Allergic to sea salt??

[teancum144]

The common ingredient in all three foods is sea salt. I think the pizza had more of it than the other foods, based on the amount I ate and the fact that they use sea salt to naturally cure the pepperoni.

I too react to most sea salts. Sea Salt is naturally high in nitrates/nitrites and so is pepperoni. So it could be the nitrates/nitrites. Also, sea salt can contain anti-caking agents (e.g. yellow prussiate of soda, Sodium aluminosilicate comprising sodium, aluminium, silicon and oxygen, etc.). Also, there is such a thing as artificial sea salt. Sea Salt from the Dead Sea can be dangerously high in Bromide. Sea salt from our polluted oceans can contain harmful pollutants.

Bottom line is we don't know what type of sea salt food manufacturers are using in the foods we eat. My current preference is Redmond Real Salt. It is a naturally occurring sea salt that is mined from underground ancient seabeds that dried up thousands of years ago (in theory, no pollution).

Here's another interesting thread on the topic: http://ehealthforum.com/health/sea-s...s-t134409.html