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Table salt vs. sea salt vs. Himalayan pink salt vs. Celtic salt: is the premium price buying better nutrition? There are real differences in texture, moisture, origin and flavor experience. A crunchy finishing salt can be worth buying simply because you enjoy it. But a premium label does not automatically establish a health advantage. TABLE SALT Fine grains make it easy to distribute through food. Many versions have added iodine, but not every table salt is iodized. Check the label. SEA SALT Produced by evaporating seawater. It can be fine, coarse or flaky. "Sea salt" describes its source, not a guarantee of low sodium or meaningful iodine. HIMALAYAN PINK SALT Mined rock salt with trace minerals. Their presence does not establish that an ordinary serving provides a meaningful nutritional benefit. CELTIC LIGHT GREY A moist, coarse sea salt. It is part of the sea-salt category, not a completely separate chemical kind of salt. Other products under the Celtic brand can have different textures. THE COMPARISON PEOPLE MISS Crystal size changes how much salt fits into a teaspoon. Moisture can also affect comparisons. Check sodium on the label and compare equal weights rather than assuming a spoonful of every salt is equivalent. For iodine, look specifically for "iodized." Specialty salts usually contain little or no iodine unless fortified. All four are sodium-rich. Color, price and mineral-count marketing do not make salt a free pass to use more. Which do you buy, and what makes it worth the price: taste, texture, origin or health claims? #Shorts #Nutrition #MeFirstLiving