Himalayan salt also commonly known as pink salt is mined from areas near the Himalayas in Pakistan. It is made up of traces of minerals such as magnesium, potassium, chlorine, and calcium. It is available in stores such as crearome in Scandinavia, a sub-region in Northern Europe.
The difference between normal salt and pink salt is that pink salt has more traces of earth minerals compared to the normal table salt. It is also considered more beneficial to the body and assist in wellness therapy.
Ways pink salt can be used in a wellness routine
Making sole water
This is water saturated with pink Himalayan salt. Done by adding the salt to a cup until it is quarter full then adding the rest with water. Stir the mixture and let it rest for a day or two. If all the salt dissolves, add more until the water is fully saturated, that is, it cannot dissolve any more salt.
Drinking this mixture one cup a day early in the morning on an empty stomach helps balance the ions (positive and negative charges) in the body.
This in turn helps balance the water level of cells keeping one from being dehydrated and promote the intake of nutrients to the blood vessels.
Balanced ions assist in the transmission of receptors in the nervous system.
Skin therapy
If you have dry skin and keep experiencing cracks then this is the remedy you need. Soaking in warm water dissolved with pink salt helps shed dead skin and moisturizes the skin. The presence of magnesium as a component helps keep the skin hydrated and soothe the skin from inflammation.
Weather conditions that are not moisture friendly such as winter and summer can make the skin crack leading to pain in severe conditions.
Taking a bath with salt brine or drinking sole water can be beneficial to your skin.
Balance the body’s pH
Imbalanced pH in the body can cause a lot of negative health effects such as too much appetite, hormonal imbalance, and lack of sleep, and poor intake of nutrients in the body.
Intake of pink salt especially in food helps your body organs such as kidneys balance the body’s acidic and alkaline levels with ease. Did you know hormonal imbalance can cause an individual to add excess weight, have acne breakout and develop anger issues?
Regulate blood sugar
Persons with type 2 diabetes their bodies don’t either produce enough insulin or resist insulin. This leads to increased thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and blurred vision.
Intake of salt has been shown to increase the production of insulin in the body. This favors those with type 2 diabetes as the body can produce enough quantities of insulin.
The good thing is this also helps regulate high blood pressure that is an opportunistic condition among people with type 2 diabetes.
In conclusion, it is important to incorporate sodium intake into meals. This is easy as salt has enough to sustain the human body. But with the Himalayan salt commonly found in the crearome, count yourself sorted.