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11 Dietary “Wise Traditions” Principle #6

Monday, July 24, 2023 7:45 PM

We need salt!  Adults need at least 1 1/2 teaspoons per day, just to supply their basic requirements of chloride and sodium. Many healthy traditional cultures consumed considerably more salt than we do today. Unrefined salt is best because it also contains magnesium and trace minerals.
Salt and Spices - Yes You Can!
Be sure to add salt to your food—we need salt for digestion, adrenal health, brain function and many other processes in the body. And be sure to enliven your food with a variety of natural spices.  When your food tastes good, we can digest it much more easily.  After all, eating should be a pleasure, not an act of renunciation.
USE UNREFINED SALT & A VARIETY OF NATURAL SPICES
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• Salt, preferably unrefined salt for magnesium and trace minerals (Sea Salt)
• Natural Spices - all you want
AVOID
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• Additives, including “natural flavors”
• MSG
• Anything hydrolyzed, autolyzed, or extracted
• Artificial Sweeteners