I was chronically thirsty, not surprisingly. This explained why eating salty junk food sometimes had the surprising effect of making me feel better.
But I finally started taking a trace mineral supplement, in addition to the unrefined sea salt, and found it made a noticeable difference, so I definitely appreciate the importance of trace minerals.
Cheers,
-- Aaron
In Reply to: Re: salt craving (TRACE MINERAL CRAVING!) posted by Aaron Wieland on June 09, 1999 at 21:12:06:
Thanks, Aaron.
The stuff they call "salt" in this country is NOT salt. It is a totally refined product in which all of the trace minerals from the sea have been removed. This kind of refined salt has only been available for several hundred years and confusing it with real salt has produced one of the nutritional emergencies of the modern age.
Walt
In Reply to: Walt, what is bad about SEA SALT? posted by Karel on June 09, 1999 at 18:42:46:
Hi, Karel.
To understand this, you have to understnd how "sea salt" is produced: The ocean is allowed to flood huge, flat, shallow, beds and then the dam is replaced to trap the water. The water is then naturally evaporated by the sun & this leaves a layer of sea salt. The natural way this collects, though, has a layer of dirty brown salt at the bottom and pretty white salt at the top. Since most people are used to white salt, they just skim off the top white salt & call it "sea salt". UNFORTUNATELY, the trace minerals are mostly in the brown stuff at the bottom and they wash that back into the sea--except for that they keep for animals. Would that we humans got as good food as we give our animals.
Mineral salt is mined from thousands of feet below the surface in areas of old evaporated seas. It is light tan in color with little darker flecks. It has ALL of the trace minerals that exist in the sea in the exact proportion our bodies use every day.
Does this explain it?
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Walt, what is bad about SEA SALT? (Archive under salt.) posted by Walt Stoll on June 10, 1999 at 12:26:59:
NMI
In Reply to: Yes. Thanks for the explanation. NMI posted by Karel on June 10, 1999 at 18:15:31:
Maybe put this under "salt" or "mineral deficiency" or both???
MP
In Reply to: Re: Walt, what is bad about SEA SALT? (Archive under salt.) posted by Walt Stoll on June 10, 1999 at 12:26:59:
Thanks, RHJ
In Reply to: Re: Walt, what is bad about SEA SALT? (Is this a NUGGET?) posted by Walt Stoll on June 11, 1999 at 11:08:31:
I visited several salt mines around the world.
So why the salt crystals from salt mines are always milky clear?
In Reply to: WOOOOOWOOOOOOWOOOOO!!!NMI posted by Glossary Police on June 11, 1999 at 00:40:25:
Hi, RHJ.
Hard to do both? I guess that would make it most available. Is this the kind of stuff you like to put in the gloaasry?
Walt
In Reply to: Re: WOOOOOWOOOOOOWOOOOO!!!NMI posted by Walt Stoll on June 12, 1999 at 09:24:25:
In Reply to: Is this the matter of fact? posted by Barb on June 12, 1999 at 01:06:46:
Hi, Barb.
I note you did not say "crystal clear" since they are really "milky clear".
Remember, even mineral salt from those mines is still more than 85% sodium chloride. Sodium chloride crystals are crystal clear. The milky cast is caused by the trace minerals contained therein.
Check at your library at to what is done to those "milky clear" crystals before the "salt" is placed in the store as refined salt.
Let us know what you learn.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Walt, what is bad about SEA SALT? (Archive under salt.) posted by Walt Stoll on June 10, 1999 at 12:26:59:
Hi Walt and others
Just wondering after reading all the posts on salt --
I bought what I think is mineral salt at the health food store. It has the off-white color with flecks in it. It is a real challenge to get that stuff to come out of a salt shaker. I am now putting it in a little jar and just using my index finger and thumb to get a "pinch of salt" out of it and sprinkle on my food. Is this characteristic of the good stuff you describe?
Also, if I'm onto the right stuff, I'd certainly like to know how to get it to shake again!
Johnelle
In Reply to: Does mineral salt clump? posted by Johnelle on June 13, 1999 at 23:25:52:
Johnelle,
Yes, mineral salt clumps. And how!
I found a 4 ounce salt shaker (by Rubbermaid) with a cover that snaps on over the holes. I add a couple of tablespoons of uncooked organic brown rice and fill with salt. See, rice does have its uses, even if we can't EAT it :^) If it still clumps, add more rice.
I have enjoyed your many helpful posts to this BB. Hope this helps you.
Blessings,
Zan
In Reply to: Re: Walt, what is bad about SEA SALT? (Is this a NUGGET?) posted by Walt Stoll on June 11, 1999 at 11:08:31:
Definitely a Nugget! Look for it in the next Glossary update.
In Reply to: Does mineral salt clump? posted by Johnelle on June 13, 1999 at 23:25:52:
Hi, Johnelle.
I have used nothing BUT mineral salt for more than 20 years. All you have to do is give the shaker one sharp tap on a hard surface and the salt will shake perfectly well. Get into the habit of doing this every time & you will never see this as a problem again.
Walt
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