Salt

Problem: Table salt is a highly refined, potentially toxic product. It originates from evaporated sea water or mined rock salt. To "purify" the natural product, workers treat the raw salt with chemicals and process it in a high temperature, high pressure environment. This process removes beneficial trace minerals (including iodine) and magnesium salts. To prevent caking, workers add additional chemicals, including two types of aluminum. To prevent iodine deficiency, workers add toxic amounts of potassium iodide. Then to stabilize the potassium iodine, workers add dextrose (corn sugar). And because dextrose gives salt a purple color, workers bleach the final product before packaging it and sending it to grocery store shelves.

Solution: Unprocessed, unrefined salt has an odd grayish hue but tastes amazing, contains beneficial minerals, and does not contain unnatural chemicals. Right now I have a jar of Celtic Sea Salt brand sea salt in my cupboard. It's more expensive than regular table salt, but is well worth the extra money!