Hello there. I'm Monica Reinagle. Welcome to the Nutrition Diva

podcast. Nancy writes, what's your take on Solay Water?

I've been hearing a lot about it and how fantastic it can be,

but I don't want to jump on the bandwagon

if it's detrimental to my health.

Well, good for you, Nancy Nancy I'm glad you asked before jumping on that

bandwagon. Solay Water if you haven't heard of it is a new fad that's being promoted by

various alternative health and wellness

gurus. Basically it amounts to drinking salt water. Not just any salt water

mind you, but a special solution made from pink Himalayan salt and purified water.

Hemelayan salt, as the name suggests, is harvested from the Himalayan mountains,

which actually used to be ancient seabeds. in the

mountains which actually used to be ancient seabeds.

The pink color is due to the presence of various minerals and other impurities in the

salt.

Now most of the minerals that are found in Himalayan salt have no known function in the human body.

Some of them though such as potassium and magnesium are essential.

And others such as cadmium, mercury, and arsenic are actually

harmful if they're consumed in sufficient quantities. Fortunately, the quantities

that we're talking about here are far too small to be harmful, but by the same token,

there are also two minute to be nutritionally meaningful.

Now these pink crystals have become fairly ubiquitous. I have a jar of them in my

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