Salt

Benefits Of Eating Salt

The 'salt' is well known to all of us. Salt is used in cooking. The benefits of salt are many, it is not only for salt, but for cooking. There are other uses. However, consuming too much salt is detrimental to health. In such an event today, we will discuss the benefits and disadvantages of salt.

However, before starting the discussion, I would like to tell the audience some essential information about salt.

What is salt? Salt is a type of granular substance used in food, the main component of which is sodium chloride (NaCl). It is essential for the life of the animal, but is poisonous to most terrestrial plants. Salt is considered one of the basic flavors. It is used all over the world for cooking or food preparation.

Different types of salt are used in human diet. For example, crude sea salt, refined food salt, iodized salt, etc. The salt is grainy, white in color. Salt is extracted from sea water or from the mine.

Salt is a waterborne substance, so the water accumulates in the rainy season.

Salt is produced by evaporating the salt water of the sea. In addition, salt is also extracted from saline wells or saline lakes. In addition to salt water, salt is also extracted from rocky mines. A total of 20 million tonnes of salt is produced in the world in 2012. The top five producing states are: United States (1.8 million tonnes), China (12.5 million tonnes), Germany (1.8 million tonnes), India (1.8 million tonnes), and Canada (1.2 million tonnes).