Out with the pink, in with the white (2)

Salt is salt, a point I have belabored many times on this blog in regards to Jillian. No matter the sources it is NaCl. Whether there are trace minerals present, it matters not. The concentration is too low to be of any consequence to the human body.

Fluid retention/edema is often caused by the increase of blood pressure on the veins which adds to the pressure on the capillaries. The irregular changes in the blood vessels are often associated with eating habits. Higher amounts of sodium greatly contributes to water retention. 

Fluid retention/edema is often caused by the increase of blood pressure on the veins which adds to the pressure on the capillaries. The irregular changes in the blood vessels are often associated with eating habits. Higher amounts of sodium greatly contributes to water retention.

Water retention can also be the result of a medical condition as well as issue surrounding menstruation. Why it is important to seek medical attention if edema last more that a few days.

While there are many recommendation in regards to food or drink to intake, the number one recommendation is to reduce sodium.

As my bio-med scientist friend notes,

The guidelines recommend no more than 6g of total salt a day as an adult. However, people with CV or renal diseases have to have a reduced salt intake due to the fact it will kill them.

Taking in little to no salt also has its own risks with regards to function muscle activity and body water regulation.

In all fairness by eating a normal diet, it’s highly unlikely you would ever become salt deprived unless suffering from excessive sweating and dehydration.

Now this is where Jillian contradicts herself. Water and salt share a very special relationship, where salt goes, water follows. By taking in huge quantities of salt, your doing 2 very bad things:

1) you’re over working your renal system and slowly but certainly killing off your kidneys. While in the short term, you will not see any changes in values. It is important to note that you will only show signs of kidney failure once you are down to about 20% total function. That’s a loss of 180% Kidney function (remember we have 2 kidneys and only total of 20% function or below would show signs of failure).

2) you’re causing serious dehydration with regards to plasma levels, total water levels and in turn reducing the functions of your body’s metabolic activity. Most of our reactions that take place in the body will do so in the presents of water. Where water is lacking the body will take it from over sources including muscles (including the heart if required), your blood, bones (that should manifest at the start as a headache), your digestive system including faeces and the skin where is a certain amount of water stored.

So while she can post all these “articles” and claim she knows all there is to know about disease and good health, The peer reviewed and uncountable amount evidence proves otherwise.

I want you to think about this post real hard. This is the level of stupid we are dealing with and why anything this woman states should be ignored.

The over consumption of salt is not about context. It is not about intent. Nor is it about outcome or “specific measureable results. “ Plain and simple salt can kill. It is not a matter of belief, the over consumption of salt as prescribed in Jillian's protocol, will do damage.

As I stated prior, salt is salt. The chemical make-up is NaCl. Context doesn't matter. If you surpass safe limits, you're going to have issue and lactobacillus ain't gonna help you. Dose does make the poison!
First, there is no such thing as “synthetic iodine.” At least not in the manner Jillian is alluding to. While iodine is one of the least available stable halogen elements, it can be extracted and purified for human use, if that makes it synthetic so be it; just like salt, whether PHS, CSS, or table salt.

Second iodine poisoning is very rare unless you do what Jillian states she did. She over consumed an iodine supplement. The adult recommendation is “150 µg (microgram) for adults, 220 µg for pregnant women and 290 µg for lactation. The Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for adults is 1,100 μg/day. This upper limit was assessed by analyzing the effect of supplementation on thyroid-stimulating hormone.

IOWs, unless you have a diagnosed iodine deficiency, taking a supplement is unnecessary. Taking any supplement without medical advise is unnecessary Jillian admittedly poisoned herself.

Iodized salt in the U.S. contains 45 micrograms of iodine per gram of salt. The recommended daily intake for adults is 150 micrograms, which can be obtained from about one-half to three-quarters of a teaspoon of table salt. Testing of the general population indicates that most Americans consume sufficient levels of iodine through their diets.

Why do I note this, Jillian equates salt poisoning to iodine poisoning based on a list of symptoms.

And FYI, there are no sub-categories of salt. Consuming over 2300 mgs of salt puts one at risk no matter what is also consumed – ie lactobacillus. Jillian's slop is not special, where salt goes so does water. As my bio-med friend stated,  "Most of our reactions that take place in the body will do so in the presents of water. Where water is lacking the body will take it from over sources including muscles,,,.”

A few days later, she doubles down adding this.

Now I have read The Salt Fix. No where does it state anything about “synthetic salt or just straight sea salt.” What DiNicolantonio proposes is a diet consisting of up to 6000mgs of salt. That is equivalent to less than one, 2c recipe/batch of JJ. 

And BTW, DiNicolantonio's work is a non peer reviewed book. And while the caveat from above may vindicate in some regards, the science is still, 3 years later, hotly contested in some circles. It in no way supports Jillian's 47,344 mgs of salt per day.

Same day we have this derp.

Ignoring the con-nut BS, I will repeat a question asked in regards to MMS.  If salt kills the nasties - worms and fungus - how does the salt determine our cells from the nasties?  We are composed of the same or similar material.

Jillian, while commenting in the subsequent thread, notes how children pour salt on slugs. What she doesn't note, salt kills slugs by dehydration. The process of osmosis is the same process that will occur in our bodies; our cells. 

I find this a bit baffling.

It's called the “dead sea” for a reason. The Dead Sea is the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With a salinity 9 times as salty as the ocean. The salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish. Several microorganism, bacteria and microscopic algae live in the Dead Sea. These microorganisms can survive there because they are well adapted to hyper-salinity conditions.

Last I looked, I am not a microorganism, bacteria or microscopic algae. Soaking in the Dead Sea is in no way analgous to consuming her swamp water.

Again, also baffled by this. Does she not read what she writes? The alleged health benefits of the Dead Sea are external.

Can someone please explain exactly how PHS or CSS communicate with lactobacillus? Or the electrolytes? 

A salt water flush, plain and simple, is the consumption of 1 tsp salt disolved in 1 quart water. Drink then poop. It's a laxative.  The only difference, JJ contains 6X the amount of salt, added fiber, and maybe lactobacillus. It is a salt water flush “plus.”

Drinking salt water on an empty stomach may cause nausea and vomiting. You may experience cramping, bloating, and dehydration. Colon cleansing in general may cause an electrolyte imbalance due to the rapid loss of sodium and fluids.

Jillian passes these signs/symptoms as being so-called “healing symptoms.“ No, this is what a salt water flush can do to an individual. Healing symptoms, they are not.

How is purging, boosting the immune system? “Boosting” your immune system is called auto-immunity. Not a pleasant condition to have.

Again how are the components of JJ communicating? What bio-mechanisms are being used to facilitate this communication?

Jillian keeps referring to a brick and motar business model. The body doesn't work in that manner.

More questions than answers. 

So,,, of the 500,000+ studies concerning salt, not one supports your contention of consuming the amount of salt you suggest.

Whether it be 2 cups, 1 quart, or 1 gallon.

As I say in my challenge, show me one study that states the daily consumption of more than 6000 mgs of salt is safe. 

She can't because there are none! Scientific consensus rules the day no matter what one believes.

For once I partially agree with Jillian PHS is safe,,, in moderation. 

The trace minerals are just that trace. The concentration are low enough that there is no effect on the body.

No, table salt is not poisonous or a carcinogen, when consumed properly. As noted above, there is no such thing as synthetic iodine. As for the additives in iodized table salt::

Iodized salt has been used since 1924 and consists of table salt mixed with a minute amount of potassium iodide, sodium iodide or sodium iodate. A small amount of dextrose may also be added to stabilize the iodine.

Sodium ferrocyanide is sometimes added to salt as an anticaking agent. The additive is considered safe for human consumption. Such anticaking agents have been added since at least 1911 when magnesium carbonate was first added to salt to make it flow more freely. 

Sodium hexacyanoferrate,,, was last evaluated by the Committee on the Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) as an anti-caking agent in salt in 1988. The COT confirmed that sodium hexacyanoferrate was provisionally acceptable for use in food,,, 

Other anticaking agents sometimes used include tricalcium phosphate, calcium or magnesium carbonates, fatty acid salts (acid salts), magnesium oxide, silicon dioxide, calcium silicate, sodium aluminosilicate and calcium aluminosilicate. 

In developing nations, there is what is called "doubly fortified salt". Both iodide and iron salts are added. The iodine for prevention of goiter, the iron for prevention of Neural Tube Defects (NTD), for example spina bifida.

Over in the UK, parts of Europe and Mid/South America, fluoride salts are added to table salt with the goal of reducing tooth decay. 

As per usual with woo-meisters, the use of safe chemistry, that is highly regulated, is questioned. The use of untested, non peer reviewed bullshit must be accepted at all cost as to safety and efficacy.

While not specifically salt related, the following will give an idea of what we are up against.

Basically what Jillian implies is all academic and scholarly material is wrong because she has anecdotal testimany from followers that confirm her bias.

While every dx's has a starting point for diagnosis and treatment, that is where similiarities end. The medication I take for my diabetes is completely different from, let's say, my friend AJ.

We are both type two diabetics. We were diagnosed 10-12 yrs apart. Mine later in life, I was 37, AJ was dx'd in her late 20s.

My diabetes is controlled through diet, exercise, and oral medication. AJ is insuliin dependent.

While I am overweight, AJ is morbidly obese. We are not the same/ Yes, we have the same disease but our etiologies are different. Our treatments are different. And, our prognoses are different.

Jillian is obviously not familiar with the concept of prior plausibility, “the plausibility of a result, given everything else we know about the universe. In other words, when evaluating a hypothesis or a study, you should weight your confidence in the result not only on the characteristics of the study in question, but also on how likely it is that a given result is true given our prior knowledge."
Simply put, I can ignore Jillian's statements concerning salt (and reversing various conditions) based solely upon knowledge we already have.
As I noted prior, Jillian has no concensus science demonstrating the consumption of salt she suggests is safe. JJ relies solely on self-reported testimonials, while using her slop, which include the results of traditional care received.  There is no previous knowledge base to place expectations on.  The minions assign the positive effects of standard treatment to their use of JJ.    

WTF does main-stream media have to do with any of this?

The only concept Jillian touts is drink her slop.Research?? I don't think she knows what that means. And yes I have read all the files. Jillian has nothing to support any of her claims. Zilch, zero, nada.

I don't look to mainstream media for answers regarding medical information,,, it gets worse!

Up next in part 3, the remainder of 2017!!