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Salt
Gina:
Thanks. I get my magnesium (epsom salt to bathe in) online at Amazon for about a dollar a pound (that Sole salt is $29.99 for 2.2 lbs). Right now salt is all the rage.
I can also get my sea salt (imported from Italy! ::) ) from the 99 Cent store for a dollar a pound.
I prefer the celtic salt for cooking and drinking the best but it's just a personal preference and it is very expensive (not as expensive as the Sole salt you mentioned), but it lasts a very long time!
My sister and I were talking yesterday about salt. She read that it is good to put a pinch of sea salt under your tongue and let it absorb slowly then drink some water afterwards, as opposed to putting the salt in the water and drinking it that way. It's supposed to get rid of headaches and stuff like that. You would think you'd get pretty bloated taking salt like that, but so far I have not. It's really good and healing for your gums and gum issues.
By the way, I also read that the Roman soldiers were paid a "salt salary," meaning, that's all they could afford with what they were paid. Much like our soldiers are pretty much paid peanuts - not literally in peanuts - just that they are given barely enough to survive on.
Dennis Vogel:
--- Quote ---By the way, I also read that the Roman soldiers were paid a "salt salary," meaning, that's all they could afford with what they were paid. Much like our soldiers are pretty much paid peanuts - not literally in peanuts - just that they are given barely enough to survive on.
--- End quote ---
"All through history the availability of salt has been pivotal to civilization. The word "salary" comes from the Latin word for salt because the Roman Legions were sometimes paid in salt, which was quite literally worth its weight in gold."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt
Gina:
I saw that, Dennis, but I don't believe it is true after the other things I have seen and read, but thank you for your response.
Gina:
Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt, and so she was literally worth her weight in salt. Poor thing.
cjwood:
Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt, and so she was literally worth her weight in salt. Poor thing.
gina, your statement made me laugh so loud my dog just turned and looked at me funny. ;D ;D
i have missed you.
claudia
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