Is your salt real? Such a funny question to ask, right?! But now
that I have learned more about what is in actual table salt (and
also what is done TO the salt before it hits the grocer’s
shelves), this is a valid question to ask yourself! Prior to a
few years ago I would have NEVER questioned the real-ness of the
salt I used for baking and seasoning my food. Why would salt NOT
be real??? Salt has historically been a valuable and treasured
part of the diet. People fought over it, traded it, taxed it and
priced it high. And think about it – our ancestors didn’t have
refrigerators or freezers and so to preserve their meat they
rubbed it with salt. It flavors otherwise bland foods. Think of
all the ways we use salt. It is used in things such as: -
canning vegetables - making rubber - curing leather – making
glass - making cheese - salting pasta water …just to name a few.
It is also CRUCIAL to our well-being: In the body, salt is as
important to humans as water or air, in fact each of us contain
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