Albinos are always told to avoid salt, they eat food without salt. Why is this?
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Albinos are always told to avoid salt, they eat food without salt. Why is this?
That is poor myth. There is no reason why albinos should not eat salt. Albinism is a congenital disorder which come to be due o lack of melanin in the skin, eyes and hair. This is usually due to the genetic interpretation in the body of the parents of an albino. Salt has nothing to do with the dark spots on the faces of albinos. The reason for dark spots is exposure to sunlight which causes sun burn. No scientific fact has been able to explain if salt contributes to this or not but clearly from consultations, it shows it might just be a myth.
I am aware that people say albinos should not consume salt, but there is nothing to prove it scientifically. There is no correlation between salt consumption by the albino and negative effect on them or their skin. The idea that consumption of salt by people with albinism was the cause of the burns they got on their skin was a myth. The only reason why people living with albinism would have skin burn was because of exposure to the sun. Salt consumption had become imperative for them because it is a very important dietary requirement and a person deficient in salt could end up with iodine deficiency that could cause goitre or hyponatremia — a condition characterised by low levels of sodium in the blood.