有这么一俗语:柳枝加盐巴,活到九十八。这是古人提倡刷牙的俗语。   那么问题来了,古代中原的盐的来源主要是井盐和海盐(当时青盐产量太少暂不考虑),由于工艺的限制,井盐有卤味,海盐有腥味。富贵人家自然不原意直接使用,于是就有了竹盐。   由于竹盐不但没有异味,而且还带有清香味,在中、上层社会迅速普及,使用范围也从最初的“牙膏”,扩展到了浴盐、药材(盐本身就是一位药材)方面。
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Types of Salt in the Market

If you pay some attention on the health issues today, there are many articles discuss about the effect of salt on our diet. There are wide varieties of salt in the market today.

Table salt - pH Acidic
It is sodium chloride with additional of iodine. Table salt is currently produced by evaporation of sea water or brine. Usually it is from brine wells or salt lakes. Other than cooking, salt also used in manufacturing of pulp and paper, produce soap and so on.

Kosher salt
It is coarse-grained and free of additives that tend to cause pickling solutions to cloud. Kosher salt has a much larger grain size than regular table salt, and a more open granular structure.

Sea salt - pH Low alkaline
Sea salt is believed to be better than ordinary table salt in taste and texture. It is also coarse and unrefined sea salt contains many minerals that regular iodized table salt does not contain, such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, and sulfate. Sea salt generally lacks high concentrations of iodine an element essential for human health, it is not necessarily a healthful substitute for regular iodized table salt

Black salt - pH Alkaline
It is usually found in Indian markets and is strong in flavor. It is an unrefined mineral salt that is actually pinkish gray and has a strong sulfuric flavor. In traditional medicine, black salt is considered a cooling spice in Ayurvedic medicine.

Bamboo salt
- pH High Alkaline and have Restorative Effect
It is sea salt roasted in bamboo and contains more types of minerals balance that suitable for our body. It is originated from Korean traditional medicine practice.


Rock salt - pH Acidic

Rock salt also called halite and it is inedible. It is the mineral form of NaCl, typically is colorless to yellow, sometime may also in light blue, dark blue, and pink depending on the amount and type of impurities. The primary use is to make ice cream. It is also used to clear highway from icing during winter.

Himalayan salt - pH Acidic
This is a term used for marketing of rock salt from Pakistan.

Understanding salt can help us a lot and it is the basic to our health. Your body needs salt to stay healthy and nutritionally balanced provided you take the correct type of salt.

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1 comment:

  1. Table Salt and Health

    Table salt is a chemical compound mainly contains sodium and chloride. It is commonly used to add flavors to food and also for preserve food. It is the main source of sodium in our diet and important for good health, provided we consume the right amount. It helps to maintain the correct volume of circulating blood and tissue fluids in the body. Table salt contain about 98% sodium which may be the caused of thickening the blood and causes numerous types of health problems in these modern living and high acidic in pH reading.

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