Himalayan pink salt is widely regarded for its
numerous health benefits. This salt is way better for you than regular old
table salt. It contains calcium, iron, magnesium, and potassium too. It truly
is the king of salts!
But not only is it good for your health when
consumed, it’s good for your health to simply have around too. Chunks of pink
salt have been popularized as small lamps that can help people with migraines,
allergies, insomnia, some skin conditions, and other disorders.
G. S. Rahi, an assistant professor of Physical
Science at Fayetteville State University has concerns about the relationship
between ions and human health.
“As all living systems (including human beings) are
bioelectric in nature, the electrically charged particles affect the way we
feel and act,” says Professor Rahi.
“In natural setting a balance of positive and
negative ions contribute to one’s sensations and perceptions. Atmospheric ions
can affect health, well-being, efficiency, emotions, and mental attitude of
human beings.”
He thinks placing these salt lamps in certain parts
of your home help reduce the clutter of unhealthy positive ions. You can also
place them all over your home. The results are awesome and almost immediate.
Further, Pierce Howard, PhD thinks negative ions are
terrible for our bodies.
“Generally speaking, negative ions increase the flow
of oxygen to the brain; resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness,
and more mental energy,” says Howard.
”They also may protect against germs in the air, resulting in decreased
irritation due to inhaling various particles that make you sneeze, cough, or
have a throat irritation.”
Of course, not everyone is convinced. Some argue that, because salt does not
contain an oxygen atom in its molecule, it can’t do anything to improve air
quality or do anything relating to ionization. Salt, made of one sodium and one
chloride atom, has a positive and negative charge. They are bound together in
an equally weighted cation/anion structure.
If the lamp were to release negative ions, it would
have to have a surplus of negative ions. But there is no such surplus in a salt
lamp. You can separate the ions in salt but it takes more energy than the heat
produced by a light bulb.
There was a test done on these lamps, where popular
salt crystal lamp brands were tested using an ion detector. As a control, they
took the device outside where it detected naturally-occurring negative ions. In
the end, more negative ions were produced by everything outside than the lamp.
“The salt lamp put out such a small level of negative
ions that just taking a reading depleted the few negative ions that it did put
out, and then the ion detector stopped indicating.
We then had to remove the ion detector from near the
salt lamp for a few minutes before we could again measure negative ions near
the lamp. We couldn’t tell the exact level of ions.”
So for us, the jury is out. Many report that the
lamps can help, and some still argue that they aren’t particularly useful. What
do you think? Do these lamps work for you? Have you ever tried one? Are you
thinking of getting one?
source : thespiritscience.net