Category Archives: Health

Is high blood pressure linked to salt, or sugar?

A certified nutritional therapist, Craig Fear, recently wrote a blog post we liked so well, we asked him if he’d like to share it on the Real Salt blog as well. If you’re into nutrition you’ll want to check out Craig’s website, and if you’re into being healthy (who isn’t?), take a few minutes to [...]
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Meditating in the Real Salt mine

If you’ve ever had a crazy day and wished you could just escape from it all by meditating in  an ancient salt deposit, we know a guy you can envy. Zen Master Hung, Chi-Sung, is one of the most famous meditation teachers in Taiwan, practicing and teaching mediation for over 30 years. He has taught [...]
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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 [...]
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The Standard Examiner and Real Salt

We kind of like it when salt gets bad press in the media, because it gives us a chance to explain that not all salt is bad for your health.  And of course, sometimes the media do a great job talking about things like salt. The Standard Examiner pulled together a very nice piece about [...]
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Real Salt and Radiation

Real Salt users like knowing that our product comes from an ancient sea bed, because we can all see the value of eating sea salt from a deposit left long before humans were around to pollute the water with chemicals and gushing oil. But every now and again, we hear from a customer wondering whether [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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