Salt Dilemma: Is It Safe To Consume Refined White Salt? Nutritionist Shares

A pinch of salt makes our food taste just better. It enhances flavour and helps preserve food (especially pickles!) for a long. In our daily life, salt can be used as a cleaning agent, courtesy the exfoliating properties in it. However, since food adulteration is making the headlines these days, how could salt – especially white refined salt – be excluded from this debate? For years, the discourse around white refined salt has been controversial. Several experts have considered it to be less healthy in comparison to rock salt (sendha namak). But the question here lies – how much of it is true and why? If you are wondering the same, then dear reader, you are just at the right place.

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Renowned nutritionist Amita Gadre (@amitagadre) shared a reel on her Instagram handle busting the myths around refined white salt while comparing it with rock salt (sendha namak).

Watch the full video below:

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