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> The only thing dangerous about salt is table salt that is bleached and has chemicals added. > Provides essential minerals as well as a sleuth of other positi
by vonmoltke 12y ago
> The only thing dangerous about salt is table salt that is bleached and has chemicals added.
> Provides essential minerals as well as a sleuth of other positive health properties.
Plain table salt provides you exactly two elements: sodium and chlorine.
Iodized table salt provides you exactly three elements: sodium, chlorine, and iodine.
Please explain where all these beneficial and harmful substances are.
- danielam 12y agoNothing to do with the OP, but where did you come up with this? Table salt is NOT composed of exactly two elements. NaCl is. The two are not the same. Table salt often contains additional anti-caking agents (e.g. calcium silicate) and stabilizers such a dextrose. Iodized table salt doesn't contain elemental iodine, which is lethal at 30mg/kg, but some salt such as potassium iodide.
- ddp 12y agoFWIW, most chefs recommend using coarse kosher salt and not iodized salt (which as pointed out, has iodine and additives). In Rhulman's "Twenty" he writes, "It's important to use the same brand of salt or your won't be able to teach yourself how to season consistently. Diamond Crystal is flakier than Morton's so that the same volume is saltier than Diamond Crystal; a tablespoon of Morton's weighs more." Morton's coarse kosher is 1 tbsp = 1/2 ounce = 15 grams.