Wednesday, 18 May 2011
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Dulse the Healthy Salt?
Is there truly such a thing as healthy salt? It is no secret that there is an overuse of high sodium products, which are linked to health problems such as high blood pressure. However, sodium is still an essential mineral our bodies require and plays very important roles in healing and cleansing. All salt originates from the sea. Just because a product is labeled as sea salt does not mean it’s a whole food as it still can be refined. Whole natural salt is slightly grey and may even have pinkish, bluish or other mineral hues.
Dulse is an edible seaweed grown in the North Atlantic or Northwest Pacific on larger seaweeds and rocks. It is low in sodium in comparison to salt, but rich in vitamins and minerals. It has a natural salty taste and is strong in flavor, making it an excellent salt substitute for vegetables, meats and sauces. You can even use it in shaker form on popcorn!
Have you tried dulse before? What other salt substitutes have you tried?
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first time hearing about this, looks interesting.
I've had dried and pulverized wakame and kombu, sea veggies, in a powder for a salt alternative. It's not bad. Just don't put too much on your food or you'll start to really get that wild seaweed aftertaste left in your mouth.
Hmmm I mean, the salt derived from the salty, salty ocean. But cool. I wonder if I'll ever catch a glimpse of dulse in Fred Myers.
It looks like fish food.
It's a medical myth that salt is unhealthy and there are more studies about it than the one recently published in JAMA. Belgium researchers examined eight years of data that compared sodium excretion and cardiovascular deaths among more than 3,600 subjects without heart disease. Their results: "Lower sodium excretion was associated with higher CVD mortality."
Source: "Fatal and Nonfatal Outcomes, Incidence of Hypertension, and Blood Pressure Changes in Relation to Urinary Sodium Excretion" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 305, No. 17, 5/4/11, jama.ama-assn.org
interesting! i'd try it if I can find it.
nice! thanks for this post - i will definitely be looking into getting some of these .. they are used in many raw food recipes! i also want to buy some pink himalayan salt because it is also rich in minerals and .. its PINK! thats just cool ..
I love dulse