“As the salt [NaCl, Sodium Chloride] is absorbed by the body cells, they contract from the irritation, and discharge their precious albumen and other vital elements. This causes hardened tissues, shriveled blood corpuscles, hardened blood vessels, arthritis, and produces the state called old age.”
Hal Beller, M. D., said:
“In the days of our forefathers, salt solution was used as an embalming fluid. The ancient Egyptians used salt, oils and spices in their mummy wrappings.
“Today we mummify the living with salad dressings made of salt, oils and spices, and see them walking down the streets. Their dry skin, shrunken bodies, and enervation bespeak of hardened blood vessels, livers, kidneys, and muscles.
“I often wonder why it is necessary to embalm such bodies after death. They are already pickled to the gills.” (from: Philosophy of Health)