SAlt is salt ... right? (WAS: Himalayan Salt 100% Myth)

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Hi Tara,

 

Sodium chloride is sodium chloride (except that heating does cause some changes. Furthermore, many commercial salt products are bleached, iodized, etc. So they are not "just sodium chloride".)

 

Then there are "mineral salts", a class of compounds very important in organic chemistry (the chemistry of life, basically; has / NOTHING to do with produce being "certified organic" ... that is a term of agriculture and commerce, not of chemistry).

 

So if you are asking about sodium chloride, then in for our purposes here, "yes".

 

Those who advocate other salt products ... Himalayan, Celtic, Real, etc. ... all point out the OTHER minerals found in such salts. But these other minerals constitute a TINY percentage of the total; for the most part, it's just sodium chloride, plain and simple, as you suggest.

 

So by the cheapest bulk sea salt to do your laundry (instead of laundry detergents !! and then save your money for something you, or your body, can constructively use.

 

Best,

Elchanan

 

 

On Behalf Of TaraMonday, September 10, 2007 11:54 AM Subject: Re: "Himalayan Salt"" 100% Myth

 

i read an article a while back, which i wish i saved that said salt is salt no matter what. anyone have any comments. I personally use sea salt in a grinder, if i ever use salt, i try to never add it to any of my food.

 

tara

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sea salt...laundry...do tell???Elchanan <Elchanan wrote: Hi Tara, Sodium chloride is sodium chloride (except that heating does cause some changes. Furthermore, many commercial salt products are bleached, iodized, etc. So they are not "just sodium chloride".)

Then there are "mineral salts", a class of compounds very important in organic chemistry (the chemistry of life, basically; has / NOTHING to do with produce being "certified organic" ... that is a term of agriculture and commerce, not of chemistry). So if you are asking about sodium chloride, then in for our purposes here, "yes". Those who advocate other salt products ... Himalayan, Celtic, Real, etc.

.... all point out the OTHER minerals found in such salts. But these other minerals constitute a TINY percentage of the total; for the most part, it's just sodium chloride, plain and simple, as you suggest. So by the cheapest bulk sea salt to do your laundry (instead of laundry detergents !! and then save your money for something you, or your body, can constructively use. Best, Elchanan