Himalayan salt attracts with its pink color, name and the fact that it is “the purest of salts”which contains minerals. However, apart from the color, this is false information, which only results in a much higher price.
As indicated by the National Center for Nutrition Education, none of the salts can be treated as a source of minerals. IN Although Himalayan salt contains healthy minerals, there are only trace amounts of them (approx. 2%), this includes they affect its color. Therefore, for example, it is better to look for magnesium in vegetables, sheep or meat.
Additionally, as biotechnologist Dawid Polak emphasized on his profile, this salt sometimes also contains compounds that are not healthy for the body, e.g. mercury, aluminum or lead.
The issue of Himalayan salt was also explained by dietitian Hanna Stolińska. On his profile he will emphasize, among others, that: salt from Pakistan is not much different from the Polish salt from Kłodawa. Of course, the price we pay mainly for color is different. What’s more, Himalayan salt does not contain iodinewhich means that it should not be legally sold in Poland.
This salt is considered the purest due to the method of extraction. However, this is not true. Himalayan salt itself is contaminated with various ingredients – it contains 84 elements, but only 15 have a positive effect on the human body, but these are trace amounts, often difficult to detect. Additionally, salt is mined by underpaid workers who cut large blocks of salt and transport them in questionable sanitary conditions to another location. There the prettiest blocks are turned into, for example, lamps or cattle licks. The leftovers are often the Himalayan salt that is sold.
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To a large extent, it does not matter what salt we choose. For the price, plain white salt is a better option. The most important thing is how much of it we consume. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends not eating more than 5 g per day. Many people exceed this dose.
Therefore, the myth-ridden Himalayan salt is not healthier at all – importantly, If we wanted to obtain minerals that are good for the body from it, we would have to consume a life-threatening dose. So, next time you go shopping, it’s worth considering whether it makes sense to overpay for the pink color.
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