Any heavy metals in glass or wood salt and pepper grinder

[rd5555]

Looking to buy a new salt and pepper grinder, i've heard it's best for the grinding function to be cermaic, but i'm just wondering about the body of the grinder, would a wooden or a glass grinder be better in terms of less heavy metals and other pollutants?

thank you

[M A J I]

Salt is full of heavy metals so why would the grinder matter?

[rd5555]

i get salt with lower heavy metal content, do you know if wood or glass is better?

[Leo Gura]

Doesn't matter.

What you should be concerned about is plastic parts in the grinding mechanism. Most grinders are plastic inside.

Edited May 12, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Osaid]

Don't know about that, but I do know that Himalayan salt is full of heavy metals.

If you ever put Himalayan salt in your coffee, you will find literal undissolved sand/sediment at the bottom of your cup, lol.

[UnbornTao]

On 5/13/2023 at 1:13 AM, Osaid said:

Don't know about that, but I do know that Himalayan salt is full of heavy metals.

If you ever put Himalayan salt in your coffee, you will find literal undissolved sand/sediment at the bottom of your cup, lol.

Really? Can you provide a source? Why is salt added to coffee? 

Edited June 19, 2023 by UnbornTao

[Osaid]

3 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

Really? Can you provide source?

Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33086585/
Comprehensive article about above study: https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/food/its-time-to-rethink-pink-salt-study-c-1419572

Study: https://themeadow.com/pages/minerals-in-himalayan-pink-salt-spectral-analysis
Comprehensive article about above study: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/pink-himalayan-sea-salt-an-update/

Himalayan salt is touted to have about 40-80 different minerals, but funnily only about 14 of those are actually usable by the human body. So, most of the minerals in Himalayan salt are basically unusable contaminants. Also, the pink color of Himalayan salt comes from rust (iron oxide), which isn't really harmful, but it speaks to how unrefined it is. It even contains some radioactive elements.

Here's a Reddit post someone made about all the sand they found in their bottle of Himalayan salt:
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/106xuqj/the_amount_of_sand_and_rocks_in_kirkland/

This is also supported in my own experience with my coffee, I literally only put about a pinch of it in there and it leaves this:

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Why do people add salt to their coffee? 

1. Electrolytes

2. It counteracts any bitter elements in the coffee. The more salt you put, the less sharp/bitter the coffee will become. So, it can potentially balance out the flavor of the coffee

3. In my experience, it adds a really nice salted caramel type of flavor to the coffee 

[UnbornTao]

@Osaid thank you, gonna add some to my next cup.

Edited June 19, 2023 by UnbornTao

[Osaid]

5 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

thank you, gonna add salt to my next cup of coffee

Cool! It really does create a more smoother caramel-like flavor profile. Just don't put too much, about a pinch, cause salt is surprisingly potent, much more potent than sugar.