Without salt, we can’t ever imagine a day. Without salt, food is never delicious, so it is very much essential for our daily life. Both Himalayan salt and sea salt have sodium chloride and trace minerals, but sea salt has microplastics or nano amounts of plastic.
In one study, it was shown that 90 percent of all the brands tested had microplastics. However, Himalayan salt has zero plastics. When microplastics get into our system, they create inflammation and a lot of problems because they can act as endocrine disruptors. It takes about 500 years for microplastics to degrade and break down. Therefore, it is important to limit your exposure to them. I do not recommend consuming sea salt unless it’s Celtic sea salt. Regular sea salt comes from the ocean, which is polluted, and chances are it will have microplastics, so you want to avoid that.
Now about table salt: the majority of the population is just consuming table salt, and they have no idea that it has microplastics. We focus on a healthy salt because we need salt. We need it to make hydrochloric acid in our stomach to kill off microbes, help us digest protein, and assimilate minerals. Our adrenals need a certain amount of salt, and our immune system needs a certain amount of salt. If we’re low on salt, the risk of getting insulin resistance goes up. Salt helps with hydration and is involved in the sodium-potassium pump, which is needed to power your muscles and nerves and give us energy.
We need between one and two teaspoons of salt depending on your activity level and how much you’re sweating. When you do keto, you want to have at least one teaspoon, if not a little bit more, each day because of all the water weight that you’re losing.