Thank you. I do eat Himalayan salt. I’ll tell my daughter about this. It’s worth a shot. She was saying that when she eats too much salt, it seems to set it off. I imagine she’s referring to salt that’s in food. She’s always been sensitive to salt. The sea salt, though. That may be the key.
If she's sensitive to salt, it's because the salt triggers self-cleansing, which causes uncomfortable symptoms.
Salt is a key component in body chemistry, essential for transfer of nutrients from the blood to the cells AND transfer of waste from the cell to the blood. When the body doesn't have salt the waste accumulates in the cells instead of being removed. When the body receives salt, especially after not having it for awhile, the cells release a lot of accumulated waste, making you feel sick. So if she ups her salt intake she'll feel sick. But if she avoids salt, the waste will continue to accumulate instead of cleanse and symptoms will progress. This function of salt is why hospital IVs are saline solution, not water, because the body needs it for the blood to do its job.
It's not a perfect analogy, but it's kind of like changing the oil in a car. If you do it regularly the oil always looks clean, but if you wait a long time, the oil eventually turns to sludge. And if you still wait, something in the car is guaranteed to break.
At some point she'll have to power through it, and accept some symptoms. Over time the symptoms will clear up and the salt will not bother her anymore; instead it will help her stay healthy. And unless her skin is cracking from harsh chemicals she touches, it will clear up her dry skin too. It did that for me.
Just for the record, the hospital drip used on me was dextrose not salt. And I read that sodium (i.e. salt) should be balanced with four times as much potassium (bananas etc.) for cell health. For cracking skin try applying honey for half an hour each day.
Thank you. I do eat Himalayan salt. I’ll tell my daughter about this. It’s worth a shot. She was saying that when she eats too much salt, it seems to set it off. I imagine she’s referring to salt that’s in food. She’s always been sensitive to salt. The sea salt, though. That may be the key.
If she's sensitive to salt, it's because the salt triggers self-cleansing, which causes uncomfortable symptoms.
Salt is a key component in body chemistry, essential for transfer of nutrients from the blood to the cells AND transfer of waste from the cell to the blood. When the body doesn't have salt the waste accumulates in the cells instead of being removed. When the body receives salt, especially after not having it for awhile, the cells release a lot of accumulated waste, making you feel sick. So if she ups her salt intake she'll feel sick. But if she avoids salt, the waste will continue to accumulate instead of cleanse and symptoms will progress. This function of salt is why hospital IVs are saline solution, not water, because the body needs it for the blood to do its job.
It's not a perfect analogy, but it's kind of like changing the oil in a car. If you do it regularly the oil always looks clean, but if you wait a long time, the oil eventually turns to sludge. And if you still wait, something in the car is guaranteed to break.
At some point she'll have to power through it, and accept some symptoms. Over time the symptoms will clear up and the salt will not bother her anymore; instead it will help her stay healthy. And unless her skin is cracking from harsh chemicals she touches, it will clear up her dry skin too. It did that for me.
Just for the record, the hospital drip used on me was dextrose not salt. And I read that sodium (i.e. salt) should be balanced with four times as much potassium (bananas etc.) for cell health. For cracking skin try applying honey for half an hour each day.