Sea or table, shake the salt habit for better health, says dietitian

Pink Himalayan, Breton Gray and Hawaiian Alea – the newer offerings of salt may be exotic, cost more and frequent the shelves of high-end stores, but they are just as bad for you as common table salt. “Typically people opt for natural vs. processed to avoid preservatives such as sodium, but in this case, all salt is sodium,” says a clinical dietitian. “Sea salt and table salt have an equivalent sodium content, despite sea salt being deemed less processed than table salt due to the way it is produced.”

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