The Importance of Salt in Your Diet

The Importance of Salt in Your Diet

Salt (sodium chloride) is far more than simply a seasoning for our food, since it also plays a crucial role in keeping our body in healthy working order. In this blog post, we are going to highlight a number of important bodily functions to which salt is essential....
How to train in hot weather

How to train in hot weather

Whether you’re training in summer heat, attempting to keep up your exercise routine while on holiday, or wondering how on earth athletes will bear up during the Olympics, exercising in heat needs to be carefully considered, because it can actually improve your...
How to boost fitness performance in hot weather

How to boost fitness performance in hot weather

As the weather heats up, it’s more important than ever to stay hydrated, especially during exercise. However, water isn’t the only crucial ingredient, salt also plays an essential role in helping your body to retain water. When heat strikes, salty sweaters are more...
Salt Health and Beauty Tips Revealed

Salt Health and Beauty Tips Revealed

Aside from being an essential seasoning, salt has many uses outside of the kitchen. In a previous post, we revealed a series of handy salt tricks around the house, but this week we’re taking salt outside of the kitchen and into the bathroom instead. You might be...
Five Health Benefits of Salt

Five Health Benefits of Salt

In this blog post, we highlight five health benefits of salt that you may not be aware of. The human body requires sodium in order to carry out vital functions and, since it cannot be produced by the body, it can be consumed in the form of salt (sodium chloride). Both...
What Is a Healthy Salt Intake?

What Is a Healthy Salt Intake?

Salt is essential to a healthy diet, providing the necessary sodium required for a number of bodily functions. However, the question of how much salt is a healthy amount for people to consume through their diet has long been debated amongst the scientific community....
Why Salt is Essential to a Healthy Diet

Why Salt is Essential to a Healthy Diet

Salt (sodium chloride) is a mineral that is essential to our health, with an important role to play in regulating fluid levels, the functioning of nerves and muscles, and management of blood pressure, amongst other things. How much salt should we include in our diet?...
Do You Have Enough Salt in Your Diet?

Do You Have Enough Salt in Your Diet?

One of the most common myths about salt consumption is that reducing your salt intake to the least amount possible is essential to a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. For some people, not having enough salt in their diet can have other unintended consequences on...