Himalayan salt

Himalayan salt is a trade name for pink tinted rock salt, which is offered mainly in health food stores, health food stores and esoteric than table salt. Unlike the name suggests, the salt does not originate from the Himalayan mountains, but mainly from the salt mine in Khewra ( about 100 km south of Islamabad ) in the Salt Mountains in the Pakistani province of Punjab. A smaller part of the displaced as Himalayan salt salt comes from the Polish mining industry. Like other unrefined rock salt, it consists of 97 to 98 percent of sodium chloride and a small proportion of about seven other minerals such as gypsum. His coloring it owes in particular the iron ions of a minor proportion of iron oxide impurities.

Offer

Himalayan salt is finely ground, offered as granules or in the form of Halitbrocken. Also known as salt lamps are made from the Halitbrocken. Other trade names are Hunza crystal salt, Magic Salt, Emperor Alexander salt or salt (because the Khewra deposit was discovered, according to legend of horses in the army of Alexander the Great).

Accretion mode of action

Became popular Himalayan Salt published by Peter Ferreira (pseudonym of the author and businessman Peter druf ) in October 2001 Book Water and Salt, fountainhead of life in which it is praised with regular use as a cure for diseases of civilization. It could even malnutrition, such as due to too much salt, correct. This is explained mainly with the fact that this salt 84 chemical elements in a similar mixing ratio contained as human blood. In addition, the salt, the same " energetic vibrations " have as the human body and it is awarded a special " information content ". Allegedly confirmed this information from a non- searchable " Institute of Biophysical Research", in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the same time was Ferreira proprietor light force, one of the largest distributors of Himalayan salt products.

Criticism

The Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety has studied 15 different samples of Himalaya salt and could only find 10 elements. The ZDF WISO Magazine has be examined 2006 samples of the so-called Himalayan salt at the Technical University of Clausthal in the year. Even there only 10 elements were detected. In addition, in the tested sample was as polyhalite impurities containing a form of plaster.

" The salt differs in its chemical composition in any way by any other natural rock salts. Compared with the known kitchen salt, it differs only in that it contains more impurities. "

Unlike claims can be found in the human body less than 30 elements - about 10 elements make up virtually the entire body substance, 11 elements are essential trace elements such as a component of enzymes. A few more elements occur depending on environmental conditions in tracks play for metabolism but no or a detrimental role. Harmful to act in particular the heavy metals mercury, lead and cadmium. Contained Himalayan salt is actually more than 80 elements, the bulk of them for the human body would be useless or poisonous. In addition, it must be remembered that not the elements per se, but their connections are crucial.

For the alleged positive effects of crystal salt on health, there is no scientific evidence. A proof that could be flushed from the body with saline solution or heavy metals deposits in the blood vessels (atherosclerosis ) is, not before. With the usual in Central Europe food salt is sufficiently recorded, an additional supply may charge your metabolism and the kidneys. The statement that it is possible to reduce with the help of crystal salt high blood pressure ( hypertension ) is scientifically untenable. This applies to an alleged acidification of the body and for statements with respect.

Himalayan salt contains - as any salt - apart from chloride and sodium, only small traces of other minerals. To meet the daily needs, it contributes virtually nothing.

" Crystal salt as to minerals to denote rich ' is simply misleading the consumer. "

According to the Association of Nutritionists Austria are in two teaspoons of Himalayan salt 45 mg calcium ( Daily Value: 1,000 mg ), 5 mg of magnesium ( Daily Value: 300 mg) and 0.7 mg of iron ( Daily Value: 10 mg) included.

Despite its average composition of Himalayan salt is sold at nearly twenty times the price of ordinary table salt. Öko-Test and Stiftung Warentest speak Himalayan salt from any particular action and see it as a " bad business practices " or mislead the consumer.