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105: Salt: friend or foe? (Principle #9)
Episode 105
Published 8 years, 3 months ago
Description
Although conventional medicine may recommend a low-sodium diet, is this really the best for us? Low salt consumption has been linked to metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, poor digestion, parasites, and even depression. Salt is critical for proper brain and body functionality. In today's episode, Sally Fallon Morrell presents Principle #9 of the Wise Traditions diet: that all traditional diets contain some salt. She dives deep into the subject and addresses the following and more:
- what kinds of salts we should be consuming
- salt's ability to improve satiety
- salt's role in hormone function, brain development & sleep
- the concerns about plastic in sea salt
- the problem with refined salt