2. What are electrolytes, and why are they important?

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3. Why do you take crystal salt?

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Crystal salt has up to 72 essential minerals and trace elements We need to keep replenishing the supply of these minerals, with a proper diet to stay healthy. Crystal salt is a great addition to any diet for your body’s mineral needs. Crystal salt holds a perfect structure, and when we take in whole foods, like crystal salt, our body remembers how to balance itself and begins to resonate to the whole foods we are taking in. This means our body can return to its natural state of health by ingesting crystal salt. We have approximately 84 elements and minerals in our bones and enzymes. It is important to maintain these minerals through our diet. We are often told that the body consists of 70% water therefore it’s important to drink water, but that is not the entire truth. Drinking water is important but our bodies actually consists of 70% of a saline solution containing salt, and it’s the quality of the salt in the food you eat and water you drink can help determine whether or not your bodily fluids will perform their biological functions. Now as we know from medicine, dehydration is a problem that can support the origin of any disease that we know of. On the other hand, hydration on a cellular level, which requires more than just drinking water, it requires water and the right type of salt that can help support optimal health. The benefits of crystal salt are truly endless and the best way to find out is to try it for yourself.

5. What is the difference between refined and unrefined salt?

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When you refine salt you bring it down to just two elements, sodium and chloride. Also a lot of refined salts on the market contain anti- caking agents that sometimes contain aluminum in a metallic form which is not something you ever want to have in your food. Unrefined salt on the other hand contains up to 72 minerals and trace elements that are the essential building blocks of human life. The differences are vast because any imbalance of singular nutrients like isolated sodium and chloride can possibly create an imbalance. We all need the nutrients in the right proportions and unrefined salt contains up to 72 essential minerals and trace elements in very similar proportions as are found in human blood or in the fluids inside of human cells.

6. What health benefits will I feel when I take crystal salt?

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Some people have reported a decrease in cravings such as that for sugar or alcohol. Most report plain and simply feeling better. Of course this depends on how healthy your lifestyle is to begin with. You really need to institute all the components of a healthy lifestyle. (Drink high quality water, no chlorinated water, no caffeine, and exercise in fresh air, NO TABLE SALT).

7. How long will it take to notice these benefits?

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The duration varies on a variety of factors such as your overall health condition, your lifestyle, your diet, but most people report that they recognize tangible benefits within the first weeks of taking crystal salt. Other effects that people may notice rather quickly is that their bodies are more easily hydrated. They drink water, but it seems to finally do what water’s supposed to do in the body. There are immediate, midterm and long term benefits from taking crystal salt but I would not try too much to envision when these benefits should occur because the wisdom of your body always knows best.

8. What is a vitamin?

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A vitamin is typically recognized as an organic compound required by an organism. A compound is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities, and must be obtained from the diet. Another view is a vitamin is actually a VITAl MINeral and minerals can not be synthesized. Crystal salt provides a broad spectrum of vital, otherwise known as ESSENTIAL, minerals.

9. Can you describe how crystal salt tastes to you and will it change the taste of food?

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Yes, crystal salt tastes better than table salt. It will make your food taste better. Table salt or sodium and chloride has a very harsh flavor and is hyper-salty. Table salt is harsh on the taste buds or the nerve endings on the tongue. Crystal salt has a gentle almost sweet flavor. In fact some people call it the “sweet” salt.

10. Why do the crystals have a pink color?

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The pinkish color comes from a form of hematite which is a form of iron oxide. The color of crystal salt actually varies from perfectly clear to dark pink. We have analyzed both the pink and clear salt for minerals and have found virtually no difference in the concentrations between the two. It takes only a very small concentration of an element to provide coloring such as that which occurs with crystal salt. You can sometimes find pieces of salt that have clear crystals within darker pink salt. This is part of the natural process that created crystal salt.

11. After a hard work out how can crystal salt help?

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Because of its’ electrolyte properties, crystal salt can be wonderful after a hard workout. The way to do this is to take a glass of water and put a good pinch of crystal salt with a squeeze of lemon. This way the electrolytes naturally occurring in the crystal salt plus the fruit acids and the natural electrolytes occurring in the lemon will combine in such a way that you will have a wonderful electrolyte spectrum that is just what your body needs after exercise.

15. Why 250 million years old and why is this good for me?

Crystal salt is pure, and has been undisturbed for at least 250 million years. As the mine is inside a mountain at an altitude of 10,000 feet, it has been protected from chemical pollutants such as PCB’s which are found everywhere, even in the Antarctic.

16. How do they mine crystal salt?

Crystal salt is mined by hand without the use of explosives, and hand-washed without the use of any chemicals.

19. How do they refine salt?

When we speak of refined salt, we are speaking of table salt that has passed through numerous processes to clean it and then “free flow agents” are added for clumping. Crystal salt is natural, just as it was created millions of years ago. Refined salt is washed to remove excess magnesium and other minerals which render the salt whiter and dryer. However, important elements of salt are lost which alter its natural ratios and constitution.

20. Can there be any negative side effects when taking crystal salt?

Since almost everyone has been eating regular table salt there may be some adjustments when adding crystal salt to the diet. It contains a broad spectrum of trace minerals that may have been lacking in your diet. If at anytime you notice or feel anything unusual or uncomfortable you should immediately stop taking it. The important thing whenever eating something new, whether it’s a food or supplement, is to start out slowly to see how your body responds. For virtually everyone it’s as simple as replacing regular table salt with crystal salt. It is a totally natural sea mineral product.

21. What are some things I might experience?

One of the first things a lot of people notice when they start using the brine is that they have a natural desire to drink more water. Some people experience a light headache for a day or two, maybe some skin rashes, change in body temperature, a skin irritation, constipation or a change in bowel movements. To experience anything like this is unusual and are typically very mild and only if they should persist and bother you would I recommend you stop using the brine and simply use the granulated salt

Brine Information: Those who are taking any prescriptions or over the counter medications, or have any condition that may be salt sensitive, are advised to consult a knowledgeable healthcare professional before taking the brine. We strongly suggest that you start with one drop and slowly increase to a maximum of one teaspoon per day. More is not necessarily better. Small amounts on a daily basis will bring the best results. If you experience any symptoms of discomfort, stop taking the brine immediately and consult your healthcare professional. Not recommended for children under the age of 18. Drink a minimum of two quarts of pure water daily when using the brine.

22. Can I cook/bake with this crystal salt?

Yes, you can use it just like you would use any other type of salt or condiment on your food and in any of your cooking purposes and it will enhance the flavor of your food so much better than any other type of salt that’s on the market.

23. Can I add fragrance to the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt?

Yes, of course you can mix crystal salt with your essential oils for bathing, just be sure you use them in the recommended strength.

24. Does it have an added fragrance?

No, the Miracle Krystal Bath Salt is completely natural. It does not provide fragrance of its own, some people would like to add natural fragrance to there bath while others do not. I highly recommend only natural fragrance products like high quality essential oils. Do not use products that are artificially and/or chemically synthesized because they may not combine well with the skin rejuvenating effects of crystal salt.

27. Can we eat too much salt?

Of course, you can eat too much as you can do with anything, More is not necessarily better. There are two basic applications of crystal salt, one is to use the rock crystals and to dissolve them in water and make what we call brine or a salt solution, and of this concentrated brine we should use only a drop to start a day in the morning on an empty stomach with an 8 ounce glass of water. It is recommended you do not drink more than one teaspoon of brine solution per day. Start out slowly and stop immediately if you feel it is too much. As far as the granulated form of the salt goes, the kind that comes in the salt shaker, in which you can use in all cooking purposes, just use to taste. Crystal salt enhances the flavors in your food.

28. Can my children take the brine? (Per Christian Opitz

Yes, it is perfectly safe. In my experience, it is actually wonderful if children use the brine. Children are a special interest for me since I’m counseling a lot of families with children who are having a hard time giving up junk foods, such as lot of sugar and often being addicted to sweets. The brine helps so many children to develop natural instincts toward healthier eating. so it’s not because they're parents tell them, it’s not because they're forced to do it, but because their own taste buds actually regenerate using crystal salt in the brine form. They will gain less pleasure from super processed junk foods and more pleasure from natural whole foods. This is one of the most magnificent effects of the application of the brine that I’ve seen personally in my clients.

29. What will it do for my children?

The same balancing effects it has on adults. They should start to find their cravings for sugar diminish fairly soon after beginning to use the salt. Of course this depends on how healthy their life style is. You really need to institute all the components of a healthy lifestyle as I have written about in my book. (Drink high quality water, no chlorinated water, no caffeine, and exercise in fresh air, NO TABLE SALT.

31. I am finding processed food too salty, why?

When you eliminate Table Salt from your life and replace it with crystal salt, you will become more and more adverse to the harsh flavor of Table Salt.

33. Do I take the brine with water?

Yes, 1 drop up to one half of a teaspoon brine in an 8 oz glass, or 1 drop up to one half of a teaspoon in your "Five Element Smoothie".

34. Do I take the brine on an empty stomach or with food?

With water, as above, on an empty stomach for most people is the preferred way to drink the brine.

35. How will my skin look after a bath?

This is the most pleasant application of crystal salt. Using the Mineral Mountain Bath Salt Crystals in the tub will be surprising for you. It will maintain the heat in the tub for at least an hour and maybe more. There is also a myth in dermatology where we’re usually told that the skin has an acidic protective layer. It is true that most adults have acidic skin, but this is not because there is a protective layer there, in fact babies whose skin, we all admire and envy, have an alkaline skin, they were born with skin of a PH of 8.0 which is very alkaline. Amniotic fluid has a PH of 8.5 which is even more alkaline. Using crystal salt in your bath alkalizes your bath water significantly, so you can actually get to and 8.5 PH in your bath tub, just like amniotic fluid in the mother’s womb. This will result in an incredibly soft, smooth silky feeling on your skin that rejuvenates the skin. A lot of women tell me that since they are using crystal salt in the bath tub that they have a much lesser need for other expensive skin care products, moisturizers and so on. So using crystal salt in this way is a wonderful home spa that you can treat yourself to. So try it for yourself and see how wonderful it can feel to soak in crystal salt.

36. Should I apply lotion after bathing?

Not necessary, in fact it’s much better to let the salt water dry on your skin with nothing else added. You will not feel dry after the bath.

37. Will it dry out my skin?

Sometimes people ask me if taking a bath in the crystal salt will dry out my skin, on the contrary this will help to rehydrate your skin and this is why everybody who takes a bath with the crystal salt experiences the skin to be incredibly smooth and silky and just feel wonderful. So if you want to rehydrate your skin use the crystal salt and this is the fastest way to get dead skin cells off and to hydrate the healthy skin cells that are these and give your skin a wonderful overall feeling.

38. What are the things remaining in my tub?

There may be little pebbles in the Mineral Mountain Bath Salt. These are not in the food grade crystal salt.

39. Will this effect other medications I am on?

Those who are taking any prescription or over the counter medications, or have any condition that may be salt sensitive, are advised to consult a knowledgeable healthcare professional before taking the brine. We strongly suggest that you start with one drop and slowly increase to a maximum of one teaspoon per day. More is not necessarily better. Small amounts on a daily basis will bring the best results. If you experience any symptoms of discomfort, stop taking the brine immediately and consult your healthcare professional. It is recommended you Drink a minimum of two quarts of pure water daily when using the brine.

40. Is it clean? How is it cleaned?

The crystal salt is naturally clean, being deep within a mine, and not susceptible to environmental pollutions.

42. What is the difference between Rock Salt and crystal salt?

Rock salt does not have the crystalline formation. Rock Salt is like Sea Salt.

43. Can I preserve food with crystal salt?

The brine makes for an awesome food preservative and being a real German, of course, I like to make my own sauerkraut, and I, as well as many other people have found that using the brine as a food preservative, for example, to make pickles, brings out a flavor in these foods that we have never experienced with anything else before. If you are into preserving your own foods, use the brine and expect a lot more flavor than you ever have before.

45. How did crystal salt become crystallized and why is this important?

The term crystal matrix refers to natures’ favorite way of storing electrical energy. Now we have to understand that we are electrical beings in a very real sense because our entire metabolism, all the processes of life, death, health and disease are governed by electricity, by the exchange of electrical energy. So our food is not only a supplier of chemical nutrients, calories, vitamins and fatty acids, but also a supplier of electrical energy. Much like a diamond is condensed out of simple carbon atoms due to millions of years to exposure to high pressure and temperatures, crystal salt is condensed out of a simple form of sea salt which contains all the minerals and trace elements found in the human body due to the exposure of high pressure and temperature, probably over 250 million years old. some of these minerals and trace elements are critical and vital electrolytes necessary to support proper natural electrical activity within the body.

47. When cooking with crystal salt, does heat diminish the mineral content?

Ionic minerals such as those in the salt are not altered or damaged by heat at all. Only complex chemicals substances like vitamins or proteins are changed through heat. Cooking with crystal salt is no problem.

48. What is the difference between colloidal minerals and ionized minerals?

Colloidal refers to a particle size of around one micron that these minerals come in. Ionized refers to having an electrical charge, which is unrelated to particle size. Ionic minerals as they occur in crystal salt are one angstrom in particle size. An angstrom is one million times smaller than a micron which is the particle size of colloidal minerals. Therefore minerals in crystal salt are more absorbable and usable than colloidal minerals, since the body does not have to break them down into smaller particles.

52. What is the difference between the Iodine in refined salt and the Iodine in crystal salt?

In refined salt the iodine is added. In unrefined crystal salt the iodine is naturally present.

53. Why is it contaminant free?

Because it is mined out of the inside of a mountain where it has sat for millions of years protected from environmental pollutants.

54. Will my cravings for sugar and processed foods subside?

"According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), refined Table Salt creates an energetic imbalance in the body that we then crave to neutralize. Since refined sugar creates the opposite imbalance, TCM maintains that consuming Table Salt increases sugar cravings. The use of crystal salt may enhance the body's instincts towards eating natural foods rather than craving unhealthy stimulants like refined sugar. In my own practice I have observed many times how incorporating crystal salt into one's diet resulted in an effortless change towards a more natural diet and lifestyle." (Stated in Paul Pitchfords book "Healing with Whole Food")

55. Can I use plastic to make the brine?

It’s better to use a glass jar for the brine but for short term or travel plastic is okay.

56. Why do I need to use artesian water?

Any water in its clean natural state is good to use. Artesian water like Trinity bottled spring water is unlike most other bottled waters. It is not heated, ozonated or treated in any other way that would diminish its life force, making it outstanding high quality artesian water.

57. How much water do I have to drink a day when taking the brine?

It is suggested you drink approximately 2 quarts of brine water per day. While artesian water, such as Trinity, is best any pure spring or properly filtered water will work well.

58. Will it take time to build up in my system?

Each person is different. The important thing is to use the crystal salt in combination with all the components of a healthy lifestyle. Please read Christian’s book, “The Miracle of Krystal Salt” for more information.