Himalayan Crystal Salt vs. Table Salt
Natural crystal salt is food, much like fruits, vegetables, grains,
and water. It is an essential nutrient, with exceptional abilities &
qualities that are fundamental to keeping us alive.
Consuming natural crystal salt supports and enhances good health because
it contains the original counterparts of table salt (sodium chloride)
such as potassium, calcium, magnesium and other minerals & trace elements.
Together, these minerals and trace elements keep things is balance: when
they are not present, many life processes are impaired.
When crystal salt is refined by man (reducing it to sodium chloride),
the intent is not purification, but extraction of elements to sell separately
for great profit. Over 2000 chemicals are based on the salt extraction
process, and the resulting sodium chloride is sold to various industries.
Our common table salt is little more than industrial waste. It has added
iodine, even though scientific proof has shown its side effects to be
detrimental. Aluminum, also proven detrimental, is added to make it pour
easily. But natural crystal salt is very different.
Refined table salt is an unnatural, isolated substance. It causes many
illnesses. Healthy, vital life is not possible without a proper balance
of minerals and trace elements. Our common table salt contains a meager
two elements (sodium and chlorine) from the original 84 elements. It lacks
many crucial, life supporting nutrients that our bodies require for proper
functioning.
Our society has an overload of refined table salt, consuming 12 to 20
grams daily. Healthy kidneys can process only 5 to 7 grams per day, and
require 23 times more water (by volume) than salt, to bind and isolate
it. To keep up, the body will resort to extracting cellular water. Continuous
extraction of vital cellular fluid causes dehydration: an underlying cause
of many illnesses. Dehydration is one of the most chronic and unidentified
problems for people today. Adequate hydration is a key to health, as it
supports proper nutrient absorption and toxin elimination.
We use pure crystal salt in all our food products. A mixture is used
only in our bath products (half crystal salt & half stone salt). Our
crystal salt blocks vary in colour from clear as glass to translucent
pink, to dark red. The dark parts contain a significant percentage of
insoluble particles, minerals, and sand. We use these dark parts in our
bath salts, giving them a rich colour. You will find some of these particles
on the bottom of your bathtub when you use our salts, showing you clearly
that you are using a natural non-refined product.
The Perils of Table Salt Additives
Only an insignificantly small amount of the worldwide salt production
ends up in our kitchens as "salt", here commonly referred to
as table salt. Through intensive advertisement campaigns, the salt industry
tries to convince the general public of the health advantage of salt additives,
such as the highly toxic iodine and fluoride.
Iodide is artificially added, claiming to be of benefit to the thyroid,
and fluoride, supposedly to strengthen our teeth. However, both components
only add to the perils of table salt.
The questionable and refutable hypothesis that Germany is a country
which lacks iodine, has caused not only the entire country of Germany,
but also Switzerland and Austria to be indirectly, forcefully medicated
with iodine. This commercial campaign started in Germany in 1995 and has
been one of the most successful propaganda campaigns of the last twenty
years. Therefore, it is no surprise that the majority of the German general
public believes that the artificially, iodine "enriched" table
salt is actually healthy for them and therefore willing to consume it.
The scientific insights however, on adding iodine and fluoride to sodium
chloride, must be critically examined. Meanwhile, more people are suffering
from the consequences of these substances than are claimed to be helped
by them. The body is simply not in any position to metabolize artificially
provided iodine and fluoride compounds. Amongst scientists, it is already
known that nitrates belong to the most aggressive carcinogenic substances,
and breed selective cancer in numerous organs. Food additives such as
iodide, fluoride, polyphenols and metal salts have an accelerating effect
on the production of nitrates in the stomach. Iodide is first on the list
of substances that catalyze and accelerate the production of nitrates,
by literally six fold. One important consideration for cancer prevention
is to completely avoid iodide. Japan, one of the countries with the highest
iodine deposits in the world, also has a 25 percent rate of thyroid cancer.
In other countries the thyroid cancer rates decrease to the extent of
the decrease in iodide consumption. Less iodide means less cancer. Even
the renowned German magazine "KO-test" (Eco-test), depicted
halogen compounds from such halogens as iodine, fluoride, bromine and
chloride as inappropriate for consumption, because most of these compounds
cause allergies and are carcinogenic. A US study found that adding iodide
to salt could be the cause of a decrease in male sperm cells.
Added to this, table salt most often contains preservatives, added but
not mandatory to be labeled, such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate,
as well as aluminum hydroxide, to prevent the grains of salt from clumping
together. Aluminum is a light metal that is known to accumulate in the
brain. It is assumed that the high rate of Alzheimer's disease in
the US is linked to a high consumption of preprocessed foods, packed in
aluminum, as well as to a high consumption of soft drinks from aluminum
cans. The distress caused by aluminum, undermines the bridging of nervous
pathways, which blocks our thought process. After all, it is the natural
salt, containing all natural elements of the Earth, removed as impurities
by biochemists, that enables our brain processes to even function. Salt
consisting of all the natural elements, is considered, in error, by the
biochemical industry to be contaminated. In reality, only the naturally
occurring calcium, potassium and magnesium found in salt can be absorbed
and used by the body. We need salt in its holistic form, with all the
natural elements, in order for our bodies to function perfectly. We need
calcium, potassium and magnesium in the exact proportion and order as
they appear in natural salt in order for our body to absorb and optimally
utilize these minerals and trace elements. We need salt in its holistic
state, with all its inherent natural elements, so that our body can function
the way it is designed to.
The Perils of Sea Salt
Salt is plentiful on Earth, especially in the oceans, which cover approximately
70 percent of the surface. However, the oceans are being degraded to waste
disposal-dumping facilities and are being polluted with heavy metals like,
lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and more.
Not a single year passes without major news of at least one fractured
oil tanker causing a catastrophe. Of course, the poison elements also
have their own vibration patterns which are dissonant and therefore, harmful
to our bodies. So, today, sea salt doesn't have the same positive
impact on our health as it used to.
In addition, 80 percent of all the sea salt producers are refining their
salt. But there is still sufficient pure, holistic salt available on Earth,
left when millions of years ago the sun evaporated the primal oceans.
The crystal salt that exists within the Himalayan Mountains is still as
pure as the ancient primal oceans and contains all the elements as found
in our body. Such a Salt Brine is a vast source of energy.
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