Truth Behind Our World’s Most Essential Nutrient | Samantha Skyring

Wellness advocate and founder of Oryx Desert Salt Samantha Skyring beams in to talk about the incredible health benefits of ancient salt and how the medical-industrial complex colluded to condemn this essential nutrient on episode 117 of the Far Out with Faust podcast.<br/><br/>Samantha Skyring’s journey to becoming a salt guru began with a one hundred twenty kilometer walk through the Namib desert in Africa — just about the most profound way you can start anything in this life. Along the way she was inspired to create her company, Oryx Desert Salt…which is sourced from an ancient, ever-replenishing, sustainable underground salt lake in the pristine and remote Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa.<br/><br/>In this episode, Faust and Samantha uncover the surprisingly-complicated truth behind salt:<br/><br/>-Why can’t we live without salt?<br/>-What does salt do in the human body?<br/>-Is table salt bad for you?<br/>-Where does table salt come from?<br/>-Why do doctors say salt is bad for you?<br/>-What’s the difference between table salt and himalayan salt?<br/>-Do different types of salt have different flavors?<br/>-What kinds of trace minerals are found in gourmet salt?<br/>-What’s the difference between sea salt and himalayan salt?<br/>-Does sea salt contain microplastics?<br/>-Is sea salt contaminated with chemicals?<br/>-How did salt get such a bad reputation?<br/>-Where does Oryx Desert Salt come from?<br/><br/>Check out Oryx Desert Salt<br/>Website:https://oryxdesertsalt.com/<br/>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oryxdesertsalt<br/>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oryxdesertsalt/<br/><br/><br/>0:00 - Samantha Skyring Podcast<br/>0:58 - Introducing Samantha Skyring, her origin story and genesis of ORYX<br/>8:05 - Uniqueness of Oryx salt: sourcing, processing, purity & quality<br/>12:19 - The mystical Oryx: inspiration, mascot and logo … and how animals live for GOOD salt<br/>17:02 - Awareness of sourcing/consuming healthy salt, the epidemic of poisonous “table” salt, and why salt is an essential part of our health<br/>25:24 - What makes Himalayan different from Oryx desert salt<br/>35:18 - The truth about sea salt, why it is harmful and discussing our poor polluted and toxic oceans<br/>41:12 - The revelatory epiphany of what pure salt brings to our consciousness as well as physical biology<br/>44:59 - Why Oryx salt is essential for taste as well as athletic/endurance performance<br/>50:59 - Debunking false information about salt, and Samantha’s takeaway for listeners