Flutterby™! : Salt of the earth

New England Journal of Medicine: Low Sodium Intake — Cardiovascular Health Benefit or Risk?

The authors suggested that the alternative approach of recommending high-quality diets rich in potassium might achieve greater health benefits, including blood-pressure reduction, than aggressive sodium reduction alone.

By way of Pass the Salt (But Not That Pink Himalayan Stuff), which has a slightly overstated headline, but on the pink salt notes that:

If you read down the list of minerals, you will notice that it includes a number of radioactive substances like radium, uranium, and polonium. It also includes substances that act as poisons, like thallium. I wouldn’t be worried, since the amounts are so small; but if anyone believes the trace amounts of “good” minerals in Himalayan sea salt are good for you, why not believe the trace amounts of poisons and radioactive elements are bad for you?

By way of Elf Sternberg's salt craving.