The Best Sea Salt is Cornish

Sea salt is a naturally occurring mineral used as a condiment or ingredient in cookery. But you knew that. Cornish Sea Salt is a flaky white crystal that melts easily, yet retains its texture when baked, so it can be used to add crusts and finishes to baked goods, yet dissolves perfectly well in soups and stews. It has an intense flavour that enhances any savoury dish. It's tastier, and healthier, than traditional table salt.

The salt is hand-harvested from the waters' edge at the Lizard in Cornwall, South West England. Salt has been produced there since the Iron Age. It's produced now by the Cornish Sea Salt Co of Porthkerris.

It's one of those "well known facts" that salt is bad for you. Well, not exactly. Too much salt is bad for you, but as it happens so is too little. Not that I'm suggesting you tip it on by the bucket. :o) But unless you have specific health problems, such as high blood pressure, and have received medical advice to avoid all salt, then you can probably enjoy a little Cornish Sea Salt in your diet quite safely. And the good news here, as mentioned, is that with the extra flavour packed into it you don't actually need to use as much as you otherwise would. Best of both worlds! Cornish Sea Salt also has Soil Association accreditation, and says that it "retains over sixty naturally-occurring trace elements essential for well-being", though since they don't seem to tell us which or in what quantities that's difficult to comment on, but it certainly sounds good!

As I said, either too much or too little salt can be harmful. Symptoms can include muscle cramps and dizziness, and may even lead to neurological disturbances or death in extreme cases. If you drink too much water without upping your mineral and salt intake to match, you can end up with hyponatremia or "water intoxication" (a known problem when indulging in a certain type of partying!)

So, in normally healthy people, in normal quantities, there's no reason not to enjoy some lovely Cornish Sea Salt in your diet.

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