Sea Salt?

You know, I did some searching after I posted this, and most of what I found said there is no real significant difference between them nutritionally other than the iodine thing (and we get what we need from other food sources anyway). It probably doesn't make much difference. Most of what we ingest will kill us eventually. :)

Hi Modestah, It's bemusing to read other responses that state there's no difference between Sea Salt and the industrially manufactured table salt, when any half-baked mullet can see they're worlds apart (as far as salt goes, anyway). Even from a purely mechanistic view, table salt is purified to remove most all of its content except the sodium chloride, while Sea Salt presumably retains stuff that the sea-horses forgot to clean up. From further reading on the subject, apparently the REAL Sea Salt - which hasn't been further purified to enhance its appearance and marketability - is a dull gray color. Which is what one might expect from aquarium residue or similar - with all the good stuff still wriggling. Reflecting on the subject further, the crystal characteristics of the two competing products might also have a bearing on their health effects. Even plain water allegedly has fluid crystal properties which imbue it with all sorts of "memory" effects and associated subtle implications for the health of consumers, so goodness only knows what other subtle health effects might distinguish Sea Salt from the thoroughly processed table salt we all know so well.

Actually, most sea salt apparently doesn't have significant iodine it although you'd think it would. It does contain other minerals that aren't as prone to sublimation. My reading indicates that while sea salt may taste different from table salt, you can't tell the difference if you cook with it, so you might as well use table salt for cooking. If you decide that you like sea salt, you're better off adding it at the table. Also, the taste of sea salt varies by where it comes from. Dodoguy: water only crystallizes if you get it down to freezing. Okay, somewhere around 4 degrees C, the molecules start lining up H to O, but it's not quite a crystal at that stage. *sigh* bloody editor won't let me space out the ASCII graphic to illustrate what I'm trying to say. grumble. That memory thing? Homeopaths like to claim that as an explanation for how homeopathy works, but... 1)The tighter the controls on any study of homeopathy, the less effect it seems to have. 2) There was one, count them, one study that seemed to indicate the existence of water memory, and an examination of the data showed that the apparent effect was the result of one researcher (not the lead), massaging the data, e.g. by throwing out data points that didn't fit the idea. Not only that, but when the controls were tightened by more effective blinding, the memory effect vanished.

That is all so very true ldyjarhead, but I don't eat oatmeal or drink milk either. *laughing* I know, I know. I am very weird. I do have about 50 lbs of sea salt, if you find you like it, I can ship you some. *smiling*

LOL Chey. I see your point, but I don't know if I'd be quite as finicky. People do take milk baths, don't they? And of course oatmeal is good in a bath too, very soothing. :)

Yea, tough call. I mean, there's not a lot of writing on a box/bottle of salt that tells you from whence it came or how it was prepared prior to getting to our table. I wonder what the health food stores carry?

Yep, the less processing the better. Not sure if sea salt fits that bill, but I'm hoping.

I agree. I don't use cleaning or personal care products with chemicals, and I'd like to get rid of what I'm putting in my mouth too. I'm a long way off from that goal, but figure any small step in that direction can't be bad.

I bought mine with the grinder top, and its working well for me so far.

I bought mine with the grinder top and its working well for me so far.

I love garlic salt and I use regular sea salt all the time. I didn't realize they made garlic sea salt...I'll have to look for it.

It will be with the grinders in the spice section.

It is a little more expensive, but salt on the whole is very cheap. I bought a large grinder full at Aldi's the other day and I think it was only $1.00-something. It should go us a long way. So far I'm liking it, and Tom uses a lot of salt. He hasn't used nearly as much the few times I've used it.

My husband uses a LOT of salt too... I'm like, at least try your food first before you dump more salt on it! LoL! He even puts salt on his salads! Yuck! I know it helps bring out the flavor in some foods though. I put a little on my canteloupe. Have you ever heard of anyone else doing this? It sounds kinda gross when you think about it... but, it's actually really good! :) I am glad to hear that the sea salt you bought is still pretty cheap in price. That great... maybe I'll have to try some then. Thx!

Gargling with salt water is always good for a sore throat. Mom always made us kids do it, and I passed it on to my kids. Don't know if sea salt is any better for that than table salt, thought.