SEA SALT COMPLEX

We began to research this late in 2023. Since then we have researched it extensively and now we have been able to articulate the benefits of it. We are deep into a “Mind Wide Open” moment, seeking wisdom, knowledge, facts, opinion and science to understand just what the opportunities are with this culinary and dietary concept. Our research and common sense seems to strongly suggest that maintaining a Sea Salt Complex in our menu and (and your diet) is a very safe, smart and inexpensive way to improve the flavor of food, its nutritional values and, therefore, your health and vitality For now, find more info HERE in an old blog post which showcases some of the Sea Salts we commonly use. Most of the descriptions feature a short film too.

4 KEY POINTS TO THIS PAGE

• FACT: YOU ARE A SALT WATER CREATURE…A MARINE MAMMAL

• FACT: SALT IS CRUCIAL TO YOUR CELLAR FUNCTION, VITALITY AND SURVIVAL

• SEA SALT: VERY GOOD. TABLE SALT: VERY BAND

• FIND, BUY AND USE SEA SALT IN EVERYTHING YOU EAT

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In these grinders we see 14 ancient sea salts. Small (left) and Large (right). Small contains 14 tea spoons of sea salt. Large contains 14 table spoons of sea salt.

YOUR BODY IS MOSTLY SALT WATER

It’s not leap of faith its a fact of science. This isn’t theory its measurable, demonstrable and, for anyone, logical.

SEA WATER: 3.0-3.2% Salt || BAY WATER: 1.0-2.5% Salt || BRACKISH WATER: .1-1.0% Salt || FRESH WATER: 0% Salt

The water in our bodies is like the brackish water in the delta the estuary (where the river meets the bay or ocean) at low tide. All of it, “salty”. The blood in our body is like the water in the same locations, in flood tide…significantly saltier.

THEREFORE IT IS A FACT THAT MOST OF OUR MASS OR BODY WEIGHT (BLOOD AND WATER) CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF SALT. WE ARE MADE UP (MOSTLY…65-70%) OF SALINE LIQUIDS. SO, MORE SPECIFICALLY, BY THE NUMBERS, WE ARE BRACKISH CREATURES.

Finally, there is a 98% match between human blood plasma and seawater. The sea is (QUITE LITERALLY) running through your veins, heart and brain.

Through our meal @ Raw Lab & LTLE FISH we’ll feature at least 60 Sea Salts. Some are from ancient / extinct oceans. Others from modern / living oceans. Sea salts as old as 500 million years are used. Some are from here. Others from near. Others from as far, far away in both time and space. You’ll benefit from the 80+ minerals found in sea salts instead of mineral free, factory produced table salt, which is high in sodium and essentially, metabolically, useless (minus the iodine). Table salt, in excess, can be damaging to your health as well, and is very often over-used in restaurants as a way to make people thirsty and to order more drinks. Sea salts are natural, bio-available and often produced by artisans through sustainable, responsible and non-industrial methods.

HUMANS ARE SALT WATER CREATURES

60-70% OF YOUR BODY IS SALT WATER.

So, YES, IN FACT, we are, SALT WATER CREATURES! Without getting into the weeds too much on this subject it is safe to say that the all paleo-anthropological, medical, and biological research confirms this. Vertebrate life started in the sea with fish and moved onto land through lungfish and amphibians. Reptiles, birds came next. Mammals came next. Human beings evolved from mammals. Salt has been a part of the entire journey and is still with us today.

Therefore, fueling your body with natural, highly-soluble, mineral & electrolyte rich sea salt from near and far (in time and space) is key to vitality and enhanced metabolic function in both the physical and metaphysical plane.

OUR SIMILARITIES WITH DOLPHINS AND WHALES ARE STUNNING IN BOTH DNA & BEHAVIOR. There is a mountain of research and evidence of this so going into details here is unnecessary. But, if you want to go down this rabbit hole, START HERE

SALT’S ROLE IN THE BIOLOGY OF OUR BODIES AND CELLULAR FUNCTION

WATER IN HUMAN BODIES: 0.4% salt. 0% of the water in our bodies is free of salt, or “fresh water”

HUMAN BLOOD: 0.8% Is about 1/3 as saline as sea water 0% of the blood in our bodies is free of salt.

Salt, primarily in the form of sodium chloride (NaCl), is essential for numerous life-sustaining cellular functions, primarily because its components, sodium (Na+Na raised to the positive power Na+) and chloride (Cl−Cl raised to the negative power Cl−), are the major electrolytes in the fluid surrounding cells (extracellular fluid). They dissociate in body fluids to carry an electric charge, which is crucial for the body's electrical and osmotic balance. 

Key Cellular Functions of Salt: 

• Maintenance of Fluid Balance (Osmoregulation): Sodium is the primary determinant of extracellular fluid volume. The concentration gradient of sodium across the cell membrane creates osmotic pressure, which regulates the distribution of water inside and outside of cells. Water moves by osmosis to equalize the solute concentrations, ensuring proper cell volume and overall hydration.

• Nerve Impulse Transmission: The difference in sodium and potassium concentrations across nerve cell membranes creates an electrochemical gradient called the resting membrane potential. When a nerve cell is stimulated, specialized sodium channels open, allowing

  Na+Na raised to the positive power Na+ ions to rapidly flood into the cell. This influx of positive charge (depolarization) generates an electrical signal, known as an action potential, which is propagated along the nerve to transmit signals to the brain or muscles.

• Muscle Contraction: Similar to nerve cells, muscle cells rely on the rapid influx of sodium ions to trigger the sequence of events that leads to muscle contraction.

• Nutrient Transport: Sodium ions are vital for the transport of nutrients into cells. The sodium-glucose symporter, for example, uses the sodium gradient to move glucose and amino acids into cells, which is essential for energy metabolism.

• Acid-Base Balance and Production of Stomach Acid: Chloride ions (Cl⁻) help maintain the body's pH balance (acid-base equilibrium). Chloride is also a crucial component in the production of hydrochloric acid (HCl), a key part of gastric juice needed for digestion.

• Cellular Energy (ATP Usage): The constant action of the sodium-potassium pump (Na+/K+Na raised to the positive power / K raised to the positive power Na+/K+-ATPase) actively pumps sodium out of the cell and potassium in, against their concentration gradients. This process requires significant amounts of energy (ATP), accounting for 20-40% of an adult's resting energy expenditure, highlighting its critical importance in sustaining life and cellular function.

• Immune Cell Function: Recent research indicates that local sodium concentrations can act as a signaling molecule, influencing immune cell function and inflammatory responses. 

In summary, the specific handling and movement of sodium and chloride ions across cellular membranes are fundamental tools powering numerous physiological processes, from brain signaling to basic cell volume regulation and nutrient uptake. 

What will YOU CHoose to fuel your cellULAR FUNCTION with?

1. mass produced, “factory”, industrial “table salt”, devoid of minerals, WHICH SERVES ONLY AS A VECTOR FOR IODINE, and contains toxic chemicals and additives which keep it from clumping together?

   -OR -

2. NATURALLY OCCURRING, HIGHLY SOLUBLE & EASILY ABSORBED, mineral rich sea salt from near & far and from both ancient /EXTINCT & modern/ LIVING OCEANS.

IT’S THE MINERALS, MAN!

The minerals in sea salt (84 of them) are absolutely critical to our metabolic functions. Modern diets and processed foods are often devoid of most of these minerals and getting them into our bodies is therefore rather challenging. Mineral supplements are artificial, not easily absorbed (bio-available) expensive and inconvenient. But Sea Salts (and seaweed, which we also use) are LOADED WITH MINERALS are devoid of toxic additives and highly bio-available). Sea Salts are, therefore, an easy, natural, inexpensive, safe, effective, convenient and SMART way to get ALL of the minerals you need for optimal vitality and metabolic function.

Which do you think is going to do more for you? SEA SALT OR TABLE SALT?

We think salt should be simple and natural. It shouldn't be made in a factory or contain artificial additives. And it shouldn't be stripped of or absent beneficial trace minerals. It’s clear: Sea salt is abundance. Table salt is poison.

AN ANCIENT - COARSE SEA SALT COMPLEX - IN A GRIDER

100% Ancient Salts - ZERO Heavy Metals - ZERO Micro Plastics - 84 Essential Minerals & ElectroRIGHTS!