Himalayan Pink Salt Offers Huge Health and Wellness Benefits: Learn How

 

 

This 250 million year old raw pink sea salt comes from deep inside the pristine Himalayan mountains. The beautiful pink colour indicates a beneficial amount of 84 trace elements & iron that naturally occur in the ocean as well as in our bodies. This amazingly special salt is used as a delectable ingredient in food and is enjoyed as a soothing addition to any bath. Health professionals, spas and individuals use himalayan crystal sea salt to heal the body and relax the mind because of its long history of use in folk remedies to stimulate circulation, lower blood pressure and remove toxins such as heavy metals from the body.

The salt's unique structure also stores vibrational energy. This crystal salt's array of elements forms a compound in which each molecule is interconnected. The interconnectedness allows the vibrational component of the 84 trace elements present in the natural minerals in the salt to be in harmony with each other, which promotes vibration, balance, and harmony in the human body when we eat it.

The powerful vibration and balance of HPS offers numerous wellness advantages and is mainly due to its remote unpolluted origin in Khewra Salt Mine, Pakistan and the minimal hand processing method used.

Himalayan pink salt health and wellness benefits

The primary type of the salt we consume comes from processed foods, not from pure sea salts that are packed with high quality minerals.

The American Heart Association recommends we limit our daily sodium, salt,  intake to approximately 1,500 mg per day, many people consume up to 3,000 mg per day.

Although eating too much processed foods, including frozen foods can be detrimental to health, on the other hand, pure quality sea salt is rich in minerals and helps our bodies carry out bodily functions properly, which extends longevity (long life).

Here're Himalayan Pink Salt Benefits:

Humans have used salt (sodium) to flavor and preserve foods for thousands of years but there's more benefits to it than food flavor. Interestingly, sodium also plays an important role in several biological functions, including fluid balance, nerve conduction and muscle contraction. 

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For this reason, it’s absolutely necessary to have this salt, or sodium, in your diet regularly. Most commonly used salts are highly processed and do not possess the amount of health-promoting properties as HPS.

-Rich in natural minerals. Himalayan salt contains more than 80 minerals and elements, including potassium, iron, magnesium, zinc, calcium, and essential trace minerals. Table salt may have more sodium, but pink Himalayan salt contains more minerals like zinc, calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron.

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This rich pure salt contains less sodium than processed table salt, it lowers blood pressure unlike commercial salt. The regular table salt is highly processed and contains fewer minerals and more sodium than Himalayan salt. 

-Regulates the thyroid functions. Himalayan salt is super rich in iodine, which food companies add artificially to table salt after several processing steps. The high amount of natural iodine in Himalayan salt is very effective in helping your body create an electrolyte balance, helping your intestines absorb nutrients better and lowering blood pressure. 

Iodine supports thyroid functions, avoids thyroid disorders, such as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. The thyroid produces hormones that are responsible for encouraging normal growth and development, coordinating energy, and promoting healthy metabolism throughout the body. When the thyroid levels become too high or too low, thyroid disorder can occur.

Abnormal thyroid functions lead to thyroid disorders such as underactive (hypothyroidism) with symptoms like weight gain, depression, tiredness, slow movement and thoughts, being sensitive to cold and muscle aches and pains and overactive (hyperthyroidism) with common symptoms of anxiety, nervousness energy, irritability, and mood swings.

Thyroid disorders are common, silent, yet highly negatively impactful to health. 

Statistically, approximately 12% of people will experience some type of thyroid disorder in their life. Detecting them and getting it treated is the key to regaining that part of your health back. Knowing the early signs of thyroid problems is a great help to treat it quickly, to avoid further health consequences.

Most common thyroid problems...

Our biological functions are so often dependent on our hormones, therefore, a number of dysfunctions are symptoms that could indicate a disorder of a particular hormone like thyroid, which causes thyroid issues.

The thyroid is involved in several major body functions, a disorder with the thyroid can be deleterious to health. A healthy heart rate works to regulate and accommodate your varying need for oxygen supply as your activities and events happen throughout the day in your life. A high heart rate can be a symptom of hyperthyroidism. When the thyroid is working harder than normal to produce excess hormones, blood pressure is affected and increased, leading to an elevated heart rate.

Abnormal thyroid functions can cause unfavorable health effects from low energy level, hair loss, loss of appetite, impaired mental cognitiion, low sex drive/performance, sleep issues, changes in menstrual cycle, to changes in eyes (bulging eyes).

A normal heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute when at rest, however, if your heart rate is over 80 beats per minute, you need to speak with a  physician. A "normal" heart rate varies from person to person. However, an unusually high resting heart rate or low maximum heart rate may signify a serious health condition.

The best time to measure your heart rate is just after you wake up in the morning, before you start moving around or eating anything.

Simple rule of thumb to check your heart rate is by checking your pulse on your wrist. To check your pulse on your wrist: place the second and third fingers from the opposite hand between the bone and the tendon over your radial artery on the other hand, this is located on the thumb side of your wrist. When you feel your pulse, count the number of pulse/ beats in 15 - 20 seconds. Multiply this number by four to calculate your beats per minute.

Lower heart rate will be considered safer than higher heart rate. Keep your thyroid in check to ensure your heart rate remains within the normal zone at all times to reverse or averse to aforementioned disorders and outcomes. The significant amount of iodine found in pink Himalayan salt is excellent to maintain a healthy functioning thyroid.

-Improves digestion. Himalayan salt’s rich mineral content is excellent for balancing your body’s pH levels. When the pH level is in balance, our bodies have better immunity, better equipped to process and digest food, therefore bring a feeling of happiness and mood stability .

-Excellent for deep hydration. It can aid in hydration as opposed to causing hydration as with common salts. It's very important for physically active people to hydrate, supply their body with essential minerals that the muscles require to contract and perform at their best to bring the best results.

The average adult body is made up of approximately 65 - 75 percent of water, if we don’t drink at least 64 ounces (2 liters or 8 cups) of water, considering other liquids intakes, on average in a day - which most of us don’t.  When our bodies feel dehydrated, it disrupts normal bodily functions. And when the body’s water content drops below 2 percent, we feel fatigued. HPS packs a punch of minerals, electrolytes to keep the body in balance.

-A recipe for a great night’s sleep. Biochemical reactions that occur due to a high level of stress hormones that flush through our system during sleep hours cause sleep disturbances and interrupt our ability to enjoy deep full night sleep, causing most people to wake up around 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Himalayan pink salt can promote deep restful night sleep and make you feel rejuvenated and sound-minded upon waking.

-Maintains blood volume. Low-sodium diets cause blood volume to decrease in the sympathetic nervous system, which in turn, activates adrenaline and the “fight or flight” response. Adequate level of sodium, or salt, in the body promotes nerve conductivity, helps your nerves to function more easily and remain stable.

Things to keep in mind

When you feel out of place, add a pinch of this salt in your drinking water and sip it slowly, it will help you rebalance and bounce back up.

You can use this salt for a relaxing therapeutic bath or shower (mix with water and apply it all over your body, let sit for a couple of minutes and then rinse off).

Soothe sore muscles with a Himalayan salt bath. Fill your bathtub with very warm water, add a handful of HS in it, then submerge yourself in it. Salt and mineral baths are a great way to relieve tired sore muscles. Mineral baths make it easy for our bodies to absorb the magnesium and other trace minerals in the salt, which can fortify bones and connective tissue that contribute to muscle soreness or cramp.

Enjoy foot spa at home by adding a handful of HPS into a big bowl of warm water, add a few drops of lavender essential oil, if available, soak your feet and kick back. Listen to soft high vibration music, this will significantly help you calm , recharge your vibration, uplift your mood, cleanse your energy field (your aura), and come down to earth. 

Himalayan salt lamps produce negative ions – odorless, tasteless molecules that we find in abundance in natural environments, such as the mountains and running water. These ions can boost serotonin and alleviate symptoms of depression, mood and mental instabilities.

Feel free to sprinkle a good amount around your house or personal space to neutralize positive ions in the air, raise the vibrational energy there, and lighten up your mood. Add a good amount in a container, add fresh water (tap water is fine), then place it at the corner of your immediate space to trap and neutralize the positive ions discharged from electrical and magnetic radiation.

*Practice these steps when you feel necessary, there's no routine.