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By Camille LAFFONT Agence France-Presse BILMA, Niger, June 9, 2023 (AFP) — At the edge of an oasis almost engulfed by the dunes, where the rare caravan still passes, is a desert landscape punctured by holes. The salt pans of Kalala, near Bilma in northeastern Niger, were once an essential stop for traders with their swaying lines of camels. Salt digging, carried on from generation to generation, was a thriving business, involving a commodity so […]
DTI okays salt price hike saying this was long overdue, assures public that supplies still sufficient (Eagle News) – The Philippine government said it would work on helping the local salt manufacturing industry since most of the country’s salt supplies were imported. “To date, the country has been importing 93% of its salt supply, an unfortunate circumstance to a country with 36,000 kilometers of shoreline,” the Department of Agriculture said in a release. The […]
by Amaury HAUCHARD PICTURES BY JOHN WESSELS Agence France-Presse TICHITT, Mauritania (AFP) — A few centuries ago, Tichitt was a citadel of trade where Saharan merchants bearing gold, salt and cloth would stop to water their camels and haggle. Today, red-and-white signs in the sand dunes point to where this once great hub of commerce and centre of Islamic culture lies. But visitors to Tichitt, a UNESCO world heritage site, are few now, and the great […]
by Jenny VAUGHAN / Tran Thi Minh Ha HON KOI, Vietnam (AFP) — The salt farmers of Hon Khoi rise before dawn as they have for generations, fanning out across shallow seawater pools in southern Vietnam to harvest the precious mineral, hoping for a better season than the last. The work is punishing and the incomes unstable, subject to seesawing demand swayed by foreign imports, and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Many people in the sleepy […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Salt consumption exceeds national and World Health Organization guidelines in most countries, but only the highest-sodium diets, such as in China, are linked to clear health risks, researchers said Friday. Only individuals with a daily salt intake of at least 12.5 grams — about two-and-a-half teaspoons — were associated with increased blood pressure and a greater risk of stroke, they reported in The Lancet, a medical journal. WHO recommends capping […]
Your body can’t function without sodium, so is salt really the blood pressure bogeyman we think it is? What we know and suprisingly don’t know about salt.
The National Nutrition Council (NNC-7) reminded the public to be careful with the amount of iodine content in salt for consumption. In the Philippine Information Agency – Association of Government Information Officers (PIA 7-AGIO 7) Forum, NNC-7 Regional Director Parolita Mission said the public should be conscious in the proper iodine content of salt being used. “Look for salt that has proper iodine content, look for DOH-sealed iodized salt as these are the ones with […]
