Allergy To...Salt?

more likely........

Hi

Its more likely that you've an allergy to other ingredients rather than salt per se...soy, or wheat which is added to some soy sauces or to monosodium glutamate which is frequently added to a lot of foods or to other additives...
Try to buy unrefined sea salt or some rock salt such as Himalaya rock salt and use that instead of normal refined salt and see if you get the same reactions?
Kaif

As kaif says, it's more likely to be another ingredient, wheat being a common one and monosodium glutamate (msg) being the other. Some people are also intolerent or allergic to soy, but that is less likely.

If you were allergic to salt you would be dead as our body requires certain levels of it to operate biochemically. The only way it could irrate your skin is if it were applied externally where it could a) scratch the skin or b) leech out moisture from the skin causing an eczema type rash.

If you're getting pains in your stomach on a regular basis, you would be best to see your doctor. It could be related to any number of things, or it could just mean you need more fibre in your diet or you have enough fibre but not taking in enough fluid (fibre without fluid is like cement, so it does need fluid to keep it moving!)

All Love and Reiki Hugs

Thankyou both so much for your wonderful help!;) I will try those out and see.My skin is easily irritated,and salt being quite strong probably just irritates it.Thanks again for your great advice!;)
Tara

My daughter used to be like that with packets of noodles and certain soups which came in packets. She would get a red itchy rash all around her mouth. I thought it was the salt for quite a while, but later realised it was the added msg (salted things did not have the same effect when there was no msg) so that is probably the case.

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