The number of salts at the store is growing so I made a short list to break it down.
1. Table Salt
- Heated to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit to clean it
- Fortified with Iodine to help the thyroid (Very Healthy)
- Bleached to remove trace elements (Not Healthy)
- Contains additives to slow moisture absorption (Not Healthy)
2. Sea Salt
- Evaporation process to separate the salt from the water
- Contains a small amount of iodine (Little Healthy)
- Contains some pollution from ocean waste dumping (Not Healthy)
3. Himalayan Pink Salt
- From Mine in Pakistan
- Rich in Iron content (Very Healthy)
- Rich in minerals (Very Healthy)
- Containing all 84 essential trace elements (Very Healthy)
- Reduces muscle cramps
- Promotes blood sugar health (Very Healthy)
- Promotes healthy pH (Very Healthy)
4. Grey Salt
- From clay from where it’s harvested
- Rich in minerals (Very Healthy)
- Stays moist
- Can restore electrolyte balance
- Has alkalizing properties for PH (Very Healthy)
- Prevents muscle cramps
5. Fleur de sel Salt
- Mineral-rich (Very Healthy)
- Used as a finishing salt (cooking)
6. Black Salt
- Unrefined and volcanic
- Contains activated charcoal
- Great for digestion (Very Healthy)
- Removes impurities in the body (Very Healthy)
7. Red Salt
- From the volcanic Hawaiian clay
- The salt gets trapped in tidal pools, where it mixes with the alaea
- The highest concentration of essential trace minerals (Very Healthy)
- Especially Iron-rich (Very Healthy)
8. Persian Blue
- From an ancient salt lake in Iran
- Extremely mineral rich (Very Healthy)
- Slightly sweet
- The blue color comes from natural compression of the salt’s structure
9. Smoked Salt
- Sea salt smoked at low temperatures over coals
- Smokey flavor
10. Kala Namak Salt
- Black until ground then it turns pink
- Highly sulphuric
- Beneficial digestive aid
11. Kosher Salt
- Heated to clean it
- Lacking Iodine (But You Still Need It)
- No additives (Very Healthy)
- Good for pickling
Reality Decoded 
Hm…sweet salt. Where does the table salt come from? Is it treated sea salt?
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You asked — “Where does the table salt come from? Is it treated sea salt?”
My response — The regular salt comes from mines.
It also comes from industrial cleaning systems. We reuse the salt after they disgard it. It is heated and treated with bleach.
http://www.amasal.com/en/the-salt/the-use-of-salt-in-industry-applications
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Lovely…🙄
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Salt comes from the ocean.
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Not table salt. Only sea salt comes from the ocean. Table salt is mined then used in industrial cleaning then heated and bleached and then sold to consumers.
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Oh, okay.
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Very interesting.
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Oy vey.
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Interesting. But I think I’ll stick with number one because it’s the least expensive.
What’s in a name? That which we call a salt
By any other name would taste as salty.
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I went with number 3, it’s fantastic.
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