>And I'm still waiting to hear why sodium chloride is "poisonous" if it >doesn't >have other trace minerals added... > > >-- >Cheers, > >Ken >[log in to unmask] Who says the trace minerals are poisonous? Remember what our bodies are made of! Perhaps NaCl is poisonous because the trace minerals have been REMOVED. Pure NaCl, to my knowledge, does not exist in nature. If I am incorrect, please point out. As I understand, chlorine bleach is made by passing an electric current through NaCl. This separates the Cl from the Na. What happens to NaCl in our bodies? While anything, even H2O can be poisonous in excess amounts, it is clear that when you augment the molecular structure of a naturally occuring compound, one our bodies are in need of, then consume this (pure NaCl) in great quantity, you're asking for trouble. S.