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Real Salt, iodine, and radiation
The recent earthquake in Japan has affected millions of people directly and much of the world emotionally. Beyond the heart-wrenching images coming from Japan, damaged nuclear reactors have released radiation into the surrounding area, leading to speculation that unusually high levels of radiation will soon follow weather patterns around the globe. As a result, many [...]
Wait, is that sand in my Real Salt??
Most weekends we treat our kids to waffles using grandma’s old recipe. One Sunday, my visiting niece watched us mixing up the batter and asked, “Why is your flour dirty?” It took a second to realize that she wasn’t used to seeing our freshly-ground wheat flour, and compared to her family’s bleached white flour, ours [...]
Does Real Salt have the iodine we need?
If you had been on a certain bridge in Sarajevo in late June of 1914, you might have been unfortunate enough to witness the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. If you were particularly savvy, you might have predicted that the assassination would change the world forever–it was the spark that ignited the first world war–but [...]
Who uses Real Salt?
A lot of our customers use Real Salt because of the health benefits they get from using a natural salt with 60+ trace minerals, but it isn’t only health food shoppers who love Real Salt. “An excellent source of organic sodium, Real Salt is key to alkalizing, detoxifying, and rejuvenating your whole body.” -Christina Avaness [...]
Comparing Real Salt to Himalayan or Celtic
We’re going to do something today most companies don’t like to do: we’re going to say nice things about the competition. No, that doesn’t mean we’re going to be kind to that bitter, chemically treated white table salt you still find in far too many kitchens, because if you understand the health benefits of Real [...]
Is salt really bad for me?
It’s been decades since we started hearing about salt’s damaging effects on our bodies, and it seems salt is only getting less popular as time goes by. Recently, state senators in New York flirted with legislation that would even make it illegal for restaurants to salt their food, treating salt as if it were on [...]
A brief history of salt
Salt has become an inexpensive and readily available commodity that most of us take for granted. But in older times salt was heavily taxed and wars were fought over it. In some ancient civilizations, salt was in such high demand that it was actually minted into coins to serve as the basic currency. Where salt [...]
A video introduction to Real Salt