Podcast Episode Sixty-Six: The Controversy Behind Salt

Salt is often demonized, but the truth is that our bodies need salt in order to function properly. In fact, many people may not have enough salt in their diets—it’s that important.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about why salt is so important to your health, what happens when you don’t get enough, and making sure that you’re consuming the right kinds of salt for optimal health.

What’s in this episode:

  • Why sodium is essential and beneficial to your health, and how it is necessary for brain and nervous system development in children
  • The hazards of not getting enough salt in your diet
  • Kinds of salt that we should be consuming, and why you should avoid refined table salt
  • Why supplementing iodine is better than getting it in your table salt
Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with nearly four decades of experience. Dr. Carling is a “Health Detective,” she looks beyond your symptom picture and investigates WHY you are experiencing your symptoms in the first place. Dr. Carling considers herself a “professional student” – she has attended more than 600 post-secondary education courses related to health and healing. Dr. Carling gives lectures here in the U.S. and internationally and has been noted as the “Doctor’s Doctor”. When other healthcare practitioners hit a roadblock when treating their patients nutritionally, Dr. Carling is who they call. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic.

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