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These beliefs conflict in the broad spectrum of holistic health <a href="/wiki/Quackery" title="Quackery">quackery</a>, casting humble sodium chloride in every role from nutrient <a href="/wiki/Panacea" title="Panacea">panacea</a> to "white poison". </p><p>Often this focuses on consuming the "right sort" of salt, the sort of salt that sells for $6.50 per pound. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Lots_of_elements"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Lots of elements</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Common_table_salt"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Common table salt</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Himalayan_salt"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Himalayan salt</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Salt_lamps"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Salt lamps</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Salt_caves"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Salt caves</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Celtic_salt"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Celtic salt</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Lack_of_salt_turns_people_into_vampires"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Lack of salt turns people into vampires</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Cooking_woo"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Cooking woo</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Lots_of_elements">Lots of elements</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lots of elements">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Holistically promoted salts often make the claim that they contain some ridiculous number of elements also found in the human body. This number is usually in the low 80s. All of these elements are supposedly found in the body, and according to holistic medical "logic",<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[note 1]</a></sup> <i>we need all of them</i>. </p><p>Now consider that we have 118 elements in the periodic table. 20 of those elements are artificially created with nuclear reactors,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[note 2]</a></sup> leaving us with 98 naturally occurring elements. 6 of those elements are noble gases that almost never react with anything, leaving us with 92. Of these 92, we have stuff like <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercury" title="Mercury">mercury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radium" title="Radium">radium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uranium" title="Uranium">uranium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polonium" title="Polonium">polonium</a>, francium, and other things you want to keep the hell away from your body.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[note 3]</a></sup> </p><p>Saner chemistry tells us that 96% the body is made up of <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen" title="Hydrogen">hydrogen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carbon" title="Carbon">carbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a>, and nitrogen. 16 other elements make up almost all of the remaining 4%. A few dozen other elements exist in the body in traces in the parts-per-billion range. Many of these are incidental and <a href="/wiki/The_dose_makes_the_poison" title="The dose makes the poison">would be toxic in any higher concentration</a>. There's no way all 84 (or whatever number) are vital to your health, and even if they were, it would be foolish to depend on getting them from your salt.<sup id="cite_ref-hhl_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hhl-5">[2]</a></sup> Himalayan Sea Salt claims to include toxic elements like <a href="/wiki/Plutonium" class="mw-redirect" title="Plutonium">plutonium</a>, neptunium, thallium,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[3]</a></sup> and dysprosium, all of which are <b>not</b> good to eat. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Common_table_salt">Common table salt</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Common table salt">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>According to holistic medicine websites, table salt is pure evil.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[4]</a></sup> Because it's "refined",<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[note 4]</a></sup> it contributes to just about every medical condition ever.<sup id="cite_ref-hhl_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hhl-5">[2]</a></sup> Somehow, the harmful effects of sodium chloride are totally negated by adding very small traces of other elements to it, so if you're worried about your salt, you can mix a very small pinch of mud or silt into each can of ordinary table salt and it'll <a href="/wiki/Alchemy" title="Alchemy">transform into a remarkable superfood</a>. Another common choice is "sea salt", which is just table salt with more impurities.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[note 5]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Himalayan_salt">Himalayan salt</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Himalayan salt">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Expensive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_salt" class="extiw" title="wp:Himalayan salt" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Himalayan salt">Himalayan salt</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> has a pale pink color.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[note 6]</a></sup> It does not actually come from the Himalayas, but from Khewra, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, some 200 miles from the actual mountain range. Chemically, it's about 98 percent table salt, the remainder being mostly gypsum and iron oxide (accounting for the rusty color). Not only is it <i>not rare</i>, but it's from the world's <i>second-largest salt mine system</i>. </p><p>The claims about Himalayan salt range from overstated to extravagant, including the claim that it contains "ions of stored sunlight" and that its geometric crystalline structure is more perfect than plain salt, which will make a big difference when it dissolves on contact with any sort of water (how this is supposed to work is unclear).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[6]</a></sup> As mentioned above, it also has claims of many weird elements claimed to "make it healthier". </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Salt_lamps">Salt lamps</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Salt lamps">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote">See the main article on this topic: <a href="/wiki/Salt_lamp" title="Salt lamp">Salt lamp</a></div> <p>Lamps constructed from Himalayan salt. Salt lamps are claimed to release special ions into the air when they contain lit candles or light bulbs. However, they are <a href="/wiki/Woo" title="Woo">woo</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Salt_caves">Salt caves</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Salt caves">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote">See the main article on this topic: <a href="/wiki/Salt_therapy" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt therapy">Salt therapy</a></div> <p>Sitting in a salt cave and breathing in the salty, dry air is supposed to be good for respiratory ailments. Maybe it works. Maybe. </p><p>It does <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deepstore.com/">work for documents</a> (and other places). </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Celtic_salt">Celtic salt</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Celtic salt">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Celtic Salt, also known as <i>sel gris</i> (gray salt), is a slightly moistened salt from clay-bottomed salt basins in France. It's preferred in dishes where absorption of the food's moisture or dissolution of the salt is undesired. </p><p>In health woo circles, Celtic salt has many of the same amazing elemental properties of Himalayan salt, along with a healthy dose of <a href="/wiki/PH_woo" title="PH woo">pH woo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[7]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Lack_of_salt_turns_people_into_vampires">Lack of salt turns people into vampires</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lack of salt turns people into vampires">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote">For more information, see: <a href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">Vampire</a></div> <p>This mostly discredited,<sup>[<a href="/wiki/Help:References" title="Help:References"><i>citation needed</i></a>]</sup> secondhand account has been passed down to several salt-woo sites by Jaques de Langre (author of <i>Sea Salt's Hidden Powers</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[8]</a></sup> claiming to have cherry-picked the early 20<sup>th</sup>-century historian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Pirenne" class="extiw" title="wp:Henri Pirenne" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Henri Pirenne">Henri Pirenne</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (<i>Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[9]</a></sup>). </p><p>Dr. Langre claims in his book: </p> <blockquote><p>"The Belgian historian Henri Pirenne observed that during the High Middle ages, the entire coast of the Atlantic was deserted and the entire continent was thrown into a Dark Age of human under-development. Historians tell us that it was caused to a great extent by the lack of salt in the human diet, the flooding of all salt flats having disabled every salt farm along the coastlines of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The whole of Europe, therefore, suffered from a salt famine that was to last almost 500 years. The daily average ration fell to less than 2 grams per person and caused many to die from dehydration and madness. The extent of the salt famine reported by Henri Pirenne caused human flesh to be sold on the open-air markets and created an epidemic of crazed people who, to replenish their salt, drank blood from the neck artery of the person they had just slain. Quick to exploit this desperate situation for their own gain, the rulers of Europe grabbed the remnants of the salt stock and exacted exorbitant salt taxes. Heavily burdened by tariffs and gabelles, common salt became a luxury but also caused mass population shifts and exodus, lured invaders and caused wars. Mined salt from the depths of the earth was substituted, but the lack of live and balanced trace elements in rock salt lowered the mental equilibrium and intellect level almost as much as the sheer absence of salt."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[10]</a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>But where would this mined salt come from? It would have been deposited millions of years ago from an ancient seabed, just like Himalayan salt. As for "live" elements, elements aren't alive any more than rocks and dirt are alive. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Cooking_woo">Cooking woo</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cooking woo">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In the cooking community, it's common to see recipes calling for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kosher_salt" class="extiw" title="wp:kosher salt" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: kosher salt">kosher salt</span></a>,<sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> a coarse-ground variety of sodium chloride designed for extracting fluids from meat during the <a href="/wiki/Kosher" title="Kosher">Koshering</a> process, rather than table salt. Many people who do this say that this is because table salt contains more additives, like anti-caking agents and iodides, and accuse these of adding undesirable flavors to dishes, or of being <a href="/wiki/Toxins" class="mw-redirect" title="Toxins">toxins</a>. In reality, the additives in table salt have no effect on the taste; chefs like using kosher salt because the big flakes make it easier to control. The addition of iodides to table salt was a major contributor in reducing iodine deficiency diseases in the developed world, but switching to an iodide-free salt is unlikely to do you any harm if you're eating plenty of vegetables.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[11]</a></sup> </p><p>Some foodies insist that different varieties of salt from various places in the world have different flavors. This is partially true; differently-shaped crystals of salt have different texture and crunch, meaning they create different sensory experiences when they are eaten in crystal form. However, in most varieties of expensive salt, the trace minerals aren't present in high enough amounts to make the salt taste of anything other than sodium chloride, and when dissolved in water, there's no difference at all (besides the <a href="/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption" title="Conspicuous consumption">conspicuous consumption</a> of using garishly-colored salt that costs $8 a gram). There do exist some varieties of specialty salt that have different flavors, such as kala namak (which is mined from a mineral deposit containing high levels of sulfides and is thus prized for its ability to give dishes a distinct note of rotten eggs). </p><p>In Italy, it is commonly said as a rule of thumb that pasta water should be salted until it tastes 'as salty as the sea'. This is <i>far</i> too much salt and will leave your pasta inedible.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[12]</a></sup> About a teaspoon of salt per liter is fine. </p><p>Serious <a href="/wiki/Locavore" title="Locavore">locavores</a> with access to a beach sometimes like to make their own salt by collecting seawater and evaporating it until the crystals form. This is an interesting home science project (or if <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March" class="extiw" title="wp:Salt March" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Salt March">politically motivated</span></a>),<sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> but the results may not be fit for human consumption, as there is no means in the ordinary kitchen for testing the output for safe levels of contaminants. This is especially ironic if you got into DIY salt to get away from 'toxins' like iodides. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protochronism#Above-ground_salt_exists_only_in_Romania" title="Protochronism">Protochronism</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://badscidebunked.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/your-worst-day-ever-david-avocados-himalayan-salt-debunked/">Your Worst Day Ever: David Avocado’s Himalayan Salt Debunked</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Which is <a href="/wiki/Woo" title="Woo">neither medical nor logical</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The reason for that being that they're <a href="/wiki/Radioactivity" title="Radioactivity"><i>way</i> too unstable</a> to exist for any noteworthy length of time if and when they <i>do</i> form naturally; the intervention of technology is required to prevent them from decaying into other elements for long enough to <i>do</i> something with them.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Unless, of course, you want to play one <i>hellishly</i> nasty practical joke on the medical examiner.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Read: <a href="/wiki/Chemophobia" title="Chemophobia">processed in a lab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Appeal_to_nature" title="Appeal to nature">oh noez</a>!</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sea salt also contains other salts, like potassium chloride, calcium sulfate, magnesium chloride, and calcium carbonate (albeit in <i>much</i> smaller amounts).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[5]</a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Don't confuse this with "pink salt", which is 6.25% sodium nitrate and is colored pink so as not to be confused with normal salt.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salt_woo&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBuFYklNkek">Martin Prince</a>, <i>The Simpsons</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hhl-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-hhl_5-0">2.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-hhl_5-1">2.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://holistichealthlibrary.com/sea-salt-vs-common-table-salt/">Sea Salt vs Common Table Salt</a>, <i>Holistic Health Library</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://periodictable.com/Elements/081/index.html">Thallium</a>, <i>The Periodic Table</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://juicing-for-health.com/salt-sodium-chloride.html">Sodium Chloride</a>, <i>Juicing for Health</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/chemical/chemistry-and-seawater/salty-sea/weird-science-types-salts-seawater">Weird Science: Types of Salts in Seawater</a>. <i>University of Hawaii Manoa</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.longevitywarehouse.com/David-Wolfe-Foods-Himalayan-Crystal-Salt-3-Pack-p/himsaltdw1lb3pk.htm">Himalayan Crystal Salt</a>, <i>Longevity Warehouse</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://juicing-for-health.com/sea-salt-health-benefits.html">The Health Benefits of Sea Salt</a>, <i>Juicing for Health</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">de Langre, Jacques (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ssNIPAAACAAJ"><i>Sea Salt's Hidden Powers</i></a> (2 ed.). Happiness Press. ISBN <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780916508425" title="Special:BookSources/9780916508425">9780916508425</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2019-03-06</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sea+Salt%27s+Hidden+Powers&rft.aulast=de+Langre&rft.aufirst=Jacques&rft.au=de+Langre%2C%26%2332%3BJacques&rft.date=1994&rft.edition=2&rft.pub=Happiness+Press&rft.isbn=9780916508425&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DssNIPAAACAAJ&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Salt_woo"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation book">Pirenne, Henri (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YKO9CgAAQBAJ"><i>Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe</i></a>. Economic history. London: Routledge. ISBN <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136788567" title="Special:BookSources/9781136788567">9781136788567</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2019-03-06</span>.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Economic+and+Social+History+of+Medieval+Europe&rft.aulast=Pirenne&rft.aufirst=Henri&rft.au=Pirenne%2C%26%2332%3BHenri&rft.date=2015&rft.series=Economic+history&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.isbn=9781136788567&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYKO9CgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Salt_woo"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://curezone.com/foods/saltcure.asp">Salt cure</a>, <i>Curezone</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/03/ask-the-food-lab-do-i-need-to-use-kosher-salt.html">Ask the Food Lab: Do I need to use kosher salt?</a>, <i>Serious Eats</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/how-salty-should-pasta-water-be.html">How salty should pasta water be?</a>, <i>Serious Eats</i></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="food_woo-navbox" style="clear:both;"> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed autocollapse innercollapse outercollapse navbox nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#47374a; color:white; text-align:center;"><div style="float:left;" class="navbar"><div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Foodbox" title="Template:Foodbox"><span 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Passwater">Richard A. Passwater</a> • <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Moore" title="Jimmy Moore">Jimmy Moore</a> • <a href="/wiki/Max_Lugavere" title="Max Lugavere">Max Lugavere</a> • <a href="/wiki/Vegan_Gains" title="Vegan Gains">Vegan Gains</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tom_Naughton" title="Tom Naughton">Tom Naughton</a> • <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr.">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#47374a; width:20%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Diet_woo" title="Category:Diet woo"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Diet woo:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Blood_type_diet" title="Blood type diet">Blood type diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Breatharianism" title="Breatharianism">Breatharianism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Jesus_diet" title="Jesus diet">Jesus diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Lemonade_diet" title="Lemonade diet">Lemonade diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Ephedrine" title="Ephedrine">Ephedrine</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">Fasting</a> • <a href="/wiki/Inedia" title="Inedia">Inedia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Macrobiotics" title="Macrobiotics">Macrobiotics</a> • <a href="/wiki/Organic_food" title="Organic food">Organic food</a> • <a href="/wiki/Raw_foodism" title="Raw foodism">Raw foodism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Doughism" title="Fun:Doughism">Doughism</a> • <a href="/wiki/Alkaline_diet" title="Alkaline diet">Alkaline diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Self_help" title="Self help">Self help</a> • <a href="/wiki/Paleo_diet" title="Paleo diet">Paleo diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/French_paradox" title="French paradox">French paradox</a> • <a href="/wiki/Nutritional_supplement" title="Nutritional supplement">Nutritional supplement</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gerson_Therapy" title="Gerson Therapy">Gerson Therapy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Herbalife" title="Herbalife">Herbalife</a> • <a href="/wiki/Vitamin_D" title="Vitamin D">Vitamin D</a> • <a href="/wiki/Creatine" title="Creatine">Creatine</a> • <a href="/wiki/Raw_milk_movement" title="Raw milk movement">Raw milk movement</a> • <a href="/wiki/Gluten-free" title="Gluten-free">Gluten-free</a> • <a href="/wiki/Anti-oxidants" title="Anti-oxidants">Anti-oxidants</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Squirrel_diet" title="Fun:Squirrel diet">Squirrel diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Vitamin_and_mineral_supplements" title="Vitamin and mineral supplements">Vitamin and mineral supplements</a> • <a href="/wiki/Soy" title="Soy">Soy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Trans_fat" title="Trans fat">Trans fat</a> • <a href="/wiki/Errol_Denton" title="Errol Denton">Errol Denton</a> • <a href="/wiki/Coconut_oil" title="Coconut oil">Coconut oil</a> • <a href="/wiki/Glycemic_index" title="Glycemic index">Glycemic index</a> • <a href="/wiki/Isagenix" title="Isagenix">Isagenix</a> • <a href="/wiki/Subway_diet" title="Subway diet">Subway diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Agave_nectar" title="Agave nectar">Agave nectar</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sweeteners" title="Sweeteners">Sweeteners</a> • <a href="/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup" title="High-fructose corn syrup">High-fructose corn syrup</a> • <a href="/wiki/Neti_pot" title="Neti pot">Neti pot</a> • <a href="/wiki/Milk" title="Milk">Milk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bulletproof_diet" title="Bulletproof diet">Bulletproof diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pro-ana" title="Pro-ana">Pro-ana</a> • <a href="/wiki/Carnivora" title="Carnivora">Carnivora</a> • <a href="/wiki/Geophagia" title="Geophagia">Geophagia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Holland_%26_Barrett" title="Holland & Barrett">Holland & Barrett</a> • <a href="/wiki/Weigh_down_diet" title="Weigh down diet">Weigh down diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Clean_living_movement" title="Clean living movement">Clean living movement</a> • <a href="/wiki/Edward_Howell" title="Edward Howell">Edward Howell</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bone_broth" title="Bone broth">Bone broth</a> • <a href="/wiki/Palm_oil" title="Palm oil">Palm oil</a> • <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dorsey" title="Jack Dorsey">Jack Dorsey</a> • <a href="/wiki/Carrot" title="Carrot">Carrot</a> • <a href="/wiki/Diet_soda" title="Diet soda">Diet soda</a> • <a href="/wiki/Food_dye" title="Food dye">Food dye</a> • <a href="/wiki/Low-carb_diet" title="Low-carb diet">Low-carb diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Carnivore_diet" title="Carnivore diet">Carnivore diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Vitamin_C" title="Vitamin C">Vitamin C</a> • <a href="/wiki/Steve_Pavlina" title="Steve Pavlina">Steve Pavlina</a> • <a href="/wiki/Lew_Rockwell" title="Lew Rockwell">Lew Rockwell</a> • <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> • <a href="/wiki/Jeanette_Winterson" title="Jeanette Winterson">Jeanette Winterson</a> • <a href="/wiki/Onion" title="Onion">Onion</a> • <a href="/wiki/Helminthic_therapy" title="Helminthic therapy">Helminthic therapy</a> • <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_diet" title="Mediterranean diet">Mediterranean diet</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fad_diet" title="Fad diet">Fad diet</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:5%;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#47374a; 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