12 Steps to Whole Foods

Starting Your Morning Off Right
Your body needs 23 times the amount of water as it receives in table salt in order to neutralize it. The excess
salt recrystallizes, causing uric acid to form, binding with sodium chloride to form crystals which are then
deposited in joints and bones. The results? Arthritis, kidney and gall stones, gout, and more.
Yet you’ve seen salt licks in fields for cows or horses, and you know salt is needed in the body. Are you
confused? The problem is the devastating consequences of refined salt, added to so many modern processed
foods in obscene quantities. It bears no resemblance to natural crystal salt. You actually need about .007 oz. of
salt daily, and not having enough salt creates health risks just as significant as having too much.
I recommend drinking sole first thing every morning. sole consists of
1 tsp. of a solution of Original Himalayan Crystal Salt (OHCS)
dissolved in water. (Important note: sole is not a teaspoon of salt—
rather, a teaspoon of saltwater solution!) You make it by filling a
small jar with the OHCS stones (see the source at the beginning of
this chapter), covering it with water, and letting it sit several hours.
(It can be used indefinitely, as salt never goes “bad.”)
Why do this? The body is made up primarily of water and salt, the
most elemental primal force of all. When water and crystalline salt
come together, they release their properties and are no longer H 2 O
and NaCl. The combination of water and completely unrefined salt
has a higher energetic vibration than either the water or salt alone. 2
With OHCS, hand-mined from where pristine ancient oceans
receded from what are now the Himalayan Mountains, you are
getting a natural concentration of all 84 trace minerals in a natural
form bioavailable to the human body. That mineral list is the entire
periodic table except for the 10 inert gases! You may be able to
address longtime problems stemming from mineral deficiencies over
the course of several months merely by adding this simple habit to your routine while also eating a healthy diet.
I have zero water retention using this salt. One tsp. of sole every morning is only 411 mg. of sodium, and the
USDA recommends no more than 2,500 mg. The average American gets 5,000 mg. of sodium (the bad kind,
no less).
Table salt is cooked, refined, and doesn't contain the 84 trace minerals needed for digestion, electrolyte
production, and other bodily functions. People who are salt deprived have aches (especially headaches) and
muscle cramping, especially at night, among other symptoms. You can eat table salt and still be salt deprived,
because that toxic substance is not recognized and used well by your body.
And people who are mineral deprived suffer more symptoms than I can list here, but they include fatigue, hair
loss, brittle nails, and graying hair. Mineral deficiencies affect every system in your body.
A double-blind study done in Austria in 2003 examined the effects of drinking a minimum of 1.5 liters of water
with table salt, versus 1.5 liters of water with Original Himalayan Crystal Salt (OHCS). Remember that a
double-blind study is one in which neither the researcher nor the subjects know which treatment they are
receiving, thus preventing bias.
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