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Himalayan Rock Salt
Description and Origins of Himalayan Rock Salt
Himalayan salt is a pink-hued variety of salt that is sourced in the Punjab region of Pakistan, near the Himalayan foothills. These days, the pink salt is everywhere. Not only can you find it in grocery and specialty food stores, but its charming color has also made it a literal fixture in home goods like table lamps.
The origins of the mineral date back hundreds of millions of years, when the salt was deposited in a prehistoric lagoon. Until recently, the Himalayan salt market was fairly small. Now, exports of the popular salt have grown to 400,000 tons of salt each year.
All salts consist of sodium chloride, including Himalayan salt. A teaspoon of regular table salt contains about 2,300 milligrams of sodium, the daily recommended amount. A teaspoon of Himalayan salt contains about 2,200 milligrams.
You can take Himalayan pink salt’s many touted health benefits with, well, a grain of salt. It contains roughly the same amount of sodium per teaspoon as ordinary table salt and fine sea salt, so don't overuse it. Most Americans include too much salt in their daily diets, mostly by eating prepared and processed foods.
From: https://www.webmd.com/diet/himalayan-salt-good-for-you
(Tom: My guess is that Himalayan Rock salt probably has a lot less microplastic in it than other varieties, especially if it is mined from below the surface.)