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moonangel

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2015, 09:23:04 pm »
i prefer the taste of sea salt

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2015, 11:56:40 pm »
I prefer sea salt myself!

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2015, 03:14:42 am »
I used sea salt to wash my vegetables. 

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2015, 08:39:34 am »
I use iodine salt most of the time.

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2015, 08:48:50 am »
Sea salt is too strong for me, I don't add salt to anything anyway because of my blood pressure.

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2015, 09:19:55 am »
sea salt is natures salt. table salt is made in a factory not healthy for you at all.

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2015, 09:39:09 am »
Sea salt tend to have more minerals and thus a stronger flavor, so people tend to use less. Additionally, because it also tends to be more coarse, there is more surface area to the crystal allowing it to dissolve (and flavor) the food more easily. Also, the coarse crystals won't pack as well, so when using a measuring spoon, the coarse salts tend to contain less salt. This again leads people to use less sea salt than they would using table salt.

However, as the Mayo article posted earlier pointed out, it contains the same amount of sodium per gram used, so in that sense, it isn't any more healthy. Furthermore, the processing of salt doesn't decrease the nutritional value of the salt as it does for carbohydrates including sugars. This is because processing of foods with carbs removes much of the dietary fiber that aids in digestion, increases the time needed to digest those carbs (leading to fewer high blood-sugar spikes which is the more dangerous aspect of diabetes), and may also remove other nutrients found in the raw food. Salt, on the other hand, doesn't contain many other nutrients in its raw form, so processing it won't change its nutritional value much (even sea salts and Himalayan salts that may contain other minerals contain such trace amounts of those other minerals that they don't provide much additional nutritional value).

There is also Kosher salt which is more like table salt except that it again is more coarse (thus people tend to use less) and usually doesn't contain iodine if that is an issue. Thus people may also use this to decrease their salt intake, even though gram-per-gram, it contains the same amount of sodium as table salt. BTW, Kosher salt is called such not because that particular salt itself is Kosher (in fact most all edible salts including table salt are considered Kosher under the Hebrew food guidelines), but rather because it is used to remove blood from meats thereby making the meats Kosher. Thus it is more correct to call it "Koshering salt" as it is used in making things Kosher.

sea salt is natures salt. table salt is made in a factory not healthy for you at all.
All salt is natural, no matter whether it is the salts left behind from evaporating sea water or mined from salt deposits. The only "factory" used for table salt is in its processing (not in its creation), which as I mentioned above doesn't effect its nutritional value. Moreover, "all natural" doesn't mean that it is less dangerous as evidenced by Botulinum toxin (the cause of the Black Plague), the ebola virus, "death-cap" mushrooms, hemlock (which Socrates used to commit suicide), etc. all of which contain some of the most deadliest toxins known to man.

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Re: is there a differnce in these 2
« Reply #22 on: June 22, 2015, 11:24:57 am »
I think sea salt is better because of the granulated effect, you use less of it and the taste is a bot stronger. I personally use Kosher sale because of the same thing the grain is bigger and you use less, any salt consumption that make you use less is good for you
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