Healthy Food Choices but High in Sodium
You might think salads, veggie burgers and vegetarian soups are wise healthy choices! You might want to think twice when you see the amount of salt you are consuming in one serving. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans suggest an average person consumes about 2,300mg of sodium a day, that’s equivalent to 1 teaspoon of salt or 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 times a day (see below).
Too much sodium intake may cause stroke, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and the list goes on.
So, would you still consider the choices below HEALTHY?
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I understand the concern about sodium, BUT… it has been proven in several studies now and many more on the way, that sodium is NOT, in fact, guilty of heart disease and high blood pressure, per se. Rather it is an imbalance between Potassium and Sodium.
Our table salt is a dead food, chemically stripped of its minerals, bleached and treated with more chemicals to keep it free-flowing- there is nothing about table salt that is good for you- except that we do need sodium to live. The sodium in Natural Sea Salts, however, are also coupled with over 84 natural minerals that are vital to our health and to many chemical processes in our body that help to keep our blood pressure in check by keeping fluids inside and outside of our cells in balance.
Please go to http://www.saltsofthe7seas.com and click on the link to an article called, “Salt Pleads Innocent” and read about the studies that have been conducted and the fact that it is Potassium and Sodium in balance that works to insure proper blood pressure and when they are out of balance and Potassium is low- there is a problem. It is the lack of Potassium as it turns out, not too much sodium that causes the problems. Potassium can be found in some of the highest amounts in green beans, soy beans, carrots, many different types of beans, spinach, squash, potatoes, bananas, prunes and apricots. And of course, the least amount of processing and cooking of these foods rewards us with the most benefits!
Natural, unrefined sea salt is also the best source for sodium in our diets. We would be getting the trace minerals- small but mighty, that we need to help facilitate the many intricate chemical functions that keep us healthy. Not all sea salts are created equally… so it is best to know your supplier and trust their resources for the highest quality sea salts.