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Old 21-03-2016, 21:20
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Anyone using this? There are disparate views as to its benefit on the web. Me. I just like the colour
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Old 21-03-2016, 21:44
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Anyone using this? There are disparate views as to its benefit on the web. Me. I just like the colour
Analysis here: http://themeadow.com/pages/minerals-...ctral-analysis

You might get some trace elements similar to the ones that you get in standard multivitamin and mineral supplements but otherwise there's zero advantage over conventional salt or Lo-salt. I have no idea what the price mark up is but it probably isn't worth it.
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Old 22-03-2016, 10:26
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Is it like yellow snow?
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Old 22-03-2016, 12:05
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I got a big grinder full of it for Christmas which I've been using. I don't really care whether it's more beneficial or not (sounds like it's not). I like seasoned food, but don't overdo it. It's very nice salt - I find I don't use as much as my regular sea salt.
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Old 22-03-2016, 19:46
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Yeah I got a grinder for Christmas also..it's nice on salads for the big grains for the flavour I think it tastes slightly sweeter than sea salt..but salt is salt to me really I can't see how it's any better for you than standard table salt..so use
sparingly as normal salt
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Old 22-03-2016, 19:47
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T K Maxx sell it incredibly cheaply.
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Old 29-03-2016, 13:42
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Tiger sell packs of it (the ground version) for about a quid.
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Old 30-03-2016, 11:01
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To quote from:
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/...malayan-stuff/
I found a website that reports the results of a spectral analysis of Himalayan salt. I think this is where the claim comes from. Even if this analysis is accurate, it is meaningless for health and if anything is worrisome. The amount of minerals in it is too minuscule to make any difference, and we already get plenty of the same trace minerals from other foods. They claim that two double-blind studies were done, but no such studies are listed in PubMed. There is no evidence published in peer-reviewed journals that replacing white salt with pink salt makes a shred of difference or leads to any improvement in health.

If you read down the list of minerals, you will notice that it includes a number of radioactive substances like radium, uranium, and polonium. It also includes substances that act as poisons, like thallium. I wouldn’t be worried, since the amounts are so small; but if anyone believes the trace amounts of “good” minerals in Himalayan sea salt are good for you, why not believe the trace amounts of poisons and radioactive elements are bad for you?

The claim that pink Himalayan salt contains 84 trace minerals may be true, but the claim that it “promotes health and wellness” is false until proven otherwise by legitimate clinical studies. While waiting for evidence, I’d just as soon my salt didn’t contain uranium.
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