Salt (Iodized) Commercially produced salt is 99.9% pure sodium chloride (NaCL), with 2,350 mg of sodium per level teaspoon. The old "salt mines" still provide us some of our table salt while some is also chemically produced. Sea salt is mined from sea, but sodium count is as high with 2,132 mg to 2,350 mg per teaspoon. Sea salt does not contain iodine. When cutting salt out of your diet, you might want to replace iodine by taking a multi-vitamin that contains iodine or by adding a serving or two of fish to your diet each week. Check labels of multi-vitamins to make sure enough iodine is available.

A good place to start is with a simple example. Just imagine that you are going to do a little gardening. The first thing one does is loosen soil. By digging soil what we are doing is breaking soil up or should I say mixing Air Element with Earth Element.

The next thing a good gardener will do is plant seed or introduce Life Force Element. He will then water seed or introduce Water Element.

The gardener has learned that spring is best time to plant seeds as Sun is getting stronger or Fire Element is being introduced to complete balance of all five elements. As we know from experience at growing plants, if all five elements are in balance life of plant grows strong and healthy.

Our life also relies on balance of five elements. In humans life force is introduced at time of conception and over first 9 months mother’s womb provides everything foetus needs to develop. When baby is born five elements come into play as baby takes its first breath.

So it is easy to see Air Element coming into body through breath. The Earth Element comes in from fruits of Earth in form of food we eat.

The heat of Sun provides Fire Element and to a certain extent we also have an internal fire in form of Digestive Fire.