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Let's talk about one of the first symptoms that can occur if you're low in salt and

your body, which this is actually very, very common.

It's weakness, okay?

Overall feeling of weakness, you're kind of tired.

Let's talk about why.

First of all, the root word salad is a Latin word for salted greens, okay?

Because the Romans used to dip their lettuce in salt, which is interesting.

The word salary or sale, S-A-L, is a Latin word for salt, and the Romans sometimes used

to get paid in salt instead of money, which is another interesting point.

You should never consume refined salt, always a sea salt that's unpolluted, and malayan

salt is great.

There's many other salts that are just as good, because the refined salt is just sodium

chloride, and you're not getting all the other minerals in the right balance that you

need.

Plus, to add aluminum, which is not good, salt is also needed to make hydrochloric acid

in your body, to help digest protein, to help absorb minerals, to help kill pathogens,

and many people are low in HCl, and then they start getting acid reflux and digestion,

bloating, especially as you get older.

An average person as a very minimum needs one teaspoon of sea salt every single day,

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