Himalayan Salts
THE BENEFITS OF HIMALAYAN SALT
Most of our table salt and cooking salt has been chemically cleaned. This form of salt is used in every processed product on the market. You might, by habit, add more common salt to your dish and thereby consuming more salt than your body can readily dispose of. This can lead to an imbalance in your fluid balance and can overburden your elimination systems. Water molecules must surround the salt crystals (sodium chloride) to break them up into sodium and chloride so that your body can neutralize them. The result can be a less than ideal fluid balance in the cells, because for every gram of sodium chloride that your body cannot eliminate, your body will use 23 times the amount of precious cell water to neutralize the salt. This can cause cellulite, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney and gall bladder stones. Himalayan Salt contains all the minerals and trace elements of which our bodies are made. Natural salt is crucial for maintaining vital functions in the body. There are no preservatives in Himalayan salt and no chemicals have been added. It is therefore very beneficial to good health. It consists of the most perfect geometric structure possible in a rock crystal. Astonishingly it contains an almost identical set of elements to those found in the human body, 84 of the possible 92 trace minerals, in the same proportion as naturally exists in our blood. It can be safely used in cooking, dissolved in a hot bath for a detox or it can be put on your food. Because it still has all the minerals in it and has no chemicals added, it is not bleached and neither does it contain preservatives, Himalayan pink salt is very beneficial in maintaining natural balance. Himalayan pink salt can:
'Sole' (solay) is a mixture of water and pink salt, which has many health benefits. Detox: 1 cup of salt in a hot bath. Soak for 20 minutes for a very cleansing detox. |
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