When I was a girl, I went on a trip to a salt mine. No way the public would be allowed these days, as we rode down, way down, in a freight elevator and were walking around while huge machines were mining the salt. I loved the vastness of the underground site, and I felt very good breathing in the salt air.
With the popularity of Himalayan salt, it is a good idea to be sure of the source. Most health food stores are pretty good about this.
The salt we are using now, Redmond Real Salt, is mined from an ancient ocean deposit in Utah. It is a bit pink with flecks of the other minerals, and the taste is slightly sweet. Our local grocers, as well as Natural Grocers, carry this brand. I pay $8 for 26 ounces, which lasts a long time. It is not available everywhere but can be ordered from the website.
According to geologists, the Redmond salt deposit is the remnant of an ancient inland sea, probably part of what they call the Sundance Sea, which places the deposit within the Jurassic Period. Over time, the salt that settled at the bottom of the sea was trapped within the earth and then pushed up near the surface close to the town of Redmond, Utah.
The deposit occurs with over 60+ natural trace minerals which gives the salt its unique color, unique flavor, and numerous health benefits. Because this deposit comes from an ancient sea bed, nature created the salt long before the earth experienced anthropogenic pollution and contaminants that are troubling our oceans today.
The Redmond salt deposit begins about 30 feet below the surface, covered by a layer of bentonite clay, which has protected it from erosion and from the possibility of modern contamination.
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