Gather · Sea salt
I love walking on the huge rock formations that surround many beaches here in the Greek island of Tinos where I live for the summer. I love the warm grounding feeling on my feet, and the freedom to properly use the excellent grip function of my bare feet to climb from here to there which so rarely I get the chance to do as I’m usually wearing my Earth Runners.
The other day as I was exploring the rocks at our near by beach I stumbled upon these little white puddles, on a closer look I realised they were full of dried salt!
Now, I am a huge salt lover; when I was at school I remember I would bring salt with me to nibble during class..so much I loved it - coming to think of it now how much my body was probably missing it.
So much has been said about salt in the last decade, most notably that consuming salt can contribute to high blood pressure and heart disease. I remember some years ago my mother even stopped using salt altogether; every time we had dinner together over at hers I used to get so annoyed with how bland the food had ended up being.
How can it be that salt is so bad for you I wondered, my body had always been craving it so much and that to me is a sign that I take seriously before any kind of blanket food guideline meant to be for every person on the planet.
Turns out there is much more to salt than meets the eye. Salt is not all the same, and especially what we call table salt - which is the most widely used in processed foods is not the same as sun-dried sea salt or even Himalayan pink salt which is sourced from ancient sea beds in the Himalayas.
Table salt seems to be what causes the risk for all these heart problems we are warned about. On the contrary, naturally sourced sun-dried sea salt is not only super healthy for the body but it’s also absolutely necessary. We are 70% water as you know, in fact that is salt water stored in the bones and vital for keeping them in shape.
I only buy either Celtic sea salt or Himalayan pink salt and use both as they each have slightly different minerals and properties. Strictly avoid table salt in restaurants and in processed food, always check the ingredients as some healthy snacks now use sea salt but only few.
Here in Tinos I am very happy to use the one I gather myself from the beach. Not only I know for sure it’s natural, I also get to enjoy the beauty of sourcing food on my own from the environment. I love to make flavoured salt mixing it with dried rosemary and lavender I pick from the garden, or with vanilla seeds to add to sweet stuff.
TIP | When you spot dried salt puddles in your rocky beach wanders gather the salt on the spot if you carry a container; if the wind kicks in the next day and the sea gets high the dried puddles will disappear and you’ll have to wait for them to form again.
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