Talk:Himalayan salt

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Not rock salt?

This page says it's produced in Nepal. But it also says it's not a form of rock salt. If it's not a form of rock salt, what is it, and why doesn't the page say what it is, if not a form of rock salt? Badagnani (talk) 17:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If it is rock salt, mined from the earth (rather than made by evaporating seawater), this should be stated in the article. Badagnani (talk) 07:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

German article

The "Himalayan salt" comes from Pakistan and has nothing to do with the Himalaya. It is an esoteric fantasy name. See the German article [1].85.181.59.235 (talk) 19:22, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please propose changes to the article (with translations from German Wikipedia, as well as links to the original sources) here before making large-scale changes. Badagnani (talk) 19:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nepal or Pakistan?

Some sources[2] state that it is produced in Nepal. Badagnani (talk) 19:50, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is from the Salt Range in Pakistan. It is a completely normal salt without any therapeutic benefit. It is a cheat and you should not distribut this esoteric nonsense. 85.181.59.235 (talk) 20:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Number one, the source states that the individual procured it from Pakistan. Number two, it is possible that what is sold as "Himalayan salt" may have more than one point of origin. Pink salt is also produced in the U.S. state of Utah and falsification may of course occur. Badagnani (talk) 20:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in Germany we have "Himalayan salt" with origin of Poland but the most of the salt with this name comes from Pakistan. In the himalayan region they dont have salt at all. In Germany there are official warnings of ministries because of this salt. It is a cheat and has no positiv effects for the health.85.181.59.235 (talk) 20:31, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If specific companies selling "Himalayan salt" can be shown, with valid sources, to be fraudulently passing off salt that is not from the Himalaya Mountains as "Himalayan salt," this information should be added to the article, with sources. Are there sources showing that the Himalaya Mountains (and/or foothills) do not possess any deposits of rock salt? Badagnani (talk) 20:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Himalayan salt" is NEVER from the Himalaya Mountains. It can not be of from the Himalaya Mountains because they dont have any salt there at all! 85.181.59.235 (talk) 20:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You were asked "Are there sources showing that the Himalaya Mountains (and/or foothills) do not possess any deposits of rock salt?" You did not answer this. Badagnani (talk) 20:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sourced: Nepal has no salt deposits

It appears as if Mercola is deceiving the public when stating that his salt comes from Nepal (unless he means that it is produced elsewhere and simply resold, and purchased by him, in Nepal. See [3]. Badagnani (talk) 20:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sourced: Tibet is a producer of rock salt

It appears that your unsourced assertion was incorrect. Tibet has long produced rock salt, using it domestically as well as exporting it. See [4]. Badagnani (talk) 20:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heavy metals

The German Wikipedia article states that Himalayan salt contains heavy metals, such as mercury, lead, and cadmium. This analysis does show all three of these. Badagnani (talk) 19:52, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, the German Wikipedia article say, that it contains 10 elements (ministrial source) and if it would contain really 84 elements (as Peter Ferreira asserts) than it would contains elements like mercury, lead or cadmium. But it does not. It is a normal salt without any differences to other salts (just the price is much higher).85.181.59.235 (talk) 20:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sea salt (and all salt other than refined salt) also contains all those elements, including the heavy metals, though often in parts per million or parts per billion. Badagnani (talk) 20:11, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sea salt contains about 15 elements, but all salts (equally "Himalayan salt") contains 97-98 sodium chloride und just a very small part of other elements. 85.181.59.235 (talk) 20:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's absolutely incorrect. I study sea salt and can assure you that all unrefined salts produced from evaporated seawater contain detectable amounts of up to 100 or more trace elements. Badagnani (talk) 20:40, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Another example: [5]. Badagnani (talk) 20:49, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Section History

First of all I want to thank for assistance because my English is lousy and so I cannot write parts of the article myself. The article is much better now. Only the section "History" is IMHO still wrong. This salt is (generally) from Pakistan, so it cannot be formed in the foot of the Himalayan Mountains. There are no evidence that this salt was deemed as the “King of salt” and that it has ability to preserve meat at a longer duration than other salt. This are assertions of the sellers without attest. Because of that I would propose to erase the whole selection "Historie". --85.181.13.56 (talk) 19:49, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]