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I eat celtic sea salt and redmond real salt and have low blood pressure and its normal i think only table salt that is processed is bad for us! do you?
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Salt is Salt: Salt is NaCl (Sodium Chloride). The other "salts" contain various amounts of other minerals like magnesium, potassium and others. This affects their taste not their function. "Processed" salt sometimes contains Iodine. Any salt is not "bad" for us. It is actually a necessary nutrient. Excessive salt can be harmful for some people. Processed or not is essentially irrelevant.
Answered 9/27/2015
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