Guest guest Posted September 23, 2001 Report Share Posted September 23, 2001 great info , thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 26, 2001 Report Share Posted December 26, 2001 Mark, I use unrefined sea salt in just about everything that takes salt. I am not a raw foodist so I don't believe that unrefined salt is bad for you. Why do you feel it neccessary to limit your salt? Since I'm pregnant and nursing I make sure to salt my food to taste. I also try to take about 1/2 tsp of salt to every quart of water whenver I feel myself getting dehydrated. Salt is one of those issues where there seem to be a lot of conflicting viewpoints. Sally, Since there are so many conflicting viewpoints about salt, maybe a Salt category in truths and myths would br helpful. What does WP say about salt? Love in Christ, Alison __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 Mark- I found your post regarding salt interesting. We've avoided salt for years but are now enjoying the Celtic Sea Salt. I've had persistent liver and thyroid problems despite an almost salt-free raw diet and mostly raw diet for several years. The salt tastes and feels very good to us. We've found lately that nibbling a little pinch will completely settle an acid stomach. And then there's the warm salt water cure for a cold which has always been helpful (gargling and " nose baths " ). All those trace minerals are hard to find or nonexistent in today's soils and it seems like we really need them today more than ever. I know if I didn't provide my horses and goats with salt or kelp they'd be in trouble. We used to eat dulse about once a week, but the flavor was too strong to serve on an everyday basis. Isn't it possible that your liver spots disappeared due to an overall improvement in your diet? I was able to get rid of my liver spots years ago by faithfully rubbing castor oil into the spots every night for one month and at the same diet continuing a natural diet that did include sea salt (not unrefined). They were completely gone in one month. I was wondering what you think of Hulda 's gallstone flush that uses a large amount of epsom salt. I've done 2 successful flushes myself and know several people who have saved themselves surgery by doing the cleanse. There are about 700 people on the Gallstones group discussing the merits of this cleanse. It seems the salt is a very necessary part of ridding the body of stones and people who try to do mini flushes using juice without the salts can end up with cramping and gas pains and even serious problems. Meg http://community.webtv.net/MegDCL/ForGoodnessSakeRanch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2001 Report Share Posted December 28, 2001 > All those trace minerals are hard to find or nonexistent > in today's soils and it seems like we really need them > today more than ever. I know if I didn't provide my horses and > goats with salt or kelp they'd be in trouble. Hi Meg: In many poor soils it's not that they lack minerals, but rather the minerals in the poor soil are not available. If your horses and goats need salt then the diet you feed them is malnourishing them. Feeding minerals from the mineral bin to humans or animals does not necessarily solve a mineral deficiency problem. If the organic compounds the body needs to put those minerals into nutritional service are missing then the body can not properly make use of the minerals, even when they are digested and absorbed. (For humans, please see Weston Price's work on activator X.) Albrecht wrote that when animals go to the mineral bin should it be described as an act of desperation? Chi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 >In many poor soils it's not that they lack minerals, but >rather the minerals in the poor soil are not available. This statement will have to be thought out a bit.... So the soil is not poor because of lacking the minerals, it is poor because it is lacking the ability to transfer these minerals? My thought goes on to why do we put minerals on the soil so the plants will have more minerals? How is the mineral transfer problem fixed? Grace, a Augustine I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish you enough ''Hello's " to get you through the final goodbye. --anonymous ----- Original Message ----- From: soilfertility Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:37 PM Subject: Re: salt > All those trace minerals are hard to find or nonexistent > in today's soils and it seems like we really need them > today more than ever. I know if I didn't provide my horses and > goats with salt or kelp they'd be in trouble. Hi Meg: If your horses and goats need salt then the diet you feed them is malnourishing them. Feeding minerals from the mineral bin to humans or animals does not necessarily solve a mineral deficiency problem. If the organic compounds the body needs to put those minerals into nutritional service are missing then the body can not properly make use of the minerals, even when they are digested and absorbed. (For humans, please see Weston Price's work on activator X.) Albrecht wrote that when animals go to the mineral bin should it be described as an act of desperation? Chi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2001 Report Share Posted December 29, 2001 > >In many poor soils it's not that they lack minerals, but >rather the minerals in the poor soil are not available. > > This statement will have to be thought out a bit.... So the soil is not poor because of lacking the minerals, it is poor because it is lacking the ability to transfer these minerals? My thought goes on to why do we put minerals on the soil so the plants will have more minerals? How is the mineral transfer problem fixed? > Hi a: When minerals are added to soil for agricultural purposes, they are added in an " available " form. In a bag of fertilizer, the standard components of N,P and K (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) are listed on the package as 3 numbers, like 20-20-20. The numbers represent the percentage of each that is water soluble. In current agriculture, when the availability of a mineral in the soil is low, it is added in available form. Usually no attempt is made to determine if the mineral is present in the soil although not available. A soil test for a garden or a farm does not measure minerals in the soil, it measures available minerals in the soil, a big difference. If people were to learn that there was a way to make minerals in the soil available without the need to buy them in available form, it would be bad for the agriculture business. Since research in agriculture is funded by the companies that sell the products, I would doubt that there would be any research going on to determine how to make locked up minerals in the soil available. Since ag colleges get funding from these companies and don't like to bite the hand that feeds them, this type of research would be discouraged in a university setting. Chi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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