Re: Salt seems OK (McDougall Newsletter, August 2008)

Very impressive Mouseclick.

But on the other side of the coin.........
http://www.drfuhrman.com/faq/question.aspx?sid=16&qindex=1


We have to be very careful here in the distinction between "sodium chloride" (an inorganic mineral) and the mineral "sodium" that we obtain from plants: this is transformed by them into a biologically active organic form, and of use to the body.
Eating sodium-chloride is akin to eating the rust from railway sidings to obtain the mineral iron, or trying to obtain your bodys need for calcium by consuming rocks made from limestone or calcite (calcium carbonate).

These are inorganic minerals and of no use to the body whatsoever and can cause much harm by clogging the arteries and other vessels.

I do not agree with Dr McDougall's assessment on the use of inorganic salt.

One example was Paul Braggs lengthy race/trek against some much younger male athletes over hard terrain in the summer heat: they were half his age and supplemented with salt on this journey. Most were sick and didn't finish.
Paul Bragg did not supplement with salt and won the race quite easily.
I have never supplemented my diet with salt and am in the very best of health.

Each to his own, but I would think twice before consuming any form of salt.

Chrisb1.


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