Dr. Helen Thomas DC

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Three Facts About Salty Taste

Salty is one of those taste that is entwined in our emotional body from childhood right through to our elderly status. I once had a student leave my cooking class because I taught that extra salt is not advised while cooking.  I was reminded and shocked at how important a role taste played in a person's emotional history. It is essential to understand the facts about our body's and salt. Truly life and death is involved. Our blood is like the ocean water, salty. There is a delicate balance in our blood between salt and water. Our blood knows just how to balance it unless we flood the bloodstream with salt.  

Three Salty Facts

  • Salty taste is
  • composes of fire elements  and water elements. 
  • salty taste decreases vata(nervous tension)
  • salty taste increase pitta(increase acid secretions)
  • salty taste increases kapha (water retention and weight)
  • Take a good look at nutritionfacts.org image below to have the most current research read to you and explained all about Salt. 

Find Out What Happens When Salt Floods the Blood 

  • When salt floods the bloodstream extra salt (higher than .9%)
  • throws the balance off.
  • The brain kicks in and secretes ADH(anti-diuretic hormones) this is no good
  • because it makes our body retain water
  •  increases weight
  •  overloads the kidney
  •  puts a heavy load on the heart pumping
  • not to mention the effects of salt
  • on hardening the arteries
  • causing cracks in the arteries
  •  leading to atherosclerosis.
  • Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the US.
  • check out image below nutritionfacts.org for research on salt

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  • Salt initiates digestive activity.
  • Increases appetites
  • Increases thirst
  • Maintains electrolyte balance
  • Decreases muscle spasm

To reduce the desire for salt use Sour taste(like lime or lemon) because the sour taste buds are close to salty taste buds on tongue and the salt taste can be satisfied more easily. Find out more on Ayurveda Tasteclick here.

Salt Heart =thickening in heart on the right.

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