High blood pressure and sea salt vs. regular salt?!


Question: I know - the answer is really "NO SALT" -- but this is my question -- not whether or not to USE it. Is it healthier for a person with high blood pressure to use sea salt as opposed to regular salt?
I hope the answer is yes......


Answers: I know - the answer is really "NO SALT" -- but this is my question -- not whether or not to USE it. Is it healthier for a person with high blood pressure to use sea salt as opposed to regular salt?
I hope the answer is yes......

Part of the marketing hype that goes with many products is to seduce the consumer into thinking that something really regular is something rather special. The bottled water industry is a prime example. Using words like "natural" and "organic" seems to somehow make it better. Well, cancer certainly fits both categories.

If using sea salt will give you some emotional comfort; then by all means, with emphasis on "buy" because you've been sold something. Is there a difference between regular salt and the marine derived version vis a vis hypertension? Clinically, no.

Potassium chloride (the standard fake salt), aside from tasting like salt for just about two seconds, is then is followed by a two minute metallic aftertaste; it is just plain bad. If you need to season a food, train your taste buds over time to accept something different, like lemon flavoring.

That said, frankly, many doctors skip the dietary step in nypertension control and go straight to medications simply because most patients don't successfully follow dietary restrictions. Further, it is not one versus the other. If you can cut back on your salt (sea or table), season with other flavorings, and take a mild antihypertensive, you may have a much more realistic and achievable goal rather than to say completely no to salt. Talk with your doctor about this.

Good luck

Ralph

Salt not sea salt salt is bad for you sea salt is good fo you so eat dont eat salt eat sea salt ok.

Unfortunately, the answer is no. Sea salt is sodium chloride, just like table salt. Table salt is pure whereas sea salt contains other minerals from the sea. Try a product called "No Salt". It contains potassium chloride. It's not as good as table salt, but may be better than nothing. You'll get used to the changes with time.

No Salt

the potassium cloride stuff is prohibited if you take most cholesterol meds. Read the little black boxes on the monographs. And all doctors think we need to take some sort of cholesterol med.

Learn to like herbs and spices and to use them. Experiment with the herbs and spices in foods. Some like a dash of clove is totally awesome!!

Sea Salt still has the same amount of sodium as table salt. I don't see why some people think it is better. It is way more $$$.





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