Sea Salt and GERD ??

humbird753 · Post by **humbird753** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:09 pm

I don't have GERD or heartburn, but recently read an article stating that by replacing oxidized salt with Sea Salt it will eliminate heartburn and gastritis. The article further stated there is not enough hydrochloric acid in the stomach, and the Sea Salt will put the hydrochloric acid back in the stomach and relieve the pain.

The article also stated that it would reduce high blood pressure.

Is this possible?

Just posting this in the event it is true, and hopefully can help those who suffer from it.

Paula

Post by **tex** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:05 pm

Gastritis is not caused by insufficient stomach acid, and it's not due to salt, or a lack of salt.

The only way it might relieve pain, is if someone is deficient in salt. In general, salt increases blood pressure, rather than decreasing it. I doubt that you would be able to detect any BP difference between using sea salt or ordinary salt.

Sea salt has a few more minerals that won't be found in ordinary salt, but it's certainly not a miracle drug.

It's true that heartburn is often caused by insufficient stomach acidity, and I use Redmond sea salt, but frankly, I don't see how it's going to increase the acidity of the stomach. It's just salt.

Tex

Deanna in CO · Post by **Deanna in CO** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:13 pm

There is another advantage to sea salt, however. Regular iodized table salt contains dextrose, a form of sugar. For those who are trying to avoid sugar, sea salt does have that advantage. If you use sea salt instead of iodized salt, you also have to supplement with iodine drops (one 150-mg drop per day). In my case, I think that plus the healthier diet overall is what was responsible for dropping my TSH from hovering around 3.5 (where it's been since 2007) to 2.8 last week (the lowest result I've had since January of 2005). Considering that every female member of my family, on both sides, has had thyroid disease (both my grandmas had thyroid cancer), that's a huge improvement.

Whatever foods I eventually am able to tolerate, I'm sold on sea salt plus iodine drops, and will be using that combination for the rest of my life. :-)

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:13 pm

I also use unrefined salt and supplement with iodine tablets. I've never used the drops. Perhaps that would be better - 150 mg a day sounds like a lot but I don't know a lot about it.

Love, Shirley

Deanna in CO · Post by **Deanna in CO** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:56 pm

Shirley,

Sorry, you are right - one drop is 150 micrograms, not milligrams! :-)

starfire · Post by **starfire** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:46 am

OK

I could have just as easily read it wrong or typed it wrong myself.

Love, Shirley