Real ground or sea salts: ... are actually alkaline minerals that help keep us hydrated, balance our sodium-potassium ratios... contain all of the trace elements needed for proper immune, thyroid and adrenal function (that are completely stripped out of table salt). Real forms of salt also boost the creation of digestive enzymes and juices that allow us to extract and assimilate other vitamins and nutrients from the food we eat.
~ Dr. Group at GlobalHealing, The Health Dangers of Table Salt
Table salt causes the blood pressure to rise rapidly because the blood is attempting to move the toxic elements rapidly away from the heart.
This is why doctors will often tell people with high blood pressure to stop intake of salt. Moreover, excessive table salt causes us to retain waters and other fluids.
~ Dr. Group at GlobalHealing, More at The Health Dangers of Table Salt
Part of the process for refined salt, or commercial table salt, involves the use of aluminum, ferro cyanide and bleach. These are all toxic materials that your body takes in with refined, commercial salt....Processed foods are laced with Sodium Chloride refined salt as well as with other types of sodium, such as sodium benzoate, sodium nitrate, and the notorious monosodium glutamate (MSG).
~ NaturalNews.com, Confronting Salt Confusion
Table salt is a manufactured form of sodium chloride...the taste of processed salts stem from the manufacturing of 97.5% sodium chloride and an assortment of chemicals such as dangerous fluoride, synthetic iodine, sugar, and bleaching agents to name a few.
~ NaturalNews.com, May 5, 2010
Sourced from crude oil extract - yes, leftover oil flakes - table salt is created through iodization, which involves no magic, but the application of high heat, which causes it to lose most of its essential elements; thus, voiding its nutritional value. Furthermore, the intense heating process causes this sodium chloride substance's internal crystalline structure to become individually isolated, meaning that it is energetically dead. Your body has to work tenfold to metabolize it, using energy that other cells and organs need.
...why would you want to eat salt that's been artificially enriched with ONE mineral when you could be eating salt that naturally contains eighty-four minerals? Himalayan Pink Crystal Salt contains 84 minerals and trace minerals, including iodine!
~ NaturalNews.com, May 5, 2010
...human bodies possess three distinct fluid systems - blood plasma, lymphatic fluid, and extracellular fluid all salty fluids...salt helps carry nutrients into the cells. It also helps regulate other body functions, such as blood pressure and fluid volume
~ JonBarron.org, Understanding Salts, A Pillar of Salt
... The propagation of nerve impulses by signal transduction is regulated by sodium ions. (Potassium, another metal closely related to sodium, is also a major component in the same body systems). Sodium is an energy carrier. It is also responsible for sending messages from the brain to muscles through the nervous system so that muscles move on command.
~ JonBarron.org, Understanding Salts, A Pillar of Salt