Original Himalayan Crystal Salt

Our scientific research and 84 trace minerals set us apart. Mountain to Table. Where your salt comes from matters—to your health and the planet. Not only is the Original Himalayan Crystal Salt the best salt for your well being, but as a company we go beyond the basics to ensure our products are also the best for the communities we partner with and the world we share.

What is important to you?

There are five factors that differentiate the different types of salt

  • 1

    The amount of trace minerals in each salt.

  • 2

    The ratio of those minerals.

  • 3

    The particle size and structure of those minerals.

  • 4

    The level of contamination with additives, chemicals or pollution.

  • 5

    The research on that specific salt showing its health benefits.

But, isn’t all salt the same?

As you see in this chart, even though salts may look similar, they’re not:

The Difference Between Salts

Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® (OHCS) Himalayan or Pink Salt Sea/Celtic Salt Table Salt

Number of Elements

84¹

23⁴

72¹⁰

12⁴

Pollutants & Additives

Pollutants: None - tested microplastics²

Additives: None

Pollutants: Microplastics (depending on source)⁵

Pollutants: Petrochemicals, radioactive waste and nanoplastics (depending on
the water source)¹¹,¹²

Additives: E536 (anti-caking agent), potassium iodate (enriching agent)⁷

Pollutants: Microplastics like polyethylene, polypropylene or cellulose acetate (depending on the source)¹³⁻¹⁵

Additives: Potassium iodide, ferric orthophosphate, sodium acid sulfate (enriching agent), yellow prussiate of soda (anti-caking agent)¹⁶⁻¹⁸

Origin

Foothills of the Himalayan mountains in Pakistan³

Australia, Himalayas, Peru⁴
Brazil⁶
Pakistan⁷

Croatia, Greece, Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands (Fuerteventura), Portugal,Denmark⁷

Worldwide¹⁹

Structure &
Particle Size

Crystalline¹

Cubic, irregular, crystalline⁸

Cubic structure⁷
Particle size ranges from <0.8 mm to 7.0 mm (depending on the source)⁷

Cubic¹

Harvest Process

Hand-mined, cleaned and gently crushed with traditional stone grinders³

Often industrially-mined, hand mining or drilling and explosives (depending on the source)⁹

Often evaporated salt from the oceans or saltwater lakes from estuaries¹³

Often by solution mining or solar evaporation¹³

Health Benefits

‎ ‎ Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® (OHCS) Himalayan or Pink Salt Sea/Celtic Salt Table Salt

Promotes optimal electrolyte balance

Double-blind, clinical study¹

N/A

N/A

Yes - Case study and review article⁸,⁹

Supports normal cellular communication

Yes²

Pollutants: Microplastics (depending on the source)⁵

N/A

N/A

Supports normal hydration status

Double-blind, clinical study¹

N/A

N/A

N/A

Supports acid-alkaline
balance*

Double-blind, clinical study¹,²

N/A

N/A

N/A

Helps to support blood pressure already within normal limits

Double-blind, clinical study¹

N/A

Animal study⁴

N/A

Aids in normal detoxification

Double-blind, clinical study¹

In vitro³

N/A

N/A

Supports a properly functioning metabolism

Yes²

N/A

N/A

N/A

Supports normal inflammatory responses

Double-blind, clinical study¹

In vitro³

N/A

N/A

May help support individuals affected by common environmental triggers

Yes²

N/A

Randomized, prospective double- blind study - Dead Sea salt irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis

N/A

May help promote healthy skin barrier integrity

Yes²

N/A

Randomized, prospective double- blind study - Dead Sea salt irrigation for chronic rhinosinusitis¹⁰

N/A

May support the normal healing process after oral procedures

N/A

N/A

Single-blinded, randomized control trial⁶

N/A

Supports respiratory health

N/A

N/A

Multicenter retrospective study⁷

N/A

Table salt is composed primarily of two ions:

SODIUM (Na) AND CHLORIDE (Cl)

It’s the same salt
often used to melt snow on the road.

Table salt is most commonly mined. Explosives blast through rock to create a cave, and then 40 or more holes are drilled into the salt face. These holes are primed with pellets of even more explosive materials. Miners ignite the explosives, creating a blast that dislodges 800 to 900 tons of rock salt in less than 3 seconds. The rock salt is scooped out and thrown in a spinning crusher, and then crushed a second time.

Table salt is chemically cleaned at high temperatures, which turns it into a chemical structure not recognized by your body. In fact, your body thinks refined table salt is poison and tries to excrete it as quickly as possible, causing a burden on your body’s detoxification organs, especially your liver and kidneys. It does this by surrounding the sodium chloride with water to separate the Na and Cl ions enabling our body to absorb some of the minerals and excrete the rest. The water used to break this up comes from inside your cells, causing dehydration at the cellular level.

Even worse, regular table salt is often bleached and then treated with anticaking agents like aluminum (associated with Alzheimer’s), sodium ferrocyanide (cyanide), and other agents you’ll also find in roof tiles, cement, the coating on welding rods, dry cleaning, a laxative to loosen the bowels, and aircraft de-icing fluid…to name a few.

Sea salt, untouched, would be pure and would contain trace minerals in addition to sodium and chloride.

Unfortunately, our oceans are being used as waste-dumping facilities and are being polluted with radioactive waste, petro-chemicals and heavy metals like lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury and more. These toxins can be present in sea salts.

That’s why 80% of sea salt producers are refining their salt – using high temperature chemical stripping processes that turn it into a chemical structure your body can’t readily absorb – just like table salt.

PINK SALTS OR OTHER HIMALAYAN SALTTHIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO BE MOST CAREFUL.

Don’t get us wrong, pink and other Himalayan Salts are some of the better salts in the world, but if you are here, you are probably looking for the BEST Salt in the World: Original Himalayan Crystal Salt®.

The right questions expose pink salts pretending to be Original Himalayan Crystal Salt®

Where does it actually come from?

Even though some pink salts may be labeled “Himalayan” many of these salts come from other parts of the world like South America, Australia or Eastern Europe. Always confirm the origin of the salt on the label

Does it really have 84 trace minerals?

Is there a certificate of analysis to prove their source has all trace minerals, as mentioned in the book Water & Salt the Essence of Life? Also, make sure they haven’t just sent you a copy of ours. Here is our Certificate of Analysis.

What is the structure and particle size?

For Pink and other Himalayan salt we can’t tell you because none of the suppliers seem to have that information or have done the research we have. So, if you find out please let us know at medical.team@naturalhi.com.

What we do know is that Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® has the perfect structure and particle size that can be perfectly absorbed directly into your cells. This not only impacts your health and cellular communication, but it also means that it helps your body stay hydrated. How? Well when particles are so small and structure so perfect that the minerals can penetrate the cell wall, instead of being outside of the cell drawing water out of your cells, those minerals are inside the cell drawing water in.

What are the ratio of those minerals?

This is another important question. The powerful health benefits many experience when they switch to Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® is because the ratio of minerals is very similar to what you find in your own blood. Which stands to reason when you consider that Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® comes from the oceans 250 million years ago…

All life evolved from the ocean and just like the ocean, your blood and every cell in your body contain salt and water. These 84 minerals that exist in your blood and cells today – and in Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® – are the building blocks of life.

Is it contaminated?

Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® is completely pure and unadulterated. We can’t vouch for other pink or Himalayan Salts. Due to the increased demand and value of high quality salts there has been found generic crystal salt that has had some Pink Himalayan salt mixed in trying to give the impression it is all Himalayan salt or, even worse, there has been some salt coming out of China that has plastic mixed in! You don’t want that!

Is it mined with explosives?

Just as dynamite will kill living beings, explosives used to mine salt blasts apart the beautiful crystalline structure created by nature and potentially leaves residue. Table salt, sea salt and pink/pretend Himalayan salts are dead. Original Himalayan Crystal Salt®is hand mined, cleaned, and gently crushed using traditional stone grinders. Its perfect crystalline structure is maintained, giving it it’s beautiful taste.

How do they support the miners and community?

We’ve worked in third world countries for over 20 years and during that time we have learnt that the best way to having a strong business is creating true partnerships. This means treating workers fairly, not exploiting them and paying them a living wage. By establishing joint venture partnerships with the local community, we create a small industry that delivers value added finished goods that are more valuable than just bulk salt, year-round employment, and safe, fair working conditions. This all ensure the highest quality product for you, provides 5-10 times the income for the local community, and effectively reduces the price you pay because there are no further costs to producing or shipping Original Himalayan Crystal Salt®after it leaves the source.

Does it have health benefits?

Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® does!

Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® is the purest, healthiest salt on the planet.

Includes the 84 elements and minerals considered essential for life and energy

Provides your body with Electrolytes which improve conductivity and supports cellular communication*

Improves hydration into your cells*

Supports acid-alkaline balance*

Helps normalize blood pressure*

Supports detoxification and helps cleanse the intestines*

Supports a properly functioning metabolism*

Here is a link to all of the research on Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® as well as the research in the book, Water and Salt the Essence of Life.

When making choices about our health, we soon realize our choices aren’t just between good or bad, they are often between good, better and BEST!

We chose Original Himalayan Crystal Salt® because it was the BEST, and we hope you do, too!

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