Sea Salt

Sea salt
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I believed that sea salt is healthier than table salt, because it has not undergone processing and hence contains many natural elements. Additives in table salt make the product more harmful to human health, and the desire to have the white color in table salt may necessitate use of bleaching agents. Hence, I believed that sea salt that is unprocessed or disfigured in its nutrition elements is less harmful than table salt. Evaporation results to drying and formation of sea salt, but table salt is more like processed food that undergoes energy intensive processes to produce salt.
However, O’Connor (2011), states that marketing of sea salt as a healthier alternative has led not positive reviews. In reality, there are no differences on impact of table salt and sea salt to health status. The main differences are that table salt contains an anti baking agent, it is fortified with iodine and is stripped many minerals. Sea salt has many of the mineral elements, but the sodium chloride weight is similar meaning that the two have the same effects on blood pressure (O’Connor 2011). Sea salt is not a low sodium alternative and increase in the level of sodium intake from both table and sea salt increases risk of heart diseases because of high blood pressure.
Iodized salt does play the role of reducing risk of goiter among iodine deficient people. Even though, sea salt may contain iodine, the amount is almost negligible, and would be less effective for people with iodine deficiency. Hence, fortification of iodi...