The Truth About Salt

[@JoshChristiane]

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[@JoshChristiane]

Links to supporting research and studies are provided in the description. There are many varieties of salts I didn’t have time to get to in this video, but if you have any questions or just want to debate about it then let me know in a comment. This is an insufficiently discussed topic and it’s important to remember that many of the surveys, studies, and research done on salt are often heavily influenced by corporate money and interest. Regular mined and iodized table salt is incredibly cheap to produce so it’s no surprise there is corporate pushback against health concerns. The most important thing is that we keep our minds open on the topic and do what’s best for our personal health.

[@AmandaBooBerry]

I got out of the hospital a week ago for hyponatreminia. It was the 3rd time my sodium dropped to 121. Usually I ended up in the hospital from a seizure when I found out it's that low. This time I legitimately thought I was having a mental health issue! Brain fog, anxiety, lethargy, etc., make it very hard to distinguish between depression/anxiety and a critical low sodium level. I've now been diagnosed with SIADH. I'm on a 1.5L fluid restriction daily, which is crummy. But now I get to tell people to stuff it when they tell me I'd feel better if I just drank more water.

[@cliffordhammontree1009]

My mom's levels of potassium were in the low 1.somethings.. it supposed to be over 4 and the lowest the doctor had seen before her was low 2's but they were dead. Electrolytes do matter. All of them.

[@JoshChristiane]

I love that you get to tell people to stuff it now, haha. Sodium is an essential element to life as a whole. I'm encouraged to see so many people realizing that drinking more water isn't the solution to all health problems. I have GERD, and if I drink too much water it weakens the acid in my stomach making it even worse, so I know the feeling.

[@JoshChristiane]

Absolutely! 💯

[@AmandaBooBerry]

@@JoshChristiane My dad ended up in a coma once when his sodium dropped below 120. I've had seizures. It seems so archaic that medical professionals continue to urge us to limit salt and drink more water. NO!

[@CERAC...]

Thanks for offering insights that may help an uninformed person's perspective regarding salt...Really sheds light on the differences between the various types of salt. Good to be aware regarding the exploitation of workers in the Himalayan salt mines and the potential risks associated with certain types of salt. The WHO, despite its "well-intentioned efforts", tends to overstep its recommendations regarding "healthy" dietary choices, and their addressing specific types of salts is no exception. Your emphasis on Fleur De Sel is spot-on as being a better, healthier salt option, due to its natural minerals and minimal processing and is worth considering. Appreciate you breaking it all down.💡👍

[@JoshChristiane]

And thank you for the long and informative comment! You could write my descriptions with that level of detail, haha. 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@MalTon-ip9us]

Thanks for the video it was great, im sending it to my mom who is terrified of salt

[@JoshChristiane]

Please do, thanks for sharing it!

[@cliffordhammontree1009]

Brilliant video sir. Thank you.

[@JoshChristiane]

Glad you liked it, thank you for watching :) much appreciated. 👍🏻

[@judy6747]

I use Mediterranean Sea Salt from Costco which comes in its own Grinder container. I’ve used it for years and love it. It comes in a 13 oz Container which is disposable when you’ve used it. It also has an expiration date on it. Not sure if that’s so you buy more or if it’s because time affects the product.

[@JoshChristiane]

I've bought it from Costco as well and found the salt to be of good quality. I don't like the disposable grinder though, because they made it so you can't open it and refill it. With all of that said I still prefer Celtic sea salt over everything else.

[@alankramer8723]

In high school the athletes ate lots of salt. They even took salt tablets to maintain hydration during sports. Salt was never the problem unless you just eat way too much. Like a pound a week. Salting your foods gets better taste and minerals. I use Himalayan sea salt and it really doesn't take a lot to change flavor. Too much is hard for common people to do unless you eat way too much processed bagged chips etc. Your taste buds will know when too much is. Don't push the limit.

[@JoshChristiane]

Great point. Totally agreed, too much of anything is bad. But in moderation I absolutely think it's good for you, and even necessary.

[@EdnattPoling]

Wait, so salt is good for me? Count me in, this is a hill I'm willing to stand on

[@JoshChristiane]

Well I'm not sure about "good", but it's likely not as bad as some say if you're consuming healthy minerals. I'm all for it though :)

[@cliffordhammontree1009]

I'm a chef and I do use a mix of kosher salt and "lite" salt(which is potassium instead of sodium) too much of anything is a bad thing. My mom almost died because of electrolyte drain so I studied ALOT.

[@missmissy5751]

Not only good but necessary. I do Hospice and work with older ppl. They get nutty if their sodium count is too low.

[@murphybed7919]

I synthesize battery materials that desalinate water. I love working with salt.

[@JoshChristiane]

That's actually really interesting. Do you do it as a hobby or as a job?

[@annives]

I never knew there were so many types of salt and that the nutritional benefits between them can differ so much. Now I want some salty food! 🤤 😋 Thanks for this interesting information!

[@JoshChristiane]

Thanks! And thank you for watching, as always!

[@m.c8038]

USING PINK HIMALAYAN SALT CURED BRAIN FOG AND FATIGUE Miy mom uses tons of salt on everything, she will shake salt on her food and you'd think she'd drop over from it all, but she's always been perfectly fine. Decided to put pink himalayan salt in 32 oz. of water (it was around a teaspoon) and shook some on the food. Within minutes of consuming, the brain fog and fatigue lifted from poor sleep the night before. It was almost like an instantaneous miracle and it lasted the whole day.

[@JoshChristiane]

I've heard of that happening in some cases. I'm glad she figured out what was wrong before it became a more major health problem! 👍🏻

[@m.c8038]

@@JoshChristiane No no, I was the one who decided to try it, she's always put tons of salt on things, but like conventional "theory" in our culture, thought she was over-doing it, until trying personally and witnessing the power of salt firsthand!

[@JoshChristiane]

You helped her then. I'm glad you were able to, it may have saved her health.

[@Lina-cf6sy]

Im sure the issue is people are just eating WAY too much junk food tbh.

[@JoshChristiane]

Absolutely. People need to cut down on all junk food.

[@rickyt11]

Thanks for sharing. I read a book called the doctors don’t lie. This doctor said what farmer in the world take salt away from his cattle. 😂

[@JoshChristiane]

Good point. When I lived in Texas I saw salt licks everywhere on the farms.

[@bp968]

I had to have a liver transplant due to PSC. For a few years before the transplant i had to reduce my salt intake due to the body retaining too much fluid. Salt is partially how your body regulates the fluid volume in your body. Also: Ahh. Ahhhsumption. ;)

[@JoshChristiane]

Absolutely all correct information. Thanks for the comment!

[@Wizard4SocialMedia]

where can I find kosher sea salt?? I googled it but I can't find anything

[@JoshChristiane]

Many brands of sea salt are kosher even if they don't say it on the package in the name. If you look on the bottom of the package for the K symbol you'll find that almost all sea salt is in fact kosher. La Baleine is kosher, as well as my favorite brand San Francisco Salt Co. which makes a fantastic kosher Fleur de Sel.

[@fizixx]

This is a really nice piece on salt! I've wondered about sea salts, vs. table salt, but have not done any reading on it. I do use iodized salt, but had so many other questions about it. Good info, and a lot of what you said about sea salt I was unaware of. Here's a tip though, when you say the names of things, put it in your description, or put a label on the screen. The transcripts are pitiful to use for spelling anything if you're going to look it up. The type salt you said you buy I still don't know what it is, lol. So, just a heads-up on that.

[@JoshChristiane]

Thanks so much for watching and your great tips. You're completely right, I'm still pretty new to Davinci and need to get more comfortable with handling on-screen text, but I will for sure in the future. I recommend buying Celtic Sea Salt for general seasoning and cooking, and when you need a grinder salt I suggest La Baleine Sea Salt. I've found that particular brand tastes really clean and oceany. Half the fun is trying new varieties and brands though, so I'm sure you'll find something you like.

[@fizixx]

@@JoshChristiane Thanks for the reply and info. I will look into that salt and the Celtic. I'm sure doing y-tube videos is quite the learning curve, but I figure, if no one says anything how can creators address things that can make a difference. Keep up the good work, you have a nice channel.

[@JoshChristiane]

Thanks so much! I'm always trying to improve however possible, and that's something I'll work on next. Have a lovely weekend!

[@fizixx]

@@JoshChristiane You will do ok. Your posts are good and informative!

[@SCArt-gr5zb]

what is the best basic sea salt brand that's not too expensive?

[@JoshChristiane]

I like La Baleine sea salt, and it's not too pricey normally.

[@astrantv367]

Can you link the studies your read ? It's very important for scientific topics like this one

[@JoshChristiane]

Yeah I totally agree how important it is for health. You'd be hard pressed to find any major studies I have not read or at least skimmed over, literally hundreds over the past ten years. Though through Google searches you may find most of the same one's I've read. The reason I didn't link any in the description is because basically all of them start with the same flawed premise, then self-admit defeat in their verdicts. Really high quality studies with any useful conclusions haven't really been done yet. But what I'll do for the curious is link a few of the most popular articles and studies I've read in the description. So just check up there and by the time you read this I'll have updated it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@JoshChristiane]

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2712563

[@JoshChristiane]

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9504547/

[@JoshChristiane]

www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7802MB/

[@JoshChristiane]

www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/opinion/sunday/we-only-think-we-know-the-truth-about-salt.html

[@antonvlaskin8496]

It would be grand if you could mention at least a ballpark of the price, is 20$/kg expensive, or am I looking on the fraud? You mentioned it should be expensive, but "expensive" could mean anything really for those who unfamiliar. I assume in France or EU it's should be cheaper than in US, but having at least some estimation would be nice.

[@JoshChristiane]

Great point. Most of my viewers are international so I tend to avoid USD pricing, but for this video it would really be helpful. Though an exact price is really difficult to estimate since there are so many factors to consider. Your location, the location the salt was mined, the brand of salt, the exact pond extraction (and time), how much you're buying (bulk, or partitions). But as a general rule good Fleur de Sel in the USA should cost around $30-$50 per pound. In France you might only pay $10 USD per pound being that wages are lower there and the product is local. San Francisco Salt Co. makes a decent FDS for around $25 a pound, that's what I've always bought in the past. Their salt is mined from the Guérande Salt Marshes, then imported for packaging. You can find LOTS of fake Fleur de Sel on Amazon for like $5 a pound, which is either really low quality, or more likely just sea salt being repackaged as FDS. Thanks for the useful comment and watching!

[@mworkman5958]

Incredible work

[@JoshChristiane]

Thanks, Matt. I appreciate the support :D!

[@DeborahWest-v4v]

I have never ever noticed a fishy taste with pink Himalayan salt. It is best to but the whole crystals and grind them in your Bullet

[@JoshChristiane]

That's a good way to make a finer powdery salt if that's your goal, especially for baking. To my taste Celtic is my favorite, but everybody comes to their own conclusion. It's no surprise that Pink Himalayan won't be as fishy as other salts because it doesn't come from the ocean since it's a mined salt.

[@steelearmstrong9616]

If I have any less than around 3000mg, I get heart palpitations and higher blood pressure and feel extremely anxious and uncomfortable

[@JoshChristiane]

You are not alone, I get similar symptoms. I've never felt like salt is my enemy, just many of the things it's mixed with.

[@judy6747]

I eat a moderate amount (if I feel the food needs salt, I use it.) and have never had any issues. In fact, ppl think it raises your blood pressure but I have low blood pressure - plus I am a little overweight!

[@DianaBarham]

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[@cliffordhammontree1009]

POTASSIUM TOO SIR!

[@RangerrayXRP]

During summer football 2 a day practice, we would be given 2 salt pills and drink lots of water!! SALT MY FRIES!! 😎🐂🚀

[@JoshChristiane]

Sounds great! I like salt anyways, so I love some good French fries. 🤣🙏🏻👍🏻🤠

[@larslarsen5414]

I happen to be stoned when I saw this video. And I have question. You are against "ripping people off" but you are not really against "low wages". So I place you fairly right in the political spectrum,? Correct?

[@JoshChristiane]

Did it make you hungry for salty food? 🧂 🥓 🤣

[@JoshChristiane]

To answer your political question: I am against low wages, to an extent. On one hand the free market should regulate itself, on the other hand free markets don't exist because freedom leads to bad actors taking advantage of the levers that system produces. An example of this would be minimum wage in the USA is $2 or $3 an hour for many waiters and waitresses. To me that's insane. Low minimum wages are lobbied for by corporations, and that's a lever they use to maximize profits. In terms of where I am on the political spectrum, I am far left on some topics (healthcare for example) and far right on others. But in general I'm fairly centric on many issues. I don't think labels for following party lines are very useful, as every person is complex and should develop complex views of the problems surrounding us. I don't vote right or left, I just vote based on specific issues, and it can be hard to find candidates who are balanced. I'm probably closest to a classical Libertarian.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

I would say that non-market wages are problematic.You have a country where people earn x moneys for hour. Someone discovers that westerners eat salt from that country and demands that salt worker wages are tripled. Then you have a country where everyone makes x but salt miners get 3x . Everyone sane would like to be a salt miner then but there's only certain demand for salt-miners, so suddenly you created incentive to: - bribe some foreman to have some guy fired, so you can take his place - kill or maim or kidnap someone to take their place - there's probably more ways how this would exploited, certainly women would get sexually exploited somehow, that's a classic. I think these well meant first world interventions sound good but don't end up good. Like when we all pay for some notebooks-for-africa - and we decimate all pre-existing African electronics manufacturers and sellers. Dtto with dropping all our old t-shirts on them as an act of charity. Good luck to anyone who built a t-shirt factory in Africa, I guess. This wage intervention effort will absolutely have side effects.

[@JoshChristiane]

@miroslavhoudek7085 A lot of truth to that. Idealism has its value and purpose in bettering the world and helping lift people out of poverty, but when rubber hits the road it's not always possible. Sometimes $3 an hour really is better than starving to death when you consider markets may not allow higher pay. Economics is extremely complex, and both Austrian and Keynesianism have different methods of coming to the same hopeful end goal. My major concern is less economic and more moral. I've heard of people who are doing slave labour in these salt mines under threat of death, and even if those accusations are false there are industries that are definitely taking advantage of people in more ways than just economically.

[@miroslavhoudek7085]

@@JoshChristiane agreed. I think it's a good thing to pressure for good working conditions, basic human rights and workplace safety. But to pay outstanding wages in some part of economy where the 1st world happens to intersects with the rest of the world, that just feels still colonial and centered around us, telling them what to pay so we don't feel guilty for getting it cheap. Honestly, it would also never happen. We are trying to enforce that children don't work on our goods. But nobody is checking it, at least not seriously. Children are on the farm. Then they leave, inspection comes and goes - and the kids are back. If we ask that they pay at least 1 USD, the bosses Will pocket 90 cents, put on paper that they pay 1 dollar and threaten everyone to say they get 1 dollar during any inspection. Done.

[@icya6175]

Assoomption???? "Salt may very well be bad for you and it probably is" he says @ 2:27

[@JoshChristiane]

Very true. It is an assumption. But if you think realistically about it MOST things are bad for you in excess, why would salt be any exception? The body needs some copper to stay alive as well, but take too much and you get liver failure and ultimately die. I think common sense tells us that salt is a necessary good, but too much can likely cause issues. This is why I think you should consume as much salt as necessary to stay healthy, but not so much you develop health problems. Just because nobody can definitively prove the exact amount where it becomes a problem doesn't mean we shouldn't tread with caution. That's just my opinion anyways.