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P.J. Sullivan asked this question about Salt: A World History:

Does this book mention that salt is poisonous, unfit for human consumption?

Breanna Liston You'd be a corpse without salt. The body needs salt. Even funner fact: most countries put Iodine in salt to avoid iodine deficiency. So not only do we…moreYou'd be a corpse without salt. The body needs salt. Even funner fact: most countries put Iodine in salt to avoid iodine deficiency. So not only do we need salt, we also need iodine otherwise all sorts of medical issues will come into play. (less)

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P.J. Sullivan We need sodium and we need chloride, but we don't need salt, which is indigestible. Salt is poisonous because it is inorganic. We need to get sodium a ...more
Jun 04, 2019 09:08PM

P.J. Sullivan Dr. Max Gerson put all of his patients on salt-free diets and cured them of many ailments, especially chronic headaches. My chronic headaches vanished ...more
Jun 04, 2019 09:33PM

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