{"id":28403,"date":"2022-10-06T14:17:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T21:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/?p=28403"},"modified":"2022-10-06T14:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T21:17:30","slug":"specialty-salts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/specialty-salts\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialty Salts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are \u201cspecialty\u201d salts like Himalayan, Celtic, Sea Salt healthier than regular table salt? \u2013 Ann P.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specialty or gourmet salts from ancient mineral deposits have become quite popular. You\u2019ll see some popular ones like Sea, Rock, Himalayan, Celtic, and Black Salts in most stores, while Grey, Cyprus Black, Smoke show up on restaurant menus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Table Salt, which is refined from salt deposits, with added Iodine, is the norm. Table salt is simply the minerals of Sodium and Chloride. All the impurities and trace minerals have been removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And these trace minerals, is what makes specialty salts, special. Depending on the concentration and type of minerals that are left in the salt, specialty salts will gain a unique flavor, texture, colors\u2026and said \u201chealth\u201d benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From better hydration (put a pinch of Celtic Salt in your water) to alkalizing your body (minerals are not acidic), their health claims are long\u2026but the science, is short, very short.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, all these salts contain mostly Sodium-Chloride, with very little other mineral content. Although some may contain up to 5% less Sodium (Table Salt \u2013 39% vs. Celtic Salt \u2013 34%), the amount you actually use of these salts (not like you\u2019re eating a bowl full \u2013 hopefully), the difference doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Same with the minerals, whether it\u2019s the Magnesium in Celtic Salt, the Iron in Himalayan Pink Salt, or the entire trace\/ultra-trace mineral complex in Sea Salt, the amount these salts have of the minerals and how much you\u2019ll actually consume, does not support the health claims or benefits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bottom line is that too much Sodium can throw off the balance of fluid retention\/elimination, cause elevated blood pressure in some individuals, and can cause excess inflammation. If you need to watch your Sodium intake, then you need to be careful of any type of salt you use.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in moderation, all salts are great, choose one you enjoy the taste of and don\u2019t break the bank because you\u2019re thinking one is healthier than another.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are \u201cspecialty\u201d salts like Himalayan, Celtic, Sea Salt healthier than regular table salt? \u2013 Ann P.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Specialty or gourmet salts from ancient mineral deposits have become quite popular. You\u2019ll see some popular ones like Sea, Rock, Himalayan, Celtic, and Black Salts in most stores, while Grey, Cyprus Black, Smoke show up on restaurant menus.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,180,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-tips","category-higher-education","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proze.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}