So here’s another public health stuff up for you. Add this to the list of things you have been avoiding for no reason, which already includes the dangers of raw milk and the evils of cholesterol . Good news, it turns out that there’s not really any conclusive evidence that salt actually causes high blood pressure, and not getting enough salt is most likely more dangerous than too much salt. See all the details here . However, not all salts are the same (see this article ): sea salt - evaporated directly from sea water rock salt - mined from deposits of salt from old seas (where sea level has changed) table salt - sea salt or rock salt that is refined to almost pure sodium chloride with optional added iodine This left me wondering which salt I should be using. At different times I have used iodised table salt, non-iodised table salt, rock salt (particularly Himilayan) and sea salt (the one most recently was "evaporated naturally in pon...