Out with the pink, in with the white (4)

A recap from first 3 posts:

1] Jillian has fallen for the woo surrounding PHS, “the mineral of life.”

2] Jillian either refuses, or doesn't understand, the role of NaCl in the body.

3] Jillian refuses, or doesn't understand, the amount of NaCl that is safe to consume. Added salt is not necessary as we acquire enough through a normal US diet.

4] Jillian doesn't understand that :more is not better." Dose does make the poison.

5] Jillian doesn't understand that the signs of salt poisoning are not “healing symptoms.”

6] Jillian has not done her due diligence and is pandering misinformation.

So 2018 starts with a whimper. Jillian was busy reorganizing after closing her group, threatening to leave FB, and dealing with the OAG.  All this, while trying to build a private website with a forum/ In mid March she was contact by the DrPhil show. But that didn't stop Jillian from making asinine statements or asking a strange question.

Now mind you, this question is odd but sorta legit. I'm just going to chalk it up to lack of culinary skill. 

Anywho,,,

While I have discussed infants, toddlers, and young children drinking this shit. It bears repeating – NO!!

Babies need  less than 1g of salt per day (less than 0.4g sodium) until they are 12 months. IF one were to make JJ as prescribed, ie ~6.9g of salt per 2 cup batch, you can see the issue.

While she isn't as actively promoting this notion currently, SCRATCH THAT she does not offer any objections. The entire OP is worth reading as I have only included pertinent snippets.

 

 

This is actually a good question! 

 

As one who is losing their eyesight to macular degeneration, I find this next post appalling.

While there are many reasons for dry eyes, Mayo states this,

Dry eyes are caused by a lack of adequate tears. Your tears are a complex mixture of water, fatty oils and mucus. This mixture helps make the surface of your eyes smooth and clear, and it helps protect your eyes from infection.

For some people, the cause of dry eyes is decreased tear production. For others it's increased tear evaporation and an imbalance in the makeup of your tears.

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The tear film has three basic layers: oil, water and mucus. Problems with any of these layers can cause dry eyes. For example, the oil film produced by small glands on the edge of your eyelids (meibomian glands) might become clogged. Blocked meibomian glands are more common in people with inflammation along the edge of their eyelids (blepharitis), rosacea or other skin disorders.

I do not see the mention of a salt imbalance as the cause. And while tears are composed of electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, magnesium, and calcium), PHS or other mineral salts contain only “trace” amounts. Too low to be of any consequence; sodium is only one facet.

And,,, it's a fucking commercial!!

Like many issues with Jillian's claims and postings, I run into the issue of redundancy. IOWs I have made note of this claim before. 

 

“And I'm sure that this isn't pink Himalayan salt which tells me that even non-mineral salt perfectly fine for the human body however that synthetic iodized salt is not a good thing”

As I wrote in November of 2018, a few months after this particular post,

Yes, a 0.9% saline solution is used for re-hydration purposes. Your slop comes in at 2.3%-2.8% salinity (just below salt sea water at 3.0%). A HUGE difference.

Normal saline or physiological saline is as close to blood serum as one can get without being blood serum. NS is used frequently in intravenous drips (IVs) for patients who cannot take fluids orally and have developed or are in danger of developing dehydration or hypovolemia. NS is also used for aseptic purpose. NS is typically the first fluid used when hypovolemia is severe enough to threaten the adequacy of blood circulation, and has long been believed to be the safest fluid to give quickly in large volumes. However, it is now known that rapid infusion of NS can cause metabolic acidosis. 

And one further point to add, NS is sterile, free from mold and Kahm yeast.

I am really at a loss as to what she thinks “research” would show. A thorough literature review will yield nothing to support her notions.

There are over a half-million academic/scholarly papers concerning sodium chloride. Up to this point, Jillian has yet to provide one paper that supports HER claim(s) in regards to salt. Which BTW, the burden of proof lies with Jillian as she is the one making the claim.

Spoke too soon,,,

We finally have a study allegedly in support of Jillian's idea surrong salt.

Lets have a look-see,,,

Natural sea salt consumption confers protection against hypertension and kidney damage in Dahl salt-sensitive rats

We are not Dahl salt-sensitive rats.  In fact I would bet my next pay-check Jillian had no fucking clue what a Dahl salt- sensitive rat was.  While I had a suspicion, I had to look it up.

Half a century ago, Dahl and associates (1962) fed rats an 8% (by weight) salt diet, measured blood pressure, and crossed animals with the highest blood pressures and with the lowest blood pressures. The salt-sensitive (DS) rats developed severe hypertension after several generations, while the resistant (DR) strain did not. Dahl and many other investigators worked diligently to pursue the mechanisms involved (Rapp, 1982).

IOWs, these are specifically bred rats.

From Jillian's own source, it was noted in the discussion section,

According to a report in 2010, 1.65 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases among people in 66 countries (accounting for 74.1% of adult deaths throughout the world) were attributed to sodium intake above the recommended level of 2.0 g per day [15].

The studies conclusion,

We conclude from our findings that both the level of salt intake as well as the type of salt can influence blood pressure. As expected, higher salt consumption led to higher blood pressure. However, even when the effects of salt concentration were ruled out, sea salt intake induced less hypertension than refined salt and caused less damage to the heart and the kidney. It is likely that the major beneficial effect of sea salt is associated with the mineral content of the sea salt that is known to be anti-hypertensive such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. It is also possible that there are as yet undetermined component(s) of the sea salt that might confer resistance to hypertension. Further studies are required to elucidate the mechanism of how sea salt attenuates blood pressure. Based on our findings it would also be important to determine if sea salt consumption would have similar effects on blood pressure in humans.

So,,, this study in no way supports the amount of mineral salt, whether PHS or other, that Jillian prescribes in her juice – 6900 mgs salt per 2 cup recipe. In fact the author states, “it would also be important to determine if sea salt consumption would have similar effects on blood pressure in humans.”

While these findings may hold promise, at the time of publication, there were no studies in humans.

So full of woo garbage,,,

 

There are not enough words to even attempted to figure it out.

So again, not specifically salt related but important to note. It goes to how Jillian gathers information. Or as she puts it does
research.” IOWs, a literature review.

Let this sink in, “,,,now I must modify what I'm saying however my research is going to speak for itself,,,. She comes up with a hair-brain idea, then cherry-picks, taking out of context, what an article or study actually says. She twists whatever she reads (or watches) to fit her narrative. She knows her minions will not fact check her.

For example, I have a hypothesis that too much salt is a bad thing.

First I must determine what too much salt means. Upon review, the peer reviewed literature, all major health organizations world wide state, the upper limit should be 2300 mgs.

In the course of my review, I found one author of a non-peer reviewed book who believes 6000 mgs is safe. I have also found some uncredentialed individuals touting high salt consumption; above 6000 mgs.

Whom do you think I would believe? The 500K+ peer reviewed articles, as well as statements from world health organizations; or some loons on the internet?

The next day she posted this,,, in essense she is saying - I'm talking shit and know I am talking shit. 

As I stated in part 3, last I looked I was not a battery. This video in part explains some of the woo Jillian had gravitated towards.

 

Simply put, electricity is the movement of an electrical charge, or potential. In the body elements like,,,

sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, have a specific electrical charge. Almost all of our cells can use these charged elements, called ions, to generate electricity.

The contents of the cell are protected from the outside environment by a cell membrane. This cell membrane is made up of lipids that create a barrier that only certain substances can cross to reach the cell interior. Not only does the cell membrane function as a barrier to molecules, it also acts as a way for the cell to generate electrical currents. Resting cells are negatively charged on the inside, while the outside environment is more positively charged. This is due to a slight imbalance between positive and negative ions inside and outside the cell. Cells can achieve this charge separation by allowing charged ions to flow in and out through the membrane. The flow of charges across the cell membrane is what generates electrical currents.

Cells control the flow of specific charged elements across the membrane with proteins that sit on the cell surface and create an opening for certain ions to pass through. These proteins are called ion channels. When a cell is stimulated, it allows positive charges to enter the cell through open ion channels. The inside of the cell then becomes more positively charged, which triggers further electrical currents that can turn into electrical pulses, called action potentials. Our bodies use certain patterns of action potentials to initiate the correct movements, thoughts and behaviors.

So, it is the differential between the cells interior vs the cells exterior that leads to the generation of electrical impulses. Over simplified, but for the moment it will do.   

The video does not explain the above nor state what amount of “good salt” is necessary. Jillian advocates for 6900 mgs sodium chloride per 2 c recipe (1 TBSP); RDA recommenfation is for 1500-2300 per day (less than 1 tsp). 

A disruption in electrical currents can lead to illness. For example, in order for the heart to pump, cells must generate electrical currents that allow the heart muscle to contract at the right time. Doctors can even observe these electrical pulses in the heart using a machine, called an electrocardiogram or ECG. Irregular electrical currents can prevent heart muscles from contracting correctly, leading to a heart attack. This is just one example showing the important role of electricity in health and disease.

Too much or too little of any one electolyte will fuck things up. Seven years ago I fell off the wagon causing hyperkalemia, too much potassium. I suffered 2 heart attacks damaging my heart.. You don't fuck with electrlytes by drinking swamp water.  

While I generally don't like to promote junk videos, it would be worth the listen as we can see the genesis of some of the verbiage Jillian uses.