CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fleur De Sel, Iron-Deficiency Anemia, Iodised Salt

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: David Noble Harpp, Ariel Fenster, Joseph A Schwarcz

Document Summary

Calcium most prevalent in our diet: needed for teeth and bones. Relative amounts: recommended intake of salt: 2. 4g. Types of salt: morton salt: inexpensive 1. 5 pound for >, kosher salt, fleur de sel, hawaiian sea salt, pink himalayan salt (marine flavour, la baleine sea salt. Too much salt leads to high blood pressure or hypertension: normal blood pressure = 120 (systolic)/80 (diastolic, high bp = >140 (systolic)/>90 (diastolic, need to minimize salt. Nosalt: not typical salt: can be used fort hose who have high blood pressure. Size is important to how much water can accumulate around the ions. Balance of electrolytes are important in the body. If you heat it: does not melt, sublimes, purple fumes are let off (elemental: needed by the thyroid gland for fat metabolism, enlarged necks, not present as much for people who live by the sea (more seafood) 0. 01% added to table salt to suppress the possibility of goiter.