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Hi,
Was wondering if rock salt is the same as cea salt?
Thanks
rawl

My understanding re: salt is that the terms "rock" or "sea" salt give no gaurantees at all that it isn't simply sodium chloride. It depends on how it is "harvested". The way salt is processed it loses all it's mineral content and the only way to be sure if it's "good" salt is:

Natural salt is an off-white colour ( "normal" salt is bleached an aluminium compound is added to it to help it flow).

Natural salt  will never be dry...it clumps togetehr to a degree.

Celtic Salt is the go, but check it's appreance re: above.

I get the most beautiful salt from my local organic shop. It's expensive in comparison to regular salt ($9 I think for half a kg) and it's grey in colour and hand harvested. Yummmm. Not ready to give up salt.

xoxoxo

Jennie remind me to bring you some of the Balinese Pyramid salt to the next picnic. I have heaps from our last trip to Bali. It's hand done according to centuries old tradition, and is so highly charged it dries as hollow crystal pyramids. It's the best salt I've ever had.

Cheers,
Sheryl

Rock salt is sodium chloride mined from mineral deposits plus whatever impurities may accompany it.
I am unfamiliar of any processing it might undergo.

Sea salt is the result of dissolved sodium chloride which is the main constituent of sea water after it has been subject to evaporation in large salt pans. The sodium chloride is the first mineral to precipitate from solution. Typically the remaining slurry which still contains desirable trace and other minerals is then discarded.
Typically aluminum is added as an anti-caking agent so the salt will pour freely without clogging the spout.

In the case of whole sea salts such as Celtic Sea salt, mineral precipitates are not harvested till the entire solution has evaporated so it contains the complete mineral profile of the parent sea solution which is globally consistent aside from local pollution. Good products will contain no other additives.

All salt will contribute to mineral displacement in the body tissues, disrupting healthy body chemistry and typically result in edema.

However, a the trace mineral profile in a tablespoon of seawater used every so often is a fair trade-off for the small amount of sodium chloride it contains. Fortunately trace minerals exert profound effects on health in trace quantities so you don't need a lot. Watering vegetables and wheat grass etc with diluted sea water will result in increased crop health, growth and pest resistance. See " Sea Energy Agriculture" by Dr. Maynard Murray.

Good Heath,
Neo.

Rudi will be onto this like....well you know!

I dont add salt....i have my own view on that,but thats off topic,as that wasnt your question...sounds like Neo has covered it nicely

was looking Wolfe on Youtoube saying that he made a research about different type of salts and showed that no Bromine (a mineral in sea water not really good for humans) is contained in Celtic Sea Salt - but yes in conventional iodinized Sea Salt!!...

i've gradually cutted down and stay now on a low-salt Diet (feel better) adding little-thiny amounts of Celtic in dressings and salads.... and/or to eat some sea-vegetable, even better...

quote Neet: I dont add salt....i have my own view on that, but thats off topic, as that wasnt your question...sounds like Neo has covered it nicely

when i am on more fruit&greens diet i love to drink the urine... it just feels like a great drink with the mineral salts, vitamins and living force i reintroduce to purify, alkalize and electrify my wholeness...