Re: Really need your help--salt

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There is a really good book written by Dr.Batmenanghelidj, M.D. " Your Body

s Many Cries for Water...You Are Not Sick You are Thirsty! Do Not Treat

Thirst With Medications! "

He talks a lot about the importance of salt and water for your health and

also talks about the negative aspects of table salt...I had keyed in some

excerpts for my dad (my scanner was broke) because he had some health issues

related to lack of natural salt and he wasn't drinking water through out the

day. I am copying and pasting those excerpts below...Some of this might be

helpful to you....this part doesn't really really go into the table salt,

but it is a fantastic book. This doctor was the one that had to treat the

hostages in Iran many years ago without using medication and he found that

water and salt were what was needed in so many situations. He says our

doctors have it all wrong with the low or no salt diet. Here's the excerpts

I keyed in.

" Renin Angiotensin System (RA)is recognized to be strongly active in

Kidneys. This system is activated when fluid volume of the body is

diminished. (One of many reasons to drink plenty of water throughout the

day) It is activated to retain water and to do so it promotes the

absorption of more salt. In either way, water or sodium depletion of the

body then RA system becomes very active. Until water and sodium content of

the body reaches a preset level, the RA system brings about a tightening of

the capillary bed and vascular system. It is designed to do this so that

there is no slack and empty space in the circulatory system. This

tightening can reach such a level that it becomes measurable and we call it

hypertension. The reason the tightening of these vessels occurs during

stress is simple to understand...When there is stress some of the available

water is used for breakdown of stored materials such as proteins, starch and

fat. To compensate for the lost water and to put the system into a squeeze,

The Renin-Angio. System will also coordinated work with vasopressin and

other hormones. The kidneys are the main site of (RA) system activity. The

kidneys are responsible for urine production and the excretion of excess

hydrogen, potassium and sodium and waste materials....All of these functions

have to be maintained proportionate to the sufficient availability of water

to be used to make urine(One of many reasons to drink plenty of water

throughout the day) . It is true kidneys are able to concentrate urine..

however this availability is not to be used to extreme as it will eventually

produce kidney damage. We have not in the past recognized the significance

of the vascular tightening as an indicator of body's fluid loss. Now

insufficient fluid balance in the body may have to be considered as the

primary factor in some cases of renal damage....Once the RA system is turned

totally on it continues expanding pace until a natural switching system

could turn it off. The components of the natural OFF switch are:WATER and

some salt...in that order...until the measurable vascular tightening (blood

pressure) indicates a normal range.

While the effects of caffeine drinks may be desirable, constant substituting

caffeine drinks for water will deprive the body of the formation of

hydroelectric energy. Excess caffeine intake will eventually exhaust the

heart muscle because of its over-stimulation.

Recently in some experimental models it has been shown that caffeine

inhibits a most important enzyme system-(PDE) phosphodiesterase) that is

involved in the process of learning and memory development. In reported

experiments caffeine impaired vision and memory components of the learning

ability in the species involved in this experiment.

You must now realize why people with Alzheimer and children with a learning

disability should not drink anything other than water. Definitely no

caffeine-containing beverages should be consumed...

Water by itself is the best natural diuretic. If persons who have

hypertension and produce adequate urine increase their water intake they

will not require any other diuretics. A consistent gradual increase of water

is ideal..

Salt Free Diet is Utterly Stupid

Salt is a most essential ingredient of the body. In their order of

importance, oxygen water, salt, and potassium rank as the primary elements

for the survival of the human body. ...about 27% of the salt content in the

body is stored in the bones in the form of crystals. It is said that salt

crystals are naturally used to make bones hard...thus salt deficiency in the

body could be responsible for the development of osteoporosis. Salt will be

taken out of the bones to maintain normal levels in the blood. Low salt

intake will contribute to a build up of acidity in some cells. High acidity

in the cell can damage the DNA structure of and be the initiating mechanism

for cancer formation in some cells. Experiments have shown that quite a

number of cancer patients show low salt in their body.

The precaution to keep in mind is loss of salt from the body when water

intake is increased and salt is not. After drinking 8-10 glasses of water a

day you should think of adding some salt in your diet. Cramps in

unexercised muscles often means a shortage of salt in the body. Also,

feeling dizzy or faint might be indicators of salt and water shortage in the

body. If such occasions arise, you should also begin to increase your

vitamin and mineral intake--particularly if you are dieting to lose wight

or do not eat properly, including vegetable and fruits for their water

soluble vitamin and mineral content.

I have developed a rule of thumb for daily salt intake. For every ten

glasses of water, (about 2 quarts) one should add about half a teaspoon of

unrefined salt per day...this is of course if your kidneys are producing

urine well..otherwise swelling would occur... "

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OIC...

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> > I see a lot about sea salt and I was wondering what was wrong with

iodoized table salt?

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> Something I recently wrote elsewhere:

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> I understand,

> that our food lacks minerals, and Celtic Sea salt doesn't, but is there

> anyrhing more specific?

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> My best recollection is that table salt is about 96% sodium chloride (

salt " ) and the other 4% is stuff like anti-caking agents, iodine that they

add (because the Midwest was the " Goiter Belt " years ago due to lack of

access to salt water fish), and a few other things that have little or no

nutritional value. In contrast, Celtic sea salt is about 84% sodium chloride

and the other 16% is a mix of 80-some-odd micronutrients found naturally in

sea water. Since life on the planet supposedly originated in the sea, it

makes sense to me that the chemical mix found there would be more

life-enhancing/life-supporting than other forms of salt.

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> Is there something I could read on the topic?

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> A couple of things I found real quick:

> http://www.celticseasalt.com/PDF/CSSAnalysis-Jan2007.pdf

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> http://curezone.com/foods/saltcure.asp

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> I have read some other things but I have no idea if I kept the links and I

don't have time to search more right now. One piece talked about a study

where they compared the impact of sea salt vs. table salt on animals. As a

control, they had another group of animals that were not fed anything at all

-- were simply starved. They found that the animals which were starved died

slower than the animals fed table salt as part of their diet. Their

conclusion: table salt is actually " poisonous " and kills, whereas good

quality sea salt supports and improves health. I have no idea how scientific

that study was or how reliable the source was. But it's a story that really

struck me. These days, my sons and I refer to table salt as " industrial salt

because we only use it for " industrial " purposes like scrubbing mold off

the sink. We think it pretty much tastes like poison.

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> HTH.

>

> Michele

> http://www.healthgazelle.com

> http://www.kidslikemine.com

> http://www.solanorail.com

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> There is a really good book written by Dr.Batmenanghelidj, M.D. " Your Body

> s Many Cries for Water...You Are Not Sick You are Thirsty! Do Not Treat

> Thirst With Medications! "

, I've heard an audio recording of a talk he gave many years ago on the same

subject. He is a very interesting man--Iranian doctor trained in England,

arrested after Islamic revolution and imprisoned for his western education,

discovered the importance of water for various problems while treating patients

in prison, eventually freed and the U. of Penn got him out of the country to do

research in US on importance of water....

One of his main points is that coffee, orange juice, alcoholic beverages are NOT

water. We need the 6+ glasses of H2O/water daily.

[Guest guest]

Hey Joe! You are right. Actually I am reading that the amount of water

needed for optimal health is to take your body weight divide it in half and

that is how much you should drink in ounces. So a 150 lb person should

drink 75 ounces. Unfortunately, lots of folks are not doing that or like

you say they are drinking other things that do not qualify as water. But I

hope gradually over time more folks will make this a life habit for them and

their kids.

-- [ ] Re: Really need your help--salt

>

> There is a really good book written by Dr.Batmenanghelidj, M.D. " Your Body

> s Many Cries for Water...You Are Not Sick You are Thirsty! Do Not Treat

> Thirst With Medications! "

, I've heard an audio recording of a talk he gave many years ago on the

same subject. He is a very interesting man--Iranian doctor trained in

England, arrested after Islamic revolution and imprisoned for his western

education, discovered the importance of water for various problems while

treating patients in prison, eventually freed and the U. of Penn got him out

of the country to do research in US on importance of water....

One of his main points is that coffee, orange juice, alcoholic beverages are

NOT water. We need the 6+ glasses of H2O/water daily.