What (or who) is salt?

Salt is very, very sneaky.  Keep an eye on him.

Is Salt BAD?

NO!  Salt is NOT bad!  We NEED salt/sodium for our bodies.

However, it is VERY SNEAKY, and using TOO MUCH SALT REGULARLY can be bad!


We're not medical professionals, but we have learned more about salt after Mr. Big Axe had open-heart surgery and had to monitor his salt intake.  

Below you will find some links we are sharing with you that were helpful to us! Salt is cheap, but your health is priceless, so please take time to research salt and it's effects on our health.

We all need to take responsibility for our health. Start with taking back control of sodium. Salt is cheap. Your health is priceless.

Below are some links to help us understand how too much salt can effect us.

Let's Start with good old-fashioned Basics...

Let's see what the DEFINITION of the SCIENCE of salt is with Brittanica!

 

Harvard School of Public Health Study of Salt

Let's see what the smart people at Harvard have to say about salt.

HealthyFood.com shares how to Flavor Food without salt.

Healthy Food - how to Flavor without salt.

National Library of Medicine: Salt and Kidney Health.

Kidneys are also affected by the amount of sodium we consume.

Mayo Clinic: Sodium: How to tame your salt habit

Taming our salt addiction.

Yale research on salt and autoimmune disease.

Can salt trigger autoimmune disease?

Bodybuilding & Ultra-Endurance Sports and Sodium.

Bodybuilding confusion on sodium with so much advice on the internet? Check out this clinical research paper. Again, sodium needs to be CONTROLLED. Big Axe Spice helps you take back that control.

          Spices and Herbs
         for the Health of It!

Here's some links to historical and current uses of spices and herbs that state to be medicine for our health!  

Medical News Today: 
10 of the healthiest herbs and spices and their health benefits

Healthline:
10 Delicious Herbs and Spices With Powerful Health Benefits

OSU Health:
How to use herbs and spices to pump up flavor and nutritional value of food.

Mother Earth News: 
15 Kitchen Herbs and Spices with Powerful Health Benefits

Pub.Med: 
Health Benefits of Culinary Herbs and Spices

Pub.Med: 
Medieval European medicine and Asian spices

UCLA:
Use of Spices as Medicines


Plants Journal:
Medicinal uses of spices used in our traditional culture: Worldwide

World History Encyclopedia:
The Spice Trade & the Age of Exploration