Salt

"Most discussions of salt ignore the issue of salt processing. Few people realize that our salt - like our sugar, flour, and vegetable oils - is highly refined; it is the product of a chemical and high-temperature process that removes all the valuable magnesium salts as well as trace minerals occurring in the sea. To keep salt dry, salt refiners adulterate this "pure" product with several harmful additives, including aluminum compounds. To replace the natural iodine salts that are removed during a processing, potassium iodide is added in amounts that can be toxic. To stabilize the volatile iodide compund,processors add dextrose which turns the iodized salt a purplish color. A bleaching agent is then necessary to restore whiteness to the salt." - taken from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon