We Now Use Pink Salt.......

[Sportsaholic]

:shrug:


I got the lecture this weekend that we've been flavoring our food wrong all these years.....It seems my wife's been "reading" again and came across an article saying Iodized Salt is bad, very bad....Evidently our old White Salt has only one mineral, sometimes bleached and a bunch of other shit that ain't good for you....ok

So she bust's out a container of Himalayan Salt, PINK pops it down on the counter and tosses our bad, very bad White Iodized Salt in the trash....She goes on to explain this Pink Salt has over 80 minerals and a bunch other groovy shit that won't kill us like the White Iodized Salt does....Awesome I had been worrying about this for years, now I can sleep at night....

So I try the Pink Salt on my eggs this morning and man is this shit salty, but looks cute in the container.....I'm not sure we're going to handle things when we go out to eat.....:shrug:

 

[MadJack]

:shrug:


I got the lecture this weekend that we've been flavoring our food wrong all these years.....It seems my wife's been "reading" again and came across an article saying Iodized Salt is bad, very bad....Evidently our old White Salt has only one mineral, sometimes bleached and a bunch of other shit that ain't good for you....ok

So she bust's out a container of Himalayan Salt, PINK pops it down on the counter and tosses our bad, very bad White Iodized Salt in the trash....She goes on to explain this Pink Salt has over 80 minerals and a bunch other groovy shit that won't kill us like the White Iodized Salt does....Awesome I had been worrying about this for years, now I can sleep at night....

So I try the Pink Salt on my eggs this morning and man is this shit salty, but looks cute in the container.....I'm not sure we're going to handle things when we go out to eat.....:shrug:

oh boy

THE CLAIM: Pink salt is healthier because it contains more minerals than the regular kind.

THE TRUTH: This claim doesn?t hold up. Himalayan salt is an unrefined, unprocessed raw mineral mined by hand from caves that formed 250 million years ago as ocean salt settled into geological pockets. Since it?s harvested in solid crystals, it?s thought to be more potent than colloidal sea salt, which is produced from evaporated water. Trace amounts of iron oxide lend Himalayan salt its signature ruddy pigment.

While all this certainly sounds intriguing, it doesn?t really have that big of an effect when it comes to potential nutritional benefits. ?Pink salt is quite popular at the moment, but its health claims may be grossly overstated,? registered dietitian Rene Ficek, lead nutrition expert atSeattle Sutton?s Healthy Eating, tells Yahoo Health.

Although Himalayan salt contains key minerals like phosphorus, bromine, boron, and zinc, among others, Americans are not deficient in these in the first place, or we?re already consuming better sources of these nutrients elsewhere. ?The truth is that the amount of minerals is too miniscule to make any measurable difference, and we already consume plenty of the same nutrients from other elements of our diet ? grains, vegetables, and meat,? Ficek notes.
Another thing to consider is that, unlike pink salt, table salt has added iodine, which is important for thyroid function and metabolism. ?The government started supplementing salt with iodine in the 1920s to prevent iodine deficiency disorders,? says Ficek. Since we don?t get much iodine from other foods (the richest natural source of it is seaweed, and it?s also found in dairy and eggs), completely shutting off regular salt can have negative side effects. That said, packaged foods and restaurant meals are generally prepared using plain salt, so unless you cook exclusively at home with the Himalayan type, you don?t have to worry.

Related: 9 Nutrients Even Healthy People Miss


THE CLAIM: Pink salt is less processed than table salt.

THE TRUTH: This claim is bunk. While it?s true that regular salt often contains anti-caking agents and that some nutrients are lost in the process of finely grinding up the granules, the impact of all this on our well-being is minimal. Some people also point out that sea salt may have more pollutants (from waste in the oceans) compared to the pink, cave-mined varieties. ?The idea of eating a pure, unprocessed food comes off as more healthful, but in this case it doesn?t really have an advantage,? says Ficek. ?The amount of contaminants is so tiny that our body is easily able to eliminate them.?
Still, there is one perk to going pink: Himalayan salt tends to be stone-ground, so it has bigger granules than table salt ? as a result, you end up eating a bit less. (A teaspoon of fine salt will add up to more sodium in volume overall than a teaspoon of coarse salt, which has more air pockets between the particles.) ?This can make a small difference in lowering overall salt consumption, which is a great thing,? says Ficek. ?The more salt you eat, the more fluids you retain, and the harder it is for your heart to work to process these fluids, which can increase blood pressure.?

 

[Wineguy]

We do too, although I do like the larger granules on tomatoes and Caprese salad with buffalo Mozz. It seems like we use less of the pink also :shrug:

 

[Handi Capper]

:shrug:


I got the lecture this weekend that we've been flavoring our food wrong all these years.....It seems my wife's been "reading" again and came across an article saying Iodized Salt is bad, very bad....Evidently our old White Salt has only one mineral, sometimes bleached and a bunch of other shit that ain't good for you....ok

So she bust's out a container of Himalayan Salt, PINK pops it down on the counter and tosses our bad, very bad White Iodized Salt in the trash....She goes on to explain this Pink Salt has over 80 minerals and a bunch other groovy shit that won't kill us like the White Iodized Salt does....Awesome I had been worrying about this for years, now I can sleep at night....

So I try the Pink Salt on my eggs this morning and man is this shit salty, but looks cute in the container.....I'm not sure we're going to handle things when we go out to eat.....:shrug:

cancel her 'reading' subscription & get her an account here, slick will keep her str8

 

[Wineguy]

We were at a restaurant in Buckhead last week and they actually offered if we wanted Himalaya salt on the table. Just sayin'

 

[MadJack]

Let me guess - Pink Salt is more expensive than regular salt?

 

[Sportsaholic]

oh boy

THE CLAIM: Pink salt is healthier because it contains more minerals than the regular kind.

THE TRUTH: This claim doesn?t hold up. Himalayan salt is an unrefined, unprocessed raw mineral mined by hand from caves that formed 250 million years ago as ocean salt settled into geological pockets. Since it?s harvested in solid crystals, it?s thought to be more potent than colloidal sea salt, which is produced from evaporated water. Trace amounts of iron oxide lend Himalayan salt its signature ruddy pigment.

While all this certainly sounds intriguing, it doesn?t really have that big of an effect when it comes to potential nutritional benefits. ?Pink salt is quite popular at the moment, but its health claims may be grossly overstated,? registered dietitian Rene Ficek, lead nutrition expert atSeattle Sutton?s Healthy Eating, tells Yahoo Health.

Although Himalayan salt contains key minerals like phosphorus, bromine, boron, and zinc, among others, Americans are not deficient in these in the first place, or we?re already consuming better sources of these nutrients elsewhere. ?The truth is that the amount of minerals is too miniscule to make any measurable difference, and we already consume plenty of the same nutrients from other elements of our diet ? grains, vegetables, and meat,? Ficek notes.
Another thing to consider is that, unlike pink salt, table salt has added iodine, which is important for thyroid function and metabolism. ?The government started supplementing salt with iodine in the 1920s to prevent iodine deficiency disorders,? says Ficek. Since we don?t get much iodine from other foods (the richest natural source of it is seaweed, and it?s also found in dairy and eggs), completely shutting off regular salt can have negative side effects. That said, packaged foods and restaurant meals are generally prepared using plain salt, so unless you cook exclusively at home with the Himalayan type, you don?t have to worry.

Related: 9 Nutrients Even Healthy People Miss


THE CLAIM: Pink salt is less processed than table salt.

THE TRUTH: This claim is bunk. While it?s true that regular salt often contains anti-caking agents and that some nutrients are lost in the process of finely grinding up the granules, the impact of all this on our well-being is minimal. Some people also point out that sea salt may have more pollutants (from waste in the oceans) compared to the pink, cave-mined varieties. ?The idea of eating a pure, unprocessed food comes off as more healthful, but in this case it doesn?t really have an advantage,? says Ficek. ?The amount of contaminants is so tiny that our body is easily able to eliminate them.?
Still, there is one perk to going pink: Himalayan salt tends to be stone-ground, so it has bigger granules than table salt ? as a result, you end up eating a bit less. (A teaspoon of fine salt will add up to more sodium in volume overall than a teaspoon of coarse salt, which has more air pockets between the particles.) ?This can make a small difference in lowering overall salt consumption, which is a great thing,? says Ficek. ?The more salt you eat, the more fluids you retain, and the harder it is for your heart to work to process these fluids, which can increase blood pressure.?

Thanks Jack......I wonder if this will send her dumpster diving when she gets home.......opcorn2

 

[Wineguy]

Let me guess - Pink Salt is more expensive than regular salt?

No, but it would not surprise me if some restaurant tried that. :lol:

 

[Wineguy]

I bet that baba uses pink salt

 

[Handi Capper]

I bet that baba uses pink salt

who's baba :shrug:

 

[Wineguy]

who's baba :shrug:

friend of Jack, IE, Josh and Sports :0008

 

[buddy]

lol -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=def_jhGlyJI