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There are several reasons why you should switch from regular tale salt to unrefined sea salt. Sea salt is contains less sodium, table salt is highly refined and the refining process leaves basically pure sodium chloride. Also the refining process strips beneficial naturally occurring minerals.

Some have expressed concern over the lack of iodine which is an additive to table salt. Table salt began adding this necessary nutrient several decades ago when a significant part of the population began developing goiters due to an iodine deficiency.

Iodine is a naturally occurring nutrient in sea salt as in most seafood. If you eat any where near a balance diet you consume enough iodine in your diet. Sea salt also contains minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and bromide.

We should still be concerned with eating too much salt, although sea salt is preferrential to table salt, sodium is still sodium. Excess sodium consumption can lead to high blood pressure, water retention and irregular heart beat.

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