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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the World Health Organization advises that adults should consume less than 5 g (0.2 oz) of salt per day?

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Covenant of Salt?[edit]

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In the Middle East, salt was used to ceremonially seal an agreement, and the ancient Hebrews made a "covenant of salt" with God and sprinkled salt on their offerings to show their trust in him.

There is wording about sprinkling grain offerings with salt, in Leviticus 2:11-13 (and a covenant is mentioned), but the text does not give any reason why salt was used in this context. The phrase "covenant of salt" also occurs elsewhere, e.g., in 2 Chr 13 (in reference to an entirely different covenant), but again there is no detailed explanation of what the salt signifies. In the absense of any reliable source for the interpretation, I propose that we de-editorialize the content as follows:

In the Middle East, salt was used ceremonially, e.g., the ancient Hebrews made a "covenant of salt" with God, sprinkling salt on their grain offerings to him.

It's _interesting_ to speculate about why the salt was used and what it meant, but this is an encyclopedia and as such not the correct venue for such speculation. The mere fact that salt was used, does seem germaine to the article, as it is an indicator of salt's cultural importance. --Jonadab, 2021 Nov 3

Why salt extracted from crude oil is nowhere published[edit]

why salt extracted from crude oil is nowhere published MRANAND.M (talk) 06:03, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any evidence that salt is extracted from crude oil? Grachester (talk) 06:07, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps because it's a secret only you know about? I've never heard of it. If you have a reliable source that tells us all about it, please share it and maybe we can add it here. HiLo48 (talk) 06:08, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2023[edit]

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Right above where the history section begins, it says 2000mg or the equivalent to 5 grams. 2000mg is 2 grams :) 174.242.221.216 (talk) 05:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

nevermind, i see my mistake. sodium is part of salt, not consisting 100% of it. the other is cloride lmao my b. 174.242.221.216 (talk) 05:58, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: grammatical error[edit]

Second to last sentence in second to last paragraph of first section: "such as sea salt and table salt, which latter usually contains" -> "such as sea salt and table salt, the latter of which usually contains" (bolding mine) ReidLeek (talk) 16:57, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks for picking that up. HiLo48 (talk) 22:50, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]