Bacon, sausages and ham rank alongside smoking as cancer causes, says WHO

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72. Uhm, just a quibble, but in the case of salt, there is no chemical difference between "sea salt"..

and table salt. The only thing that would be "healthier" is you might be more likely to use less sea salt because the crystals are less uniform, so you might have an illusion that you are using more. Less salt intake might be better from your blood pressure, or not, there's some conflict on that one, and dependent on age as well.

But sodium chloride is sodium chloride, doesn't really matter whether its labelled sea salt or not. The only differences are what's added, such as iodine, or what impurities are in it, such as in the Himalayan pink salt that's all the rage. The thing is, we need sodium(and potassium, also comes from salts), in our diet, table salt isn't harmful, in moderation, like with everything.

ON EDIT: Looking up Pink Salt, because I was curious, came across this:

http://themeadow.com/pages/minerals-in-himalayan-pink-salt-spectral-analysis

There are a lot of minerals and different elements in it, no surprise, its unrefined rock salt. But, the concentrations of all of them are either too small to be beneficial, or, thankfully, too small to be harmful, for there are some elements in that salt that can hurt you in large enough quantities, such as Arsenic, and everyone's favorite boogeymen, the radioactive elements.