Historical Proof That Salt is Not Needed

Rommel’s German-Afrikan Corps swept across the
gates of Egypt, fought and lost a hard battle at El Alamein.
Then they retreated over miles of blazing desert. Yet,
when the war was over, the English found the captured
troops in good physical condition, even though the
German soldiers were not supplied with salt tablets. This
story – just as my own Death Valley hike, which was
also performed in the blazing desert sun – supports the
findings of many experiments performed on humans
with a non-salt diet under hot desert conditions.
What happens, according to the scientific studies, is
that: after the first few days of becoming acclimatized,
the subjects stop losing salt through perspiration.
Apparently there is a normalizing mechanism at work
that conserves the sodium in the body. The comfortable
endurance during all weather conditions of people on
rigid, salt-poor diets shows that the “need” for added
salt in hot weather has been greatly exaggerated.
There is enough naturally occurring sodium in most
vegetables, celery, soy beans, seaweeds and other foods
that have not been processed or supplemented with
common table salt. These natural foods can supply the
needed organic sodium required by the body. Proof of
this is also found in the past histories of many races
throughout the world who have never used salt.
The Native Americans knew nothing about salt when
the first explorers landed. Columbus and all the explorers
of the American continent found wonderful physical
specimens when they arrived. Sad fact – the physical
degeneration of people often follows the introduction
of salt, alcohol, refined, fast foods and toxic chemicals!
I have made over 13 expeditions to the far corners of
the earth and I never found the inhabitants to be salt
users. Therefore, none of them suffered from high blood
pressure. In fact, regardless of age, they generally had
blood pressures of 120 over 70, which is perfect. They
did not suffer from kidney or heart diseases, either.