10 interesting facts about salt

• There is salt the only kind of stone that people eat. Its formation occurs under the conditions of interaction of an unstable form of metallic sodium with gaseous chlorine. But the composition of salt also includes sulfates and chlorides of other alkaline earth metals, impurities of bitumen, dolomite, etc.
• In France, there is a salt of the highest quality, which is called Fleur de Sel. It is not used in the process of cooking, but only ready-made dishes are sprinkled with it. The high cost of such salt is due to the method of its extraction. For this purpose, special baskets are used, through which seawater is manually filtered, as the ancient Celts did.
• In Germany there is a road that was used to transport salt in the Middle Ages. At that time she was called “white gold” because of the high price. The same roads existed in ancient Rome. Soldiers were used to protect them, who were paid quite large sums of money for this.
• Currently, industrial salt extraction is not an expensive process. That is why its large number used to purify aviation fuel from water. And almost 17% of all salt production is spent on sprinkling roads in case of ice. Only 6% sodium chloride is used in cooking.
• Salt was used in ancient China for suicide. It was enough to eat it in a dosage of 1 g per 1 kg of weight to provoke a fatal outcome. But this method could be afforded only by fairly wealthy people due to the high cost of the product.
• In Ukraine, according to published statistics, 38.2% of all deaths are due to excessive salt consumption. Scientists emphasize that the safe daily amount of salt on average is 5 g. Currently, this indicator in Europe is equal to 7-8 g, but thanks to social advertising, it is gradually starting to decrease.
• Everyone has heard about the harm of excess salt intake to the body. But a lack of salt in the diet can also cause serious disorders of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, cause liver cirrhosis, convulsions, edema and muscle weakness. Marathon runners can develop fatal hyponatremia during the race due to excessive water consumption, which flushes sodium from the body.
• Baths with sea salt used to treat vulgar ichthyosis, atopic dermatitis and some other dermatological diseases. But this remedy turned out to be ineffective for such a genetic disease as psoriasis.
• Exist sodium-reduced salt. In this product, sodium chloride is replaced by potassium chloride. This, at first glance, useful innovation was quickly picked up by supporters of healthy eating. But doctors warn that the use of such salt is dangerous for people suffering from heart, kidney and liver diseases.
• The body of a healthy person contains approximately 100 g of sodium. It ensures the operation of the potassium-sodium pump, thanks to which nutrients enter the cells and waste products are removed. When there is not enough sodium in the body, taste receptors in the oral cavity are activatedwhich distinguish salty food, and a person wants to eat something salty.

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