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Article: Unrefined salt vs. industrial grade sodium chloride.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
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- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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Editor:
Most people understand salt to mean sodium chloride. This is only true in part. Salt is understood in terms of preserving or seasoning. The Bible describes followers of Christ as the 'salt of the earth' and those 'worthy of their salt' referred to those paid for work in salt rather than money because salt was a rare and valuable commodity. The word 'salary' comes from the Latin 'salarium,' money for buying salt.
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Salt, like flour and sugar, is a natural substance which should inherently contain all the elements from its source. Salt should contain all the elements from the sea, wheat all the elements from the soil. ...