So, if I may.
Himalayan Pink Salt is real. I have used it in my food preparation for more than a decade. However, I still use Salt and/or Sea Salt that has iodine. Himalayan salt is very good for people. That is especially true when fasting.
There is a natural reason why Himalayan salt is pink. It has at least 80 known trace minerals including iron that gives it the pink color and mottled appearance. I am sure you know where this is going now, right? Understand the latest fads for losing weight? Yes?
Fasting has entered the American dialogue for at least the past year. There are all these weird online ads with the idea there is something missing in our lives that will cure all ills. Those ads are dangerous. Period. Full stop. The only health advice Americans need are physicians and surgeons. Toss in nurses and dietitians, too.
I will grant the idea that old wives tales have some validity, however, they are desperate measures by poor and impoverished people. So, when faced with the idea Americans are taking their fate in their own hands and fasting for periods of time, how, best do they receive enough healthy parts of diet? Hence, the marketing ploy of the Pink Salt Trick. There is nothing tricky or magical or mystical about pink salt. It is mined from old dried up sea beds. There are other varieties of salt that gourmets use to create wonderful dinnerfare. But, all these salts deliver minerals to the human body that are vital to life.
The fact of the matter is physicians with troubling patients that tend to do dangerous things like fasting probably should recommend pink salt to deliver vital micronutrients to the body. But, medical science is not a fad so much a slow moving moral journey to create better health and longevity. There is nothing radical about it and that is a good thing.
The truth of the matter is the American diet, fasting or not, lacks many micronutrients. Micronutrients are far more than a multivitamin. If any great chef wanted to be greater he or she can come up with micronutrient rich meals that are also sustaining enough without artificial chemicals to allow weight loss. In my opinion, a good path for an American to take to lose weight is a 1500 calorie diet with plenty of water. Dehydration is dangerous, too.
So, for those fasting a water intake is necessary. And, adding a component to that water with micronutrients is an absolute necessity. Himalayan salt dissolved in water can fill that hole. It is a mistake to exercise when fasting as it increases calorie demand. So, in all honesty fasting is good for gut cleansing, but, not much else. As a matter of fact a human body needs energy everyday and when not eating where is that energy demand coming from?
Huh?
Not water. Not a micronutrient supplement of any kind. So, where is the human body burning ANYTHING to find energy? The person is not eating. How about any available tissue? Body tissue. Yes, fat. But, ALSO, tissue such as muscle. The human body does not discriminate in the tissue it degrades to turn into energy. So, without exercise and plenty of fluids muscles can not only atrophy but breakdown and create muscle loss.
Every person reading this needs to address their daily diet. If weigh loss is necessary it needs to be addressed as any other disease process and requires a physician who will refer to dietitians and qualified coaches.
PROCESSED foods are poison to longevity.
Please consider oneself important enough for self-caring with a nurturing diet.
Please.
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