salt

Not news to most I'm sure but even though I felt I was good about this, I took a look closer and realized not as good as I thought........and amazed how some things aren't as bad as you might think while others are sneaky bad. eg: Cheese. A single slice or comparable pieces of many (most?)...

A couple days ago, I got my tragus pierced. The piercing place gave me after care instructions which include rinsing it off several times a day with a salt water solution. But the piercers and the internets in general insist it has to be sea salt to make the solution. That if I use plain old...

Seems someone is a tad upset about the 'De-Christianizing' of our condiments: http://www.slashfood.com/2009/03/04/christian-izing-salt-is-just-not-kosher/ Make sure you read the comments as well; they're a hoot. :D

Is this really the kind of thing we should be contributing to via our (unfair and exorbitant) council tax payments? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7538134.stm How long until the movers and shakers at West Norfolk Council start another genius initiative to combat a mysterious...

My friend and I are starting a business in candles, bath and beauty (et cetera) and we have made each other a firm no-woo promise. There are many woo claims in this field- not including the approximately bajillion and 2 about freaking candles. "Light green candles for money!" (Your money, no...

Just down the street from my apartment is a branch of the national chain of Planet Organic stores. They have a shelf devoted to Crystal Salt Lamps. It's $19.99 Canadian for a chunk of pinkish rock with a cylindrical hole drilled in the base. It would probably look kind of nice if you stuck a lit...

Will we all die if we eat too much salt? http://www.salt.gov.uk/index.shtml I thought the body was pretty effective at regulating that sort of thing? Chips are rubbish without loads of salt.

Two things about it, the first of which is actually to do with science. When cooking somwthing like rice in water, if salt is added to the water, how much will actually end up in the rice? I would have thought most of it would stay dissolved in the water, so very little should be eaten. If this...

I would appreciate your comments and help on the "Himalayan salt" fad. It came to my attention when someone offered it to my wife and claimed, among other things, that "it was the purest salt on Earth...", "it contained the 84 natural elements that the body needed, in the same proportions as...

From a blog I read yesterday: (offered as a response to a suggestion that HAMAS could be a force for positive direction for the Palestinian people) --- "Hamas is nothing but a new seed of what is to come, The Arab and Muslim people are awakening form a deep sleep. Enjoy your day in the sun...

While some "city slickers" would consider themselves fortunate to have their own private wells, some residents in Mount Vernon, Maine, are having problems: For complete article, follow the link: http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2001883.shtml

Okay, I got disabused of an old wive's tale today. Long, long ago, I was told that adding salt to water when you were boiling it for pasta would make it boil quicker. When I lived in Denver (elevation5,280 feet) it was very difficult to get water to boil on the little stove we had. And adding...

From: Chris Owen [mailto:beavis_owen@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:11 PM To: sales@ionicsalts.com Subject: FAQ Ionic Salts: I was recently viewing your website, and was wondering if you could answer some questions I have about the Salt Lamps, that weren't addressed in the FAQ...

I read an article in the local newspaper today about preventing high blood pressure by lowering your salt intake. Now I am a veterinarian, and we get extensive education in animal physiology in veterinary school, or at least the one I attended. I have always heard that you could lower your...

It's from a person who works for CNN, senior editor for Arab affairs Octavia Nasr. If you don't think she (or he?) translated it correctly, feel free to give us your version. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/29/bin.laden.transcript/index.html I report. You decide. Edit to add...

On the July 16th commentary, Randi cited John Kuharik as follows: "For those who don't know, table salt (NaCl) has a melting temperature of approximately 1400°F, and a boiling temperature around 2600°F. There will be very little of "the element sodium chloride" going off into the air as a gas at...

Anybody know if there are any behavioural/psychological effects of large regular intakes of salt in children? Can't find much on the net.

I recently got a piercing, and the piercer recomended using a sea salt solution to cleanse the piercing until it could heal. He specifically said not to use table salt. I asked why, and he just said that sea salt was "better." I was wondering if anyone knew the rationale behind this? To my...

I've been wondering for a while, and seem unable to find it, why putting salt on roads makes the snow melt at a lower temperature. Anyone here know?