Is sea salt any different from table salt, or is it better for your health to eat sea salt than regular salt?

I just wonder if sea salt provides a person's body with any nutrients? Is it good or bad for you?

Sea salt is considered by some to be a healthier alternative to table salt, since it lacks artificial chemicals used in processing. Despite the iodine content of seawater, however, sea salt typically does not contain as much of the essential nutrient iodine as does iodized table salt. However, iodized sea salt is available. Diets with little seafood (e.g., ocean fish and shellfish) should include some source of iodine, and this is customarily supplied via iodized salt.

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Sea salt is bad. We have to refine to eat.

Ah well I thought it was the opposite....!

Better for you to look it up on the internet...

... Sea Salt versus Regular Salt. By the time sea salt is cleaned ... identical to regular salt鈥攖hough sea salt is little courser ... expensive. Also, regular salt often has iodine added ...www.uvm.edu/~uvmeap/WNLFeb2004.html

PS: apparently sea-salt is good to spread around the house to drive demons away...so keep some handy :-))!

sea salt is just regular salt with added water, fish, and other nasty stuff like urine. But salt is bad for your heart anyway!!!

I use sea salt, but know that it does not contain iodine like table salt does. Some food TV chefs advocate the use of grey salt, but I haven't done enough research to know why.