Talk:Salt woo

Article currently discusses the obvious problem with claims of "over 80 elements". That is indeed a false claim. The true boast about the Himalayan salt is containing so many -MINERAL COMPOUNDS-, not "82 -elements-", as the lesser aware mistakenly repeat. For example, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride are two different mineral compounds, albeit both containing Chlorine. Sodium Iodide and Potassium Iodide, etc. Most of the compounds in any salt are Chlorides.

Also, the less aware do repeat that "we need" "all 80 of these minerals".

Fact: Within the spectrum of the 82 claimed -compounds-, many essential dietary -elements- are found. In addition to the agreed-upon 26 dietary elements, any additional elements found, namely the large group of transitional metals, are indeed -of use- to the human body. It is indeed possible for pink salt, or any salt, to contain naturally occuring or human-introduced impurities.

Table salt is "wooed", because most refined salt is extracted as leftover from petroleum refinement, indicating contaminants in addition to purely Sodium Chloride. 08:14, 24 February 2014‎ (UTC)
 * [citation needed] for that last one. Where I come from, salt is either mined or produced by evaporation of seawater.--ZooGuard (talk) 09:18, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Some holistic websites literally say 84 "elements" several times, so the criticism is valid. Even if your claim about Himilayan salt is correct there are further claims such as Himilayan Salt containing ions of sunlight as it says here? Can you defend that one? --Zipperback (talk) 11:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Salt caves
Do have innate benefits - as indicated here.

And would be an appropriate reference (even allowing for WP's opinion of the paper). Anna Livia (talk) 18:56, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Daily Mail is generally frowned upon for evidentiary purposes. It's probably reasonable though if you want to use it to show what some people believe, then have another reference to show why it's wrong or that there's no evidence to believe it. This page on Skeptoid has some references that might be of some use. Bongolian (talk) 19:40, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * The Daily Fail loves itself a dollop of woo. It was one of the biggest papers to be anti-MMR back in the day. Boredatwork (talk) 19:46, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Elements
I have a disagreement with the numbers of naturally occurring elements in the article.

There are 118 elements, and 92 are naturally occurring. (Of the first 92 elements, technetium and promethium are artificial, while neptunium (#93) and plutonium (#94) exist in nature, albeit in tiny quantities.

Another note -- the distinction between mined salt and sea salt is pretty minimal. Mined salt comes from the beds of ancient seas that evaporated. So mined salt is "vintage" sea salt (which should make it even **better** for you!). &mdash; Unsigned, by: 38.84.63.82 / talk
 * Wikipedia says 94 . Technetium and promethium occur briefly from natural radioactive decay. Bongolian (talk) 20:00, 21 August 2019 (UTC)