This is episode 25 of the Butter and Bacon podcast: Salt, an essential nutrient. During this episode, host, Heathar Shepard, reveals the blind beliefs that we've been fed around salt and how low sodium diets and conventional and processed salt has actually led to a host of degenerative diseases such as type II diabetes, Hashimoto's disease and high blood pressure. Heathar also discusses why we need salt, how it prevents mental decline later in life and she recommends specific brands of salt to purchase that are unrefined and beneficial to one's health. Butter and Bacon releases new episodes and blog posts every Monday and Wednesday at 5am ET.