176.5 Pass the Salt (2020) with Michael McNamara and Chelsea Cross

This week Becky sits down with documentarian Michael McNamara and dietician Chelsea Cross to talk about the lastest short-form documentary from “The Nature of Things”: “Pass the Salt”

In the past few years, many assumptions about salt have been challenged and even overturned. Salt is an electrolyte, essential to our heart, nerve and muscle functions. It is our oldest food preservative and the most important ingredient in food flavouring and preparation. But it continues to confound expectations in the role it plays in our biology. There’s no downside to lowering tobacco and alcohol consumption to zero. But zero salt could be even deadlier than too much.  This documentary explores the conflicting opinions even the experts have about salt in a fun and approachable way.

Pass the Salt, is now streaming for free on the CBC Gem app and website.