The benefits, methods of application and methods to distinguish a fake of Himalayan salt.
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Pink Himalayan salt appeared a long time ago, about 5000 years ago. It became known about her from Chinese doctors who were treated with this salt and therefore knew about healing properties. In this article we will talk about this miracle of medicine.
Where do they get pink Himalayan salt?
The most interesting thing is that now such salt is a kind of fashion trend among admirers of proper nutrition. This is due to the fact that many residents are trying to abandon ordinary kitchen salt, replacing it with more useful products. The fact is that the composition of ordinary table salt contains only sodium chlorine, that is, one salt. Himalayan salt is saturated with various minerals, as well as the remains and salts of acids, which makes it as useful as possible.
The most interesting thing is that she has a very mediocre attitude towards the Himalayas, as they get it in Pakistan, in Punjab, which is located 300 km from the Himalayas. The salt itself was formed from sea water, which was in the place of deposits back during the Jurassic period. That is, it was more than 250 million years ago. In addition, pink salt is also mined in Utah in the USA, Chile, Peru, Australia and Bolivia, Poland, Hawaii. But on sale no one calls pink salt, but write the name - Himalayan. Even despite the fact that it is far from the Himalayas.
The composition and benefits of Himalayan salt
The composition of this salt is significantly different from the usual cook. The composition contains 86% sodium chlorine, the remaining 14% is more 88 minerals, including potassium, calcium, iodine, bromine, zinc and iron. At the same time, salt is very well absorbed and does not cause severe consequences, like ordinary sodium chlorine. The composition may vary significantly, depending on the place of production.
Useful properties of pink Himalayan salt:
- Helps improve the condition of the intestines and stomach
- Improves blood circulation, as well as the state of blood vessels
- Removes fatty plaques and breaks down harmful cholesterol
- Helps to establish an electrolytic balance in the body, and also normalizes pH
- Prevents the acidification or alkalization of the body, including the brain
- Improves blood pressure, normalizes it
- Eliminates both hypotension and hypertension
- Helps cope with hormonal background. Normalizes it and leads to balance
- Regulates the content of beneficial components in the blood
- Himalayan salt removes toxins, and also improves the elimination of harmful substances from the body
- Helps to establish the thyroid gland, because there is a lot of iodine in the composition
- Heals the gall bladder and kidneys
- Saturates the body with minerals and trace elements
Methods for using pink Himalayan salt
Options:
- Pink salt is used absolutely like the baking table. It is added to dishes, but in smaller concentrations. It is worth recalling that 86% of sodium chlorine still contains, but, in addition, other useful components that help improve the condition of the body.
- In addition to orally, pink salt can be used externally. To do this, usually make warm bathrooms with a dissolution of 150 g of salt per half water in the bathroom. It is necessary to lie down in this water, which will help get rid of painful joints. In addition, such a bath helps to improve metabolism, and also allows you to lose weight a little. Using this solution, you can cure acne, acne, psoriasis and other skin diseases. Very often such baths, as well as wiping the face with a cosmetic solution of salt, allow you to get rid of many problems. Such a solution cleanses the skin, makes it more elastic.
- In addition, a scrub can be made from pink Himalayan salt. To do this, it is mixed with a peach or with coffee. It is also possible to use sugar or oatmeal. When mixed with salt and adding a small amount of water, the mixture is applied to problem areas. This allows you to remove dead cells, and also improves the condition of the skin in those places where there is cellulite.
- Himalayan salt can easily be used to treat some common diseases such as SARS. It helps to cope with a dry cough, a runny nose, with this solution you can rinse your nose with sinusitis, as well as rhinitis. It is necessary to dissolve a teaspoon in a glass of warm water for manipulation of a teaspoon and rinse the nose with the resulting solution. For this, part of the solution of one nostrils is usually drawn, spit out through the mouth. The same manipulation is carried out from the second nostril.
How to check the salt for naturalness?
In addition, such salt is often faked, because now the demand for this product is very large. To do this, ordinary sea salt is tinted with a dye, and sometimes not food, but harmful to the body.
Instructions:
- To do this, dissolve a pinch of salt in warm water, and observe the contents of the glass. If the salt is real, then the solution will be transparent.
- In a fake solution, you will see flakes, as well as dregs. Pay attention to the color of the crystals themselves. In no case should they be bright pink. They are mainly painted in slightly beige-pink color, without much brightness.
- The color is given to crystals not dyes, but iron oxide, as well as potassium. It is they who stain salt in slightly pinkish shades.
- To determine the fake, you need to pay attention to the country of the manufacturer. Pink Himalayan salt can be produced either in Pakistan or in India. Also in the markets you can find salt from Crimea and Chile.
- Indeed, these regions also have pink salt, but it is not Himalayan. They are somewhat different in their composition.
- Many say that Himalayan salt can be checked by dissolving in water. If it is painted in bright pink, be sure that the composition has a dye.
Pink Food Himalayan salt - how to distinguish a fake?
In addition, you can see the composition on the package. If the manufacturer is honest, then, most likely, the true composition will be indicated on the package. If you see encryptions with designations E, be sure that these are dyes. The composition should not have dyes and preservatives. Now there is a lot of advertising regarding the effectiveness of Himalayan salt for weight loss. However, in fact, this is just a marketing move.
Himalayan salt does not help reduce weight, because the composition is mainly sodium chlorine and a huge number of minerals and minerals. Therefore, even the amount of this liquid with dissolved salt is not only useful, but also harmful. The maximum amount that an adult can take on the day of this salt is only 5 grams. In no case can you exceed the concentration, because it is fraught with diseases of the kidneys, as well as blood. Like any medicine, salt requires a certain dosage.
How to recognize a fake during the evaporation of water?
Instructions:
- You can determine the fake in several more ways. To do this, dissolve Himalayan salt in hot water. About 100 ml of water you will need a tablespoon of Himalayan salt. The mixture must be warmed until completely dissolved.
- Now put on the windowsill for a long time or you can speed up the process, and evaporate all moisture on the stove. As a result, you should have pink crystals at the bottom. If they are white, this indicates that you were impudently deceived, and the composition included the dye, and the most ordinary table salt.
- Many will say that it makes no sense to buy Himalayan salt, because in the purchased cook there is iodine. However, in fact, salt is artificially saturated with synthetic iodine. Scientists say that this product is very poorly absorbed. There is no use from him.
- In Himalayan salt, completely natural components that were obtained as a result of a millennium accumulation of the breed and saturation with minerals. Accordingly, such a product is more useful and will help get rid of a large number of diseases.
How to recognize a fake by color of salt?
Instructions:
- Please note that the color of natural Himalayan salt is heterogeneous. It can be whitish in the crystals, and secondly, a little darker or vice versa, lighter. This is due to the natural processes that occur in tectonic plates, from which salt deposits are directly obtained.
- In nature, there is no such thing that the entire layer is painted in one color. This is due to the fact that minerals accumulate not in one place, but in different ones. Experts say that Himalayan salt is obtained by hand, and in no way is lendering to cleaning.
- Thanks to this, the color of the Himalayan salt crystals can differ significantly from each other. Some can be completely white, but interspersed of dark brown colors are also found.
In order to use Himalayan salt in food, we advise you to purchase a small fraction or rub an additional one in a coffee grinder. To receive baths, and for the treatment of acute respiratory viral infections, influenza, large salt can be used, it is also suitable.
Now the market has a huge amount of Himalayan salt of different manufacturers. However, not everyone sells natural products, but give out ordinary painted salt for it. In order not to get into trouble, carefully read the packaging, and you can also purchase a small trial portion, and carry out several tests with water and evaporation. Thus, you can distinguish a natural product from a fake.
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