Sol, I wonder whether your skin's reaction to the Real Salt was in fact stuff coming out of you. When people doing Salt and C increase their salt, they get all kinds of skin reactions, even things that look like paper cuts, caused by critturs exiting the increasingly inhospitable environment caused by the salt. Do you remember when Daddybob did salt and C in solidarity with his daughter who had Lyme Disease, and found a worm exiting from under his tongue? I find that whenever I start up again after a break, I get spots or pimples or almost boils around the hairline at the back. I think this would be the same as what Daddybob called "risings", but I guess you Americans would understand "risings" better than us Aussies. Sounds like a good ol' word there.
I have noticed some people get excited when they see minerals they are suspicious of in the natural salts, e.g. fluoride, and sometimes stop using them. Not every mineral is in the salt, I think it is something like 80 out of 124 (memory work, bad brain, don't complain!) but some of them do have scary names. But they are not the bad stuff, they are the natural form of things man has misused or altered or poisoned us with. Here is a link to the Celtic Salt ingredients with a note on those heavy metals you mention: http://dowsers.com/Celtic%20Sea%20Salt%20Analysis.pdf If Real Salt is like the Himalayan salt, which I understand it is, then it will be very, very old salt. RealSalt contains 50 natural occurring trace minerals like calcium, potassium, sulphur, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, manganese, copper, iodine and zinc. http://www.realsalt.com/salt_facts.cfm http://www.realsalt.com/ Himalayan Salt: a.. Re-mineralizing the body with 84 minerals and trace elements essential to health b.. Replenishing electrolytes c.. Balancing the body's pH d.. Improving respiratory, circulatory, organ, connectivity tissue and nervous system functions. e.. Assisting in the cellular absorption of nutrients. hydrogen, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluoride, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, silicum, phosphorus, sulfur, chloride, calcium, scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, germanium, arsenic, selenium, bromine, rubidium, strontium, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium palladium, silver, cadmium, indium, tin, antimony, tellurium, iodine, cesium, barium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, platinum, gold, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, polonium, astatine, francium, radium, actinium, thorium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium and plutonium. http://www.himalayanlivingsalt.com/salt_facts.htm#c http://www.himalayanlivingsalt.com/FAQ.htm http://www.himalayanlivingsalt.com/index.htm Rowena Real Salt does taste wonderful. Unfortunately I began to get a skin reaction to only 1/4 tsp of it, so I can't use it. Wish I could for the flavor though. Does Real Salt not contain aluminum? Celtic sea salt, which I checked on does contain aluminum, also mercury, and heavy metals, plus also nickel. I forget if Real Salt contains nickel. sol
