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It's pretty common knowledge that NaCl is the chemical compound for salt. However, it is not common knowledge to know that tablesalt is not NaCl, or at least not just NaCl. There are lot's of things that are added to it.
Iodine for instance is added. It was used to treat iodine deficiency syndrome. This syndrome causes the thyroid in your throat to grow abnormally. Iodine was added to the daily diet of Americans to fight this disease. But the color of Iodine is brown, and I'm told that when it is added to NaCl, it turns purple. But salt ins't purple.
That is because after the addition of iodine, bleach is added. That is why it's white and not purple.
Also, when iodine is exposed to the air for a certain amount of time, it loses it's strength (to put it in simpler terms), and it actually evaporates into the air. Thus losing the iodine component in the substance. Another substance is then added to NaCl to prevent the evaporation of iodine, which would be some sort of inverted sugar.
In Europe, flouride is also added to tablesalt. Americans don't add flouride to thier salt because they do that for drinking water already. But this would be another story for another time
This is manmade salt. Most people don't know that they're actually eating bleach and synthetic sugar when they use salt in thier cooking. But fear not! There are many forms of salt that are not manmade, but cultivated by man. Seasalt is a good replacement for tablesalt. It is much stronger (saltier) than table salt so you wont have to use as much. There is also kosher salt, which is usually salt that is mined in rocks. This is also much saltier than tablesalt, but it's more denser and harder.
Iodine for instance is added. It was used to treat iodine deficiency syndrome. This syndrome causes the thyroid in your throat to grow abnormally. Iodine was added to the daily diet of Americans to fight this disease. But the color of Iodine is brown, and I'm told that when it is added to NaCl, it turns purple. But salt ins't purple.
That is because after the addition of iodine, bleach is added. That is why it's white and not purple.
Also, when iodine is exposed to the air for a certain amount of time, it loses it's strength (to put it in simpler terms), and it actually evaporates into the air. Thus losing the iodine component in the substance. Another substance is then added to NaCl to prevent the evaporation of iodine, which would be some sort of inverted sugar.
In Europe, flouride is also added to tablesalt. Americans don't add flouride to thier salt because they do that for drinking water already. But this would be another story for another time
This is manmade salt. Most people don't know that they're actually eating bleach and synthetic sugar when they use salt in thier cooking. But fear not! There are many forms of salt that are not manmade, but cultivated by man. Seasalt is a good replacement for tablesalt. It is much stronger (saltier) than table salt so you wont have to use as much. There is also kosher salt, which is usually salt that is mined in rocks. This is also much saltier than tablesalt, but it's more denser and harder.