SALT

the sea

1l=31g salt

salt

water vapor

Heat (sun)

fresh water

Natrium / Sodium
"Chic name" for salt

The most expensive salt is extracted in the evaporation basins on the Mediterranean and Atlantic ocean. When a basin is filled with fresh seawater, it takes a long time before the water has evaporated and the salt crystallizes out.

Expensive salt

Fleur de sel
(literally: Salt flower)

How does it work?

De zon verwarmd de zee - zeewater verdampt - het zout blijft achter - het water dat verdampt is zoet water - het verdampte regen valt op de grond als regen - de grond is een klein beetje zout, ons grondwater word dus eigenlijk een klein beetje zout (natrium) - dat komt uiteindelijk weer bij zee.

Salt is the most important source
of natrium in our diet. It is generally assumed that when it comes to the health effects of salt, it is almost always about the effects of sodium.

Sodium is important for controlling the fluid balance in the body, controlling blood pressure and for proper functioning of muscle and nerve cells.

The main source of sodium in the diet is table salt. We estimate that we add around 20% of the amount of salt that we eat to our food ourselves. About 80% comes from table salt that manufacturers add to products, such as bread and ready meals. Manufacturers do this, for example, to improve taste, shelf life (meat products, fish, sauerkraut) or structure (bread, cheese).

Table salt consists of 99% sodium chloride; on food packaging states the sodium content.

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Ecosystem

Leefbewust with salt

Leefbewust with salt

Salt on mars

Salty Mars

één korreltje zout

Why is the sea salt?

Eating too much salt causes high blood pressure in some cases, which in turn can cause cardiovascular disease. Every year more than 5000 people die in the Netherlands as a result of excessive salt consumption

Eat 6 grams of salt (2.4 grams of sodium) per day. Even less salt would be better, but that is hardly possible in practice because three quarters of the salt that people eat comes with ready-to-eat foods, over which the consumer has little influence.