| It's astonishing to hear all the talk about the importance | | | | On your next visit to the market, take a look at the |
| of salt during pregnancy with no mention of the fact | | | | nutritional content on a container of the table salt you |
| that not all sources of sodium, or salt, are the same. | | | | typically buy. Now compare that with the label found |
| This is a key consideration for pregnancy health. | | | | on a package of unrefined, unprocessed sea salt. One |
| As far as the body is concerned, there's no connection | | | | can destroy your health, while the other heals you. |
| between the chemically cleansed sodium chloride table | | | | Those trace minerals found in unprocessed sea salt |
| salt you buy at the supermarket, contained in virtually | | | | are essential for life, and for pregnancy health. |
| every processed food you buy, and the mineral rich | | | | These essential minerals are stripped during the |
| organic sea salt available over the Internet or your | | | | processing used to create the table salt we typically |
| local health food store. These minerals are needed | | | | consume in our diets. In fact, potassium iodide has to |
| more than ever for pregnancy health. | | | | be added back in to prevent goiter, a thyroid gland |
| Standard table salt is highly refined, chemically | | | | problem caused by lack of iodine. The differences are |
| cleansed, and unfriendly to the body. Unrefined sea salt | | | | noteworthy for any mother concerned with pregnancy |
| is a naturally occurring complex of sodium chloride, | | | | health. |
| which includes major minerals such as calcium, | | | | Keep in mind that not all packages labeled "sea salt" |
| magnesium, potassium and a host of around 80 | | | | are created equal. Look beyond the words "sea salt" |
| essential trace minerals. These are instrumental for | | | | on the label for a mineral analysis. Also, look for details |
| pregnancy health. | | | | assuring it has not been heated nor had chemicals |
| Although the benefits of consuming these trace | | | | added. Real sea salt is rarely pure white in color. |
| minerals are too numerous to list here, the nutrients | | | | Different coloring, depending on where the salts are |
| and minerals found in sea salt help your body preserve | | | | harvested from, bode well and are an indication of the |
| blood cells, a major advantage towards insuring | | | | salts mineral content. These trace minerals will serve |
| pregnancy health. | | | | as good insurance towards pregnancy health. |