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Most of this is beyond the level I'm at with biology, but I wanted to acknowledge your point about "salt". Just checked a carton of my normal, Wal-Mart Great V
by hga 11y ago
Most of this is beyond the level I'm at with biology, but I wanted to acknowledge your point about "salt". Just checked a carton of my normal, Wal-Mart Great Value non-iodized salt, and in indeed includes calcium silicate Ca2-SiO4, which is an anti-caking agent that's thought to be generally safe, and looking at it I suspect that's true. But certainly not for everyone.
On the other hand, my "salt is salt" comment was more about how NaCl is NaCl, wherever it comes from, table salt, McDonalds, etc., and will have the same effects regardless the source. Additives might indeed cause harm, but that won't be directly linked to NaCl once it all hits the mixmaster of your stomach.
A bit more to follow in email.
- Mz 11y agoGot your email. Will just briefly note that one modern therapy for CF is inhaled salt water mist and it was developed because people with CF who dive/surf/etc have better prognoses. I moved to the coast for a time to have consistent, free access to the ocean. The ocean has a lot more minerals in it than just salt. Some brands of sea salt also have a mix of those other minerals. When you dump salt, as with CF, it is going to drag other things out with it. Replenishing both the salt and the other associated minerals was important in getting myself healthier. This is largely overlooked by everyone. Everyone thinks "salt is salt" and that is true if you mean NaCl is NaCl. But products labeled "salt" almost never are just NaCl. Good talking to you. Have a great day.