SWEET SLEEP WITH SALTBy
Nina Geraghty
Posted
03/08/2023
We know sodium plays a significant role in cognitive health, and hormonal health (go here and here for more) but did you know sodium also plays a part in how well you sleep?
We’ve got a great hack that can help you drift off into dreamland…but first, let’s have a quick look at some of the ways our sleep can get disturbed in the first place.
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Salt Is Our Love-CrushBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
14/02/2022
It’s February – the month of Love. And oh, how we loooooove salt! When it comes to food, one of our most enduring never-ending love-story has got to be with salt. Salt is our go-to significant other [...]
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Raising The Bar On BreadBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
25/01/2022
‘Bread is all about culture,’ says Francois Zietsman, owner of the Bread Bar at Makers Landing at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. It’s a small retail space with a casual, relaxed feel and an air of a contemporary artisanal baking [...]
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The Soul Of SaltBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
05/11/2021
There’s a little-known story behind the Oryx Desert Salt symbol, one that’s steeped in mystery, history and myth. Oryx Desert Salt isn’t just a wonderful ingredient in your kitchen, it also has symbolic relevance that we think [...]
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Every Day Is Earth DayBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
17/09/2021
The earth we live on is there for us every single day. No exceptions. She provides us with resources, fuel, power, food, shelter, clothes, the air we breathe, the water we drink – everything we need to live – and not just live, but thrive! Not only does the Earth provide for our physical needs, […]
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Health Benefits Of SaltBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
10/09/2021
It’s not surprising we’re so confused about salt. On one hand we’re told that too much salt is bad for our health, it leads to water retention, hypertension and increases our risk for premature death. On the other hand, we’re told that salt is vital to good health and without it we would die [...]
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Water & Salt: Essentials For LifeBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
21/05/2021
This month we’re celebrating World Water day – the vital precious substance that is essential for life. But did you know that salt is equally essential to life as is water? In fact, water and salt work synergistically together to create a state of balanced health in your body. Water delivers nutrients to the cells […]
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How !Xaus Lodge BeganBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
22/03/2021
In May 2002 the *Khomani San and Mier communities reached an historic land settlement agreement with the government of South Africa and South African National Parks (SANParks) which restored a large tract of land to the communities that had once roamed or farmed this area [...]
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Please Pass The SaltBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
04/10/2020
We’re hardwired to crave salt for one reason only – we need it to survive. It’s an essential nutrient and we need it for regulating fluids in our bodies, blood pressure and for creating nerve impulses. However, adding salt to your food does a whole lot more than [...]
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The Taste of Wine and SaltBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
04/07/2020
The crystals of salt range in colour from pink rose, through ruby cherry to a luscious burgundy: Oryx Desert Wine Salt. An exquisite combination of salt that’s been infused in Shiraz wine. The wine comes from Baleia, a winery where the vineyards [...]
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Stop Buying Our GrindersBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
03/06/2020
Yes, you heard that right, but don’t get us wrong. We love our grinders, the way the high quality ceramic grinder heads are built to last (refill up to 10 or more times), we like how good-looking our glass bottles stay (labels printed directly on the glass so no peeling, scruffy paper labels) [...]
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The Gift of SaltBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
19/12/2019
Giving a bag of salt has a long tradition, from giving salt as a house-warming present to gifting a newly married couple to wish them abundance and prosperity. Apart from its practical use, salt carries great symbolic value as a gift. Giving salt signifies trust between you [...]
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Celebrating The BraaiBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
04/10/2019
We believe in freedom. Like having the freedom to choose products that are truly free of artificial ingredients and chemicals that were never meant to be consumed by humans. The whole Oryx Desert Salt range is [...]
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Oryx On The GoBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
18/11/2018
We work hard to be innovative when it comes to creating packaging for our desert salt, harvested in the pristine Kalahari Desert from underground streams millions of years old. There’s a wide range of packaging [...]
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The Braai SaltBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
18/10/2018
Well over a year ago, we decided we wanted to produce a salt that contributes to the happiest and friendliest of our national food heritages: the braai. And so the Oryx Braai salt came about. We asked Jackie Cameron, a top [...]
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We’ve Got Chemistry!By
Samantha Skyring
Posted
18/10/2016
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SALT In relationships of all kinds – romantic and otherwise – when things aren’t working out, we say the chemistry’s wrong. And when the chemistry’s off, when there’s too much of this [...]
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Cooking Up a DreamBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
10/08/2016
When Lolandi ‘Lientjie’ Isaks was a little girl, she had a big dream; one day she would be a chef and through her cooking, she would see the world. But as she grew up, her dreams faded into impossibility. Being the eldest child, she needed to take care of her younger siblings and after Grade […]
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Lientjie Inspired Carrot RecipeBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
10/08/2016
Caramelised Ginger Carrot – inspired by !Xaus Lodge Chef Lientjie Isaks Scrub 2-3 large carrots clean and then using a potato peeler, peel off long strips the whole length of the carrot. Be sure to keep the carrot strips in ice-cold water to keep them crisp. Heat up some butter, sprinkle in about a teaspoon […]
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Bath SaltsBy
Samantha Skyring
Posted
18/07/2016
It’s the season for inwardness, the time when in nature, nothing seems to be going on and everything seems dead and lifeless. But under the surface, there’s so much happening! There’s vigorous creativity and growth going on beneath the soil, in seeds, bulbs and in the trunks and branches of trees.
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