Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's Ask and Nutritionist podcast, brought to you by nutritional

weight and wellness. I'm Amy Crum, a registered and licensed dietitian. We're thrilled to be

celebrating 20 years on air, discussing the connection between what you eat and how you feel,

while sharing practical real-life solutions for healthier living through balanced nutrition.

Thank you for your support and listening over the years. Now let's dive in to today's question. Today's question from one of our

dishing up nutrition listeners is there are so many salt options out there for my food. Can you tell me

which is best in which to avoid? That's a great question. There are so many

different types of salt at the grocery store right now. When I looked up salt on a local grocery

store website, there were two full pages of options. So no longer it's overwhelming. I'll give you a quick

answer first and then delve more into the whys after that.

When you were looking for a salt to add to your food, you want it to be unprocessed and

for it to contain minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, and iron.

Some of the unrefined salts we like are Redmond's Real Salt, which is a sea salt, and

pink Himalayan salt. Now, let's deep dive a

little and answer, what is salt? Why do we need it? How much do we need? And what specific

types do we recommend? Salt is a mineral made of sodium chloride and it's essential for life

and it's one of the basic human tastes. It has lots of properties and uses,

and when it comes to eating, we think of using it mainly for food seasoning and preserving.

There are a lot of different salts out there. Table salt, kosher salt, sea salt, Himalayan pink salt,

flax salts, flortisol, Celtic salt, Redmond Sea salt, and flavored salts, just to name a few.

Many people have been cautioned to limit their sodium intake, especially if they have high blood

pressure. But oftentimes if someone has high blood pressure, they don't need to limit their

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