Question from Marie
I have come across a natural salt called “realsalt”. It’s very good, and is supposed to be 100% natural. I buy it in bulk, from a health food store, but not all health food stores carry it. You can also buy it directly from their website.
This is from their website:
“Long before the earth knew pollutants of any kind, a huge, ancient sea covered what is now North America. Pure, natural salt was the main ingredient of this sea, and over millions of years, the water in the sea evaporated, leaving the salt in undisturbed deposits. At some point during the earth’s Jurassic era, a range of volcanoes erupted around the ancient sea bed, sealing the salt with thick volcanic ash, protecting these precious deposits against the pollution that man would eventually introduce into the environment. Near the small town of Redmond, in central Utah, approximately 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, we carefully extract this salt from deep within the earth, and bring it to you in its pure, natural state–without any additives, chemicals, or heat processing. This is RealSalt®, full of flavor and natural goodness–the way salt was meant to be savored!”
It even contains Iodine, which, for me is essential, because of Thyroid problems.
What do you think about it?
Their website is: realsalt.com
Debra’s Answer
There’s much that can be said about salt, in fact, I’m working on a little book on the subject, but for the moment, this description of salt looks fine to me.
Personally, I use “The Original” Himalayan Crystal Salt, which is also from an ancient sea, but is completely mined and processed by hand to retain it’s energetic qualities. It has also been studied in Europe and found to have health benefits not found in table salt.
The Real Salt website says that it is “hand-selected” but that’s all. I don’t know how it has been processed.
Like anything else, there are degrees of good salt and bad salt. Refined sodium chloride table salt is the worst. Real Salt is certainly better as a whole, natural salt. Based on the information I have, I’d still put “The Original” Himalayan Crystal Salt at the top of the list.
