Dietary salt

In terms of chemistry, table salt is a compound called sodium chloride. At all times, salt was on the list of food vital for humanity. In addition, salt is the most popular flavor or food additive that can change the taste of the finished culinary product in a heartbeat.

Over the thousand-year history of salt, several varieties of the product have been discovered. The following most common and widely eaten types of salt can be distinguished:



edible salt;

table salt;

sea food salt;

iodinated salt;

black salt;

flavored salt (garlic, onion and others);

salt of the Dead Sea;

Svan salt;

dietary or therapeutic salt.



The latter type of salt refers to fairly specific varieties of a food product. Dietary salt differs from other species primarily in its chemical composition. Based on the name of the product, dietary salt is used in the therapeutic nutrition menu. Therefore, the composition of the dietary salt is additionally enriched with nutrients indispensable for the human body.

It is worth noting that it is salt that keeps the palm as the most common spice, which is used everywhere both in home cuisine and catering establishments. This ubiquity makes salt the most suitable food product, which is conveniently used as a source of useful compounds indispensable for the human body.

That is why iodized, therapeutic and preventive or dietary salt is produced in the food industry. As a rule, salt is enriched with iodine for the prevention of thyroid diseases, as well as fluorine for the benefit of teeth. Dietary salt allows you to adjust the diet of the vast majority of the inhabitants of planet Earth.

Dietary salt is considered the main source of sodium for the human body. Do not be mistaken and think that dietary salt is a low-calorie food. The calorie content of dietary salt does not differ at all from other types of product and is equal to 0 Kcal. As a food, dietary salt has no nutritional value.

However, the importance of dietary salt lies in the fact that the composition of the product is enriched with a large amount of undoubtedly useful and simply essential substances that the human body needs for normal life. In addition, the content of a fairly small amount of sodium in the chemical composition of the product can also be considered a feature of the dietary salt.

Since sodium accumulates in the body and leads to adverse consequences in the therapeutic or dietary nutrition menu, it is best to use a specially designed dietary type of salt, which contains a large amount of magnesium, as well as potassium. Doctors recommend introducing dietary salt into the diet for people suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system and joints.