Diet

Can you be Healthy in the Middle?

Can you be Healthy in the Middle?

Books, magazines, and, yes, even your trusted nutritional therapist always have some handy, easy-to-follow advice to keep you healthy. If you’re not a celebrity and cannot afford a chef, a personal trainer, and a housekeeper, it can be difficult to find the time. Add to that advice - like “avoid all carbs”, “don’t eat sugar”, “don’t snack”, “avoid alcohol”, and healthy can seem like an impossible task. But does it always have to be all or nothing? Can you, perhaps, be “healthy in the middle”?

Salt - Too Much of a Good Thing

Salt - Too Much of a Good Thing

Since 6000BC salt has been a basic commodity and a valuable resource for many cultures. Used as currency in ancient times, salt routes crossed the globe, and it had crucial economic importance to many nations. Wars have been won or lost by it the lack of it, due to its antiseptic qualities and cities such as Venice famously rose to greatness on it’s trade. Religions have embraced it’s use in their ceremonies and revolutions have been fought as a result of high salt taxes (Louis XV1 and the French Revolution).