Which is better for you, table salt or sea salt?

Answer 1

Sea salt. More flavor and better for you. The less processing any of our fodds go through the better.
http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/si_gourmet_reference.asp
Sea salt, a salt obtained by evaporating seawater, is used in cooking and cosmetics. Its mineral content gives it a different taste from table salt, which is usually sodium chloride refined from mined rock salt (halite), or refined from sea salt. Table salt may contain anticaking agents and additives such as the dietary supplement iodides. Areas that produce specialized sea salt include the Cayman Islands, France, Ireland, Sicily and Apulia in Italy, and Maine and Cape Cod in the United States. Generally more expensive than table salt, it is commonly used in gourmet cooking and premium potato chips.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_salt
Table Salt.
Edible salt, also called table salt or just salt, is a mineral, and is one of the few rocks commonly eaten by humans. There are different forms of edible salt: unrefined salt, refined salt, table salt and iodised salt. It is a crystalline solid, white, pale pink or light grey in color, normally obtained from sea water or rock deposits. Natural sea salt includes vital trace minerals in addition to sodium chloride. Edible rock salts may be slightly greyish in color due to this mineral content.

Sodium and chloride, the two components of salt, are necessary for the survival of all living creatures, including humans, but they need not be consumed as salt, where they are found together in very concentrated form. Some isolated cultures, such as the Yanomami in South America, have been found to consume no salt.[citation needed] Salt is involved in regulating the water content (fluid balance) of the body. Salt flavor is one of the basic tastes. Salt cravings may be caused by trace mineral deficiencies as well as by a deficiency of sodium chloride itself.
Overconsumption of salt can increase the risk of health problems, including high blood pressure, in those individuals who are genetically predisposed to hypertension. In food preparation, salt is used as a preservative and as a seasoning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_salt

Answer 2

Sea Salt

Answer 3

Sea salt. Table salt is a processed food, so it's pretty unhealthy.

Answer 4

Sea salt but I also heard that Kosher salt is good for cooking.

Answer 5

sea salt

Answer 6

sea salt

Answer 7

Sea salt. It contains minerals like magnesium and other trace minerals. Table salt is purely sodium chloride with a small amount of iodine and anti-caking agent added.

Answer 8

sea salt. anything that is mechanically processed, like table salt, has a lot of what you need removed from it.

Answer 9

there are more minerals in sea salt. Oddly, I also think it tastes saltier, but maybe that's just the variety.

We get ours from here. You'll need a salt grinder if you decide to order some, but I don't like their 'free' one that comes with a membership too much. It's okay, I suppose.

http://www.celticseasalt.com/

Answer 10

Table salt has iodine added to it to prevent thyroid problems, sea salt doesn't.

If you need to avoid iodine (highly unlikely) use sea salt.