Social media has dubbed Himalayan pink salt as nature’s Mounjaro. Historically, salt has been hailed as the nemesis with the NHS recommending no more than 6g of salt a day for adults (that’s ...

Salt has its uses: It flavors food, keeps us from dying of a sodium deficiency (rare but real), and, well, that’s about it. And that’s true whether the salt is white or pink.

The pricey pink stuff is hailed as a better-for-you version, with more minerals than table salt, but some argue that it's no healthier. Our experts weigh in.

Indeed, Himalayan Pink Sea Salt does not have a significant amount of iodine. It’s also true that iodized salt was introduced in the early 1900s as a response to people developing goiter, though ...