what is the health facts about using sea salt compared to regular salt?

Question

My dad has diabetis is it alright for him to use sea salt?

Answer 1

From the Mayo Clinic:
"Nutritionally speaking, kosher salt and sea salt are no different than table salt. The difference between these types of salt primarily concerns their taste and texture. Salt can be harvested from seawater through evaporation (sea salt), or it can be mined from inland deposits (rock salt). Either can be fully refined, and the end result is pure sodium chloride. Variations in the refining process result in different forms of salt."
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sea-salt/AN01142

From HealthyEatingClub.com:
"Essentially there is no difference between the two. Sea salt and ordinary salt are basically identical in that they both contain sodium and chloride. The slight difference lies in the impurities. Sea salt is made from sea water and contains trace amounts of other substances found in sea water such as magnesium, iodine and zinc."
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/bookstore/foodqa/ch2/2-32.htm

From National Health Review:
" Sea salt is not more healthful than regular salt. Salt is sodium chloride, no matter from what its derivation. Sea salt is essentially sodium chloride, and refined salt, obtained from the sea, has little nutritional advantage."
"http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0876/is_n56/ai_9164628"

From a health forum search engine:
http://dnoneoftheabove.com/?cx=002486926153363561559%3Ayblv8b6jj6c&q=%22sea+salt%22+iodine+OR+ordinary+OR+regular+OR+table&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A9
.

Answer 2

I use sea salt almost exclusively in my cooking. The only time I use table salt is in baking recipes that call for it. For me, the sea salt brings out a much better flavor in the food than does table salt. I recommend using the sea salt crystals and a grinder (like a pepper grinder). The sea salt sold in boxes like Morton's and ground to a finer consistency is not as good as the crystals I grind as I need it.

Answer 3

Sea salt usually has more minerals in it then regular salt.
If he can have regular salt, switching to sea salt shouldn't effect his diabetes.

Answer 4

Salt is NaCl (Sodium chloride) - It doesn't matter where it comes from. Salt is salt! You can get KCl (Potassium Chloride) which I think is "designed" for diabetic people. And it tastes like salt.

:)