Is sea salt healthier for you than regular salt?

Answer 1

All salt originally had an origin in the sea. Some of it dried out a long time ago and is mined from the rocks of salt that resulted. Other salt is freshly taken from the ocean and dried in ponds.

Neither is more natural than the other. The "regular" salt is usually iodized to prevent serious nutritional problems like goiter for people who do not get enough iodine naturally,

Answer 2

Because sea salt generally lacks high concentrations of iodine, an ion essential for human health, it is not necessarily a healthy substitute for regular iodized table salt, which is usually supplemented with the element, unless another source of dietary iodine is available. Iodized forms of sea salt are now marketed to address this concern.

However it is also been known to contain Sulfate, Calcium, Potassium, and a bit of Magnesium along with the Natural Chemical build of Salt which is Chlorine and Sodium compared to the mass produced everyday Table Salt which is primarily composed of simply Chlorine, Sodium, and occasionally some form of Iodine...

Answer 3

Way to go Rich Z, you stole my answer. All salt is sea salt. Take a large fresh water lake, eliminate it's inlets and outlets ,your lake just became an inland sea. Evaporate the water and salt remains.

Answer 4

"Sea Salt" is just advertising hype. It may have insignificant trace amounts of other minerals compared to refined salt but also may not, depending on how and where it was extracted. It may or may not have added iodine. If not, it is not as healthy as "regular" iodized salt because humans need iodine and, unless you eat lots of seafood it is hard to get any other way.

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Answer 5

generally so because regular salt is almost always iodonized while sea salt is usually left in its original state.

Answer 6

Why could you refuse to consume salt? the finished worried equipment is set with the aid of Sodium and Potassium. popular salt is Sodium Chloride, and often additionally contains Potassium Chloride... that's why you like salt. you ought to reason injury on your worried equipment with the aid of depriving your physique of salt.

Answer 7

Yes it is, its more natural than the other kinds. sea salt is natraully made and is made by the same soduim your body produces, hence making it easier to digest/dissolve

Answer 8

I doesn't have the nutrients stripped away. It's heathier in vitimans and minerals, but it is still salt.

Answer 9

Yes it is , at least , it is from sea

Answer 10

Hmm.. You'd think so since it's natural and stuff but I don't really know. It tastes much stronger to me -_-