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- Himalayan salt doesn't come from the Himalayas. It's mined deep inside the mountains of Pakistan at the Khewra Salt Mine. The pink rocks are turned into table salt, lamps, and statues, sold at a premium in Western countries. But despite pink salt's growing popularity abroad, Pakistan, historically, has seen little of the profits.
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Interesting Fact: scientific studies have shown that sleeping in a room that has a Himalayan Salt lamp, has the same heath benefits as sleeping in a room that dose not have a Himalayan Salt lamp.
and also in 60 seconds in Pakistan himalayan salt mine a minute passes
@@saydulloxon agreed
It's purely aesthetic. Placebo effect
Thank you for your wisdom, Eric
😂😂😂
When I buy pink Himalayan salt from the store:
Front label: Himalayan salt. Millions of years old
Back of label: Expires 06/2021
Me: Wow, you must have found it just in time...
Rofl
Omg this made my day 😂😂
Haha!
Lmao
Its the container that expires not the salt.
Around 60 years ago I was 7 years old and our class went on a field trip to a salt mine in New Jersey. You could literally taste the salt in the air as you walked around inside the mine. At the end of the tour we were taken to a pile of salt rocks of all sizes and told to take as much as we wanted. I chose two large rocks to carry under each arm and took them home. Mom appeased me by chipping off a little each meal for me to use on my dinner. After a few weeks the new wore off and I forgot about the salt. Later mom used the salt rocks for interesting door stops.
Sik story
Around 60 years ago, but you remember you were 7 at the time, do you not know how old you are?
@@kovaci0000007 Well, 60+7= 67 when I was in school. And yes I remember exactly where I was and how old I was, because that's the year my mom died. You don't forget things like that!
@@kovaci0000007 wtf?
Wholesome story 🙂
Such fond memories visiting my grandparents each summer. Pink salt mines were a 30 minute drive, some seriously beautiful valleys not to far this same place.
I thought it was hilarious when he said it goes through a quality check and its three dudes staring at the rock lol
Ahh you got me man 😂
Time stamp?
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@Alexis Martel thank you :D
IM BAWLING 😂
"Oh those are some thicc meat chunks"
*sees title*
"Oh salt..."
*Pink salt is everywhere* in salt grinders, craggy-looking lamps, sunset-hued slabs designed for cooking steak and even in “salt rooms” at spas. But is pink Himalayan salt worth all the attention? We checked out the science behind this recent health phenomenon.
The thing:
Pink Himalayan salt is made from rock crystals of salt that have been mined from areas close to the Himalayas, often in Pakistan. It gets its rosy hue from trace minerals in the salt, like magnesium, potassium and calcium. Pink salt is often found as smaller crystals in salt grinders, as large, glowing pink or orange chunks in pink salt lamps and in the walls of “salt chambers” at spas that promise an instant detox.
The hype:
People claim the salt does all kinds of things. It’s rumored to be healthier for its greater concentration of trace elements. In lamp form, companies claim that it eases symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), increases energy and improves sleep by cleansing the air from pollutants like dust and pollen. It supposedly does this by absorbing water molecules from the air and releasing negative air ions, which are said to get rid of particles like dust that can cause respiratory problems, like allergies and asthma, and affect mood. Spas have also jumped on these claims to offer pink salt-based therapies, where people sit in rooms and breathe deeply while tiny particles of salt are dispersed into the surrounding areas, ostensibly easing respiratory conditions.
“Marketers tout their supposed ability to release negative ions that may enhance physical and emotional health,” says Dr. Andy Weil, the founder and program director of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. This is based on the idea that air near moving water contains high levels of negative ions, which some researchers have suggested is one reason why spending time in nature has been linked to health benefits. Whether a man-made product can produce the same effect, however, is more dubious.
The research:
Some data suggests that blasts of positive ions-like those from electronics or hot air- may impair mood and physical health by increasing feelings of stress and anxiety, and some studies show that negative ions in the air may do the opposite and improve people’s mood. But this is not a definitive claim-and pink salt lamps have not been shown in studies to generate negative ions, anyway. “There is no scientific support for such claims related to salt lamps,” says Weil.
Even air purifiers that do generate negative air ions-so-called “ionizers”-are typically too small to be effective, and experts don’t recommend them. The salt lamps may also come with a major unrelated downside. In January, 80,000 pink salt lamps were recalled after it was discovered that they could shock people and catch fire.
As for the edible salt, some argue that it tastes better than the regular white variety when used in cooking, and that may well be true for some people. “All salts vary somewhat with respect to trace mineral content and texture,” says Weil. Proponents claim that pink salt has more minerals than typical salt-but you aren’t likely to get any extra health perks from eating it, Weil says. Pink salt is nutritionally very similar to regular salt. It’s just prettier and more expensive.
Salt therapies at spas are also not yet backed by solid evidence. “Salt therapy has been used and debated for centuries in medical practice, but it’s been more recently used as a complementary or alternative medicine practice,”
says Dr. Lily Pien, an allergist at Cleveland Clinic. “At this time, it has not been definitely studied, and the true benefits are not well known.” One possible benefit of the therapy may not come from the salt at all, she says. Giving yourself 30-45 minutes of quiet time is a known stress reliever.
The bottom line: If you want to add a pinch of pink salt to your food, go ahead, but you probably won’t reap any special health benefits. There’s even less evidence for basking in the glow of a pink salt lamp or indulging in a salt-based spa treatment. The most you’ll get out of this rock is eye candy, says Weil. “Some feel it offers decorative value,” he says, but don’t expect much else.
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I thought these are pink stones
@@admin.326 I'm happy for you that was probably copy pasted, because no one read that shit🤣🤣🤣
@@admin.326 damn, that's sum long reply
@@admin.326 did we ask
I have about 20 of the salt lamps. All purchased at thrift stores for around $5. They are best if you replace the clear bulb with a coloured Christmas bulb….different colours. Really neat effect.
Legends say that is doesn't add any added benefit to ur sleep
doesn't the salt residue they leave get annoying though?
we know its just cool@@BLITZ-uq3ky
Listen to have so many lambs has it had an effect on your health?
I bet red is the best.
I had a lamp from Amazon that was on 99.6% of hours for 6 years somewhere around 50% brightness. The LED array finally died. I think it was $25. Not a bad deal if you ask me, but I couldn't fix it myself.
It's just a comfort thing. The warm glow is cozy .
I agree, even if there's no physical benefit, it brings the room +8beauty and impressiveness. this increases my mood outlet by at least 7% therefore making me more productive at home
@@fabianbandaiii3304 for me it's 11.11 (repeating of course) percent increase in mood
You don't want the LED lights unwanted the small glass lamp bulb that Inserts as it heats inside slowly ionizing the salt that dissipates into the air.
"Mom, we're out of salt!"
"Don't worry, just grab the lamp in the living room."
Those lamps are coated with a toxic gel
@@OscarMaris r/woooosh
Wahaha
Mom looks like this isn't Himalayan salt, looks like it's underarms
@@XariksBeatbox imagine linking subreddits outside of reddit
I mean if it was called Pakistani Salt you'd just scare away all of the Americans
@@ramkumarsuresh and there will some one will brings religion into comments what a twats
Americans have the choice to not to buy it and for your "insight" not all Americans get scared from Pakistan some are actually smart
@@jinan_hwasal Why ??
Isn't anything not Halal consumed by the "religious" people ?
@@ramkumarsuresh That would be lsrael
😂😂😂😂
Just came to mention how fanciful their hauling truck was decorated❣
My three salt lamps give off a beautiful soft ambient glow : 1 white, 2 pinks & a pink night light. Interesting to see where they were mined.
Karen. Lol
“But we get paid well and on time.”
Lmao. He is reading from a script.
The minimum wage in Pakistan is $4/day and they make $10. Its good for them.
@@videosbuzzshorts2414 the ibfo is wrong its not 4$ per day
@@tablet2331 your English is wrong
Just came to the comments to see if anyone caught on to that, lol.
@@tablet2331 I live in pak it is 3-4 dollars a day = to 640 pak rs
2:24 can we just appreciate a driver of that tractor ? I've never seen anyone putting so much love and beauty in this type of machine. It looks amazing !
I always HATE the "why is nobody taking about" kinda comments... But you were so right on this one. It was beautiful
@OverSidetracking well ty... I am cool. U be well also
Looking like it came from Willy wonkas chocolate factory 😂
@Taznaz Z Its in India too.
well thats one of the beauties in pakistan! most of the trucks and vehicles besides everyday cars are decorated beautifully!
I got to visit the Khewra mines this year. The drive from there to Lahore is brutal, with bad and dangerous mountain roads. It's crazy how they move all of this
There are no mountains on the way from Khewora to Lahore, but after a 20 km plain journey from Khewora, the motorway to Lahore starts and the journey is relaxing.
What reallly? Why didnt u take the motorway??
"The weight of 157 elephants"
America will use anything but the metric system.
american: 1k tons?
american: ah 157 elephant,understood.
THANK GOD you told us allhpw much it is
F*k SI units. We have elephants and inches
lmao
@@electech703 and cheeseburger of course
lol. all of our mother in laws weigh 157 elephants. it's true!
Boss: *raises whip*
Worker: "we get paid well and on time"
Boss: *lowers whip*
Lol exactly my thoughts i mean just look at his face he looks so scared
I came to the comments just to talk about this
Everyone made fun of him after he said that 😂 probably called him a kiss ass
Atleast they are doing physical work 😂 not sitting on Fat bum and scratching stinky ass and been keyboard warrior 😂😂
I was thinking the same thing the way he said it and was looking at the camera
I just love this video, I use pink salt in my cooking and coffee and I have a pink salt lamp. Bless you all for all the hard work and pride that you have for mining the pink salt. 💗
These people work in difficult if not dangerous conditions and, as the video noted, get paid very little. Enjoy your salt at their expense!
In your coffee?
@@theoneandonly4577 i put the salt on my oranges
"research has not demonstrated that Himalayan salt has any unique health benefits compared to other dietary salt. The mineral impurities that give it a pink color, often promoted as healthful, are far too low in concentration to be nutritionally beneficial"
@Def Bet Learn to spell, its where not were. Don't be jealous we have the 9th best army in the world, some day some of our bombs will fall on your street 🤣
@Def Bet what
How about 82 minerals and trace minerals compared to only two in normal table salt?
@@hansludwig4732 It's still 98% regular salt. So unless you're eating a half a kilo of salt a day and somehow not dying, you'd be getting an infintesimal amount of extra nutrition (and those extra nutrients you'd get 100 fold from just water). Licking a multivitamin would be a thousand times more nutricious than just a few tenths of a gram of fancy salt.
@@GrandHighGamer A multivitamin doesn't contain trace minerals, it contains vitamins.
Here in Pakistan Himalayan salt cost less then sea salt 😂
Same here in the USA
@@potatosmith1100 no?
@@potatosmith1100 for real? I thought it was expensive?? I watched the video about Himalayan Salt in Insider channel
Here in LA at least Himalayan salt is like 60% more expensive than sea salt.
Than*
Miner (in monotone voice): we get paid well and on time
me: that sounds sketchy af
yeah it sounded so sad
Looks like someone was holding a gun behind camera
Ya, he got a 2 dollar bonus for that one. The slaves work on floor 11.
@@TS-vr9of please… help me
a terrible enticement on "as good as it gets" in india/pakistan
Those tunnels were huge and loaded with salt. You would think they would have more advance technology to get the salt the old ancient way the used in the beginning. Was interesting to watch. Great video
It is normal. If the work force is really cheap it isn't worth getting expensive machines...
Well this is Pakistan not America and it's been working for them and in return the workers have a job whereas if they had high tech advanced machines then less man labour would be needed hence unemployment will rise.
My best friend, Excellent video! Keep it up! I had to see the full video, as always, Keep it up! +thumb up3!
fun fact: Earth's largest salt deposits are found in League of Legends ranked queue.
Underrated
😂😂😂
fax
It took a while
Underrated
"we get paid well and on time.
Also, my family is happy and unharmed."
Shut up they are fine
it think they said it because it's very rare in pakistan
@@golutiwari1458 and you are a citizen of Pakistan or India?
@Tiktok is equal to cancer maybe indian read their name tho
Edit:
@golu tiwari I don’t know 🤷♂️
@Experienced old man 👴 thanks for pointing me out. Its strange how I got 6.5 bands in IELTS test (of course ) 🤡
@@keepsmiling9882 did I said anything wrong
Another interesting fact: There are around 340 000 000 people who measure distances in miles. There are around 7 500 000 000 who do not.
Interesting video about the Himalayan Salt!
Liked the video and facts. 💬
horse: **sees rock**
horse: **licc**
horse: This rock tastes weird.
@Hue G. Rection really man?
@@eduardogalindo4957 dont mind him, they're just trollin
Then horse informed to king
ha ha ha
No look up salt licks. Blocks of salt made for horses and other farm animals
Yes weigh salt in elephants when you have a perfect metric system sitting around.
1million kg
Metric measurement systems: exist
Murica: Hold my bald eagle, Budweiser and hamburger
That was because it is easy to talk about elephant's weight in terms of Himalayan salts next time
Pawkistawn. Am I the only one annoyed how she pronounces "Pakistan"?
When dealing with any weight I always convert it back to elephants. It's especially useful when cooking...0.00067 elephants of flour, 0.0001 elephants of baking soda etc
With length it's always Eiffel Towers.
Good stuff! Keep it coming
Each country follows their safety guidelines . However they all must follow international regulations such as ILO and so forth. Countries in South and Central America, Africa, Asia also have their guidelines . Keep in mind many countries also must support human labor as it is necessary for it's survival. People must have an earning source to feed themselves as well families.
Oooh, the weight of a 157 elephants? Now I understand, it's so clear to me now!
😊
I wish they would do it in a more recognisable unit such as camels.
Everything is weighed in Elephants in modern times, before that it was goats, 1 elephant = 67 goats, simple lol
aaahhh indian or african elephants ?
@@MrLince-hr4of Indian, mind u , u have to be careful that one isn't pretending to be another , then its a whole new thing, lol
I hope one day, I will be able to see Pakistan implementing labor safety laws.
@Chill Science to be honest, wearing dust masks is far better than not wearing any protection at all. In third world country, tradional miners only using flip flops and shorts.
The dust protection and the explosions were pretty shoddy
In the world not just Pakistan
@Chill Science they dont even have proper dust masks... They wear thin medical masks which are not suited for this kind of dust.
Leave them alone.
*Pakistan should have technology to process it and should export directly to Europe* ✅
@Robert Hamilton look at your low mentality even lower than a boot. Shame on you.
@Robert HamiltonDo you really think this.?
@Robert Hamilton Where are you from??
And who told you this?😂
Indian traders marketed it to to Europe, which made it so valuable. Same with African diamonds.
@Robert Hamilton Lindu Gobarbhakt💩 Spotted 😛😂🤭😁
2:24 Well that was an unexpectedly festive looking set up to extract salt from a mine.
You know damn well he was manipulated into saying “we get paid well, and on time” 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️😂😂
I used to work in a fast food and we dint get paid well or on time .
@@omarnoyola497 How is that random information contributing to what Josh said?
@@coybi I guess they’re saying that if they weren’t getting treated properly just imagine what the people in this video get treated like.
Lol😂😂😂
It's difficult to find labour, doesn't surprise me if they arepaid well. Pakistanis workers are proud workers which is a big problem for employers.
“We get paid well and on time” he looks like he was forced to say that
They get 10 dollars per day and in Pakistan average wage is 4 dollars so it's good
😂😂
Probably not. Probably true.
Just off camera was a soldier pointing an AK47 at him .
$10 dollars for 12 to 14 hour hard labor days is slavery which is still the antiquated way of the world.
being someone who has visited that mine, it's actually quite the trip
Do they let you go in?
@@GunterandthePenguins yes you can go in and even ride onna train that tours you around it
I did't know the salt lamps are literally the same as the table salt... I guess I will start grinding up my salt lamp...
I did. But they're hard to break up.
I understand eating it, i don't understand having lamps and roof tiles made of salt
Probably because it's pretty.
They are said to purify the atmosphere by the ions they release into the air. Ans they are pretty.
@@bluewaters2231 any science behind that?
@@GreatSageSunWukong Salt has always been a purifier from ancient times in all indigenous cultures; for more scientific information u could google. This Himalayan salt is defi more healthy than the iodised and chemically treated salt available now in supermarkets. Of that i am sure. Any health practitioner will advocate it. And it is more expensive. The lamps do look pretty when lite. Sun Wukong, scroll down to a comment by Ahmad Raza. He has explained in more depth than I have.
Veritasium already did a vid debunking this th-cam.com/video/ZQ--scjcAZ4/w-d-xo.html
The train is neat
Shut it
#train NEEEEAAAAATT!!!
I know right, a disneyland ride right before intense labor and potential death :)
It is
I have actually sat on the train
Insider: How do we show what 1000 tonnes of salt is?
The random intern: Did you know that’s 157 elephants?
Thank you to all the workers who excavate this salt. God bless ❤
I do see one benefit over sea salt, no micro plastics.
LOL
@Dori Tos Might be less harmful.
pink salt is petrified muscle and flesh.
100%, I swear.
The pink colouring in himalayan salt, is actually caused by impurites. It is not healthier for you. It is about on par with regular salt.
@@toffeecrisp2146 the white parts of the salt are petrified body fat. So the coloured parts contain way more blood cells etc. (Petrified flesh)
So Alexander's horse was like, oh hey salt. And directly after that the British in the 1800s. Local people clearly had no clue. This is a pretty eurocentric interpretation of history.
Also remember that Columbus was the first person to discover America. Also the pyramids were built by white westerners (in the future we travel back in time and build them)
haha...I was wondering the same. Why there was a need to bring Alexander here? May be they should have mentioned he was running away after losing the battle in India.
@@nikhilkay1 Yeah he lost battle to king Pushpendra or Porus. Europe still revers him as not having lost even one war or that his army returned after defeating Porus coz they were tired. In reality he was badly wounded in the battle and returned back to save his life. He died some time after that due to illness(only happens to great warriors). 😉
Why do you need to keep looking out to get provoked? His horse was said to have discovered the mines, so what? I agree that they could have elaborated on the Sikh history of the mines, but mentioning the man because of whom the mines were supposedly discovered is not Eurocentric.
@@manavmehta2031 Alexander almost died in the first major battle against the Persians. Also idk why people are calling him Greek he was Macedonian
Nice place! great video!Люблю Пакистан!
I tried pink salt for cooking before. I think it provides a more refined taste than other types of salts. However, the price makes it not worth it. Glad it exists tho
"We get paid well "
*And on time
I feel ya bro
Alexander and his horse's story tells us that how history is manipulated through anecdotes.
Can you believe that before Alexander's arrival, no one was using this salt?
True bro, these western historians changed India's history, to show British people as great, we bharatiya knows the benefits of Himalayan salt, and the name Himalaya is ours language
@@reta5189
>Alexander
>Western
@@reta5189
Himalayan salt is Pakistani
Not Indian bro
No one is claiming Alexander's campaign discovered salt but it discovered this mining region full of this particular salt.
@@organicfarm5524
Exactly right
How are they comparing any raw salt to regular table salt without mentioning the bleaching process & anti-caking agents in table salt?
Nice to see workers like this actually treated and paid well.
My mom: "it's healthy!"
Me: "It's still salt and you still have hypertension".
Tell mom to drop the carbs!
By chance I recently watched a documentary on the supposed health benefits of the salt lamps. The scientist used their high tech instruments to measure the negative ions which the salt lamps produce and the lamp didn't produce enough ions to even register any difference from the ambient air. The conclusion they came to was that there was no health benefit but the lamps do look pretty cool.
@@splint3048 Yeah i mean, no wonder. One of my sisters is really hippie-spirity with her salt lamps, weed and sacrificial candles. I always tell her that none of what she does is supported by science, but she always tells me:
" _thē dèãth ōf thįs wôrld cân ôńly bê støppêd wïth â màss fôrčēd sāçrìfîčè_ "
My mom is the same way, besides using it in making food, she even bought a salt lamp, by believing something about it it absorbing all the negative energy.
No they buy that food cause it’s non gmo and organic rather than genetically modified artificial fake processed food.
I would not be able to resist the urge to lick a rock.
I love that salt lol.
Who doesn't lol
I've been to the mine and yes you can buy salt crystals to lick lol.
They literally have a licking wall in there where tourists can lick and make a wish
@@junaidbutt8279 hello covid
@@killerxyphon and possibly a bunch of other stuff 😄
But salt is a strong food preservative, so it might be reasonably safe actually
So basically Himalayan salt are the Supreme shirts of salt. It has the same quality as the regular while salt/shirt but the little red spots on there make it so that it costs 4 times more then the normal white version.
Thank you miners and truck drivers for all of your hard work to provide that salt for us. Again thank you!
What about the ocean and earth
@@elliotjohnson9737 bro how the ocean/earth gonna understand him?
@@elliotjohnson9737 lol
@@elliotjohnson9737 Byron buxton 2022 American League mvp. I’m calling it
well the miners and truck drivers barely make any money even though they do all the hard work and labor while the company owners take all the profit
Thanks I always wanted to know how heavy 157 elephants are
Important to note that they based this stat off African elephants, not Indian elephants.
Haha, good one.
But americans doesn't know how much 1000 tons are
@@Juipukka they do, it’s around 2,000,000 LBS or 900k KG. They don’t know how much a tonne is tho.
@@Juipukka assumptions much
Am so delighted to learn that this is where Himalayan salt 🧂is from
this had soooooooooooooo many interesting things in this, this video was gr8.
So why do they call it “Himalayan”? You just glossed over that hahah
Himalaya range is a mountainous range which is expanded to multiple countries. It starts from Pakistan, and ends at Myanmar. This area is right near Himalaya range of Pakistan. Look at this image.
www.researchgate.net/publication/328790994/figure/fig1/AS:690384598470657@1541611923157/Spatial-spread-of-the-Himalayan-mountain-system-across-seven-nations-The-elevational.png
Bcz this salt comes from the lower himalayas
@@stangerdanger7252 Himalayan is related to India....pakistan has occupied India's lands
@@pankajsy8581 not really as far as i know
@@pankajsy8581 India means Land of Indus river. First of all get your facts right. This is Indus river.
i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/43/52/f04352a9f2e1067395eab1d8ed6aa62e.jpg
Hamalyia starts from Pakistan. The people of Gilgit baltistan fought against the raja and became Part of Pakistan. Second, people of gilgit are more close to Pakistani then Indian people Just look at a picture of those people ,and then look at yourself. Too big of difference.
Horse: **lick**
Alexander: "Oh, My, God."
Hits different without the context of this video
Horse: *licks rock*
People: *mining intensifies*
Yep pretty much a lightbulb scene
😆😆😆
6:46 However, similar tasting or not:
These salt deposits don’t contain micro plastics found in 90% of other salts sold that come from the the oceans.
So the benefits (besides extra minerals) are that one is not contaminating the body with inflammatory causing substances (among other health risks).
Thank you to all the hard workers that mine this for the world to appreciate.
The truck is the most hardworking. Mining during the day, Weddings and parties in the evenings.
Lol😂👍
I had a salt candle holder. My dog kept licking it everyday. I had to hide it because she loved it so much
She loved it because she's lacking some ingredients in her diet keep her doing that in forest wild dogs also do that if they find a small rock of salt or slightly burned tree part which is full nutrients
@@aditya5463 she has a salt lick in the backyard that she shares with the livestock. She can’t have my candle though lol.
She gets top of the line kibble, mixed with raw meats and veggies. She gets organ meat mixtures from the local butcher too. She just wouldn’t leave my candle alone
Understood Allysa the noodle 🍜 🤗
@@alyssa_the_noodle5228 i Dont think too much salt is good for dogs, or you really
this makes my salt lamp crystal seem more precious to me. i always wondered where it came from.
Two years ago I visited the mines and it really is amazing once you drive off the motorway and onto the dirt pathways through the villages since literally everywhere, there's just unguarded massive piles of Himalayan salt. If you're going to Pakistan, it's definitely worth a visit. Just make sure not to buy from the stores right outside the mines since they are always overpriced. I got a salt lamp for £2 just 5 minutes drive away.
I think my salt lamp is from here, mine has the same wood bottom piece as some of the ones I saw. I didn’t get it for the health benefits, I got it because the pink salt is so pretty. I appreciate the work from these guys. 👏
I use it in all my cooking. Feel bad for these guys. Even the phone I type this message on, had it's raw materials mined by people struggling in poverty
@@MrRedeyedJedi Way too many things are made from people that are exploited. It’s terrible but it’s like we can never escape it. I think about this a lot, someone out there put my phone together piece by piece to perfection and they work endless hours but get paid crumbs. These people deserve more. :(
@@april_ I agree but I'm as much of a hypocrite as yourself, as I type on my tablet. Nothing we can do about it, its a higher level of governing that controls this
Now lick it
@@april_ most of those are done by machines.
It’s so surreal to hear so many English words scattered throughout the Pakistani language
th-cam.com/video/xD-qn2lD9Dc/w-d-xo.html
In most of India Pakistan and Bangladesh, it's not uncommon to hear people use english words that are easier to say than their vernacular counterparts. It's also really common for someone to start a sentence in hindi and then end it in English or vice versa(because a large portion of people speak English)
Nice profile picture
@@reisonencarnacion5214 How is is relevant at all? Why is this here? I am so confused. I am in utter disbelief at how not relevant is video is to anything closely related to this video or even the comment. This video is about Pakistani salt mining. Your video that you linked is about plastic bottle fishing and I think it's in Spanish. Furthermore, the comment that you replied to was about how English is prominent through the Pakistani language. This video is the furthest away you could get and you still linked it. To reiterate my shock, this video is in no way relevant to the conversation. I will go to bed tonight wondering if the entire world has formed some odd connection that I have not. I am puzzled.
India was ruled by the English for 200 years. Pakistani was part of India until 1947. Not that astonishing tbh.
Thanks for letting me know where this salt comes from. I'm finished with it forever.
Pakistan- we have himalayan salt
India- we have cowdung salt 🐃🤣
historically, miner and farmers are the ones getting the smallest portions of the profit. Pakistan banning the export simply force the businessmen to move business from India to Pakistan. The locals are still getting paid the same and they are just happy they got a job.
The wealthy businessmen will remain almost the same.
i agree the miners do a big and dangerous, labor intensive job, but it takes a lot of processing to make the salt profitable and those people need to get paid too, which would inevitably move the cost to the consumer. Which means more expensive salt lamps and table salt for western customers.
There is no such big difference. We have been using Black salt from Himachal, Tibet. They mainly contain NaCl and Complex iron compound but they are quite cheaper to these hyped up salt. Processed salt is very cheap in India. Though price has increased in recent years but still it is much less than Sugar or Jaggery.
@@kyukyahua In Pakistan, salt is alot lot cheaper. An Indian spy was caught some years ago when he offered to pay for salt somewhere...atleast thats what the story was.
for comparison, even at retail, pink salt (packaged and branded) cost the equivalent of ~INR30/kg. White salt even cheaper.
@@911mastermind That is quite cheap. But checked them out at our nearest Big Bazaar and they were asking INR 60/ 500gm. At a local grocery store, it INR 62/ 500gm or INR 65/500gm. So, that is a lot cheaper even after paying excise.
@Smeh 7 dont talk nonsense. Humans have been eating rocksalt for centuries.
Khewra mines are beautiful tourist spot. The souvenirs built out of salt are just amazing.
Then you’re just as radical and controlled as your claim about them
I have one of these little salt lamps but I had it by a window so it ruined the texture a bit, oops. I want a bigger one though. And I do have some salt in a little grinder that I use to top foods but it was just a random purchase at the 99 cents store of all places. Seeing where it comes from is so interesting.
so you can eat them?
"we get paid well and on time" that sounds extraordinarily practiced and rehearsed almost as if he was told to say that
"We get paid well and on-time." Hmm... that's not a suspicious way of wording it...
Given that they're not wearing proper protective gear makes it more sus
off camera, there was his boss holding a gun pointed at his head. he blinked twice
It’s actually not suspicious, but it feels like that in its English translation.
Relative to other people in Pakistan, $10/day is a lot. The average wage is $4/day to give you a perspective. Moreover, the cost of living in Pakistan to lets say Canada is far lower.
They get 10 dollars per day and that's good for Pakistan
It is fascinating to know that the salt formed hundreds of millions years before the first multicellular organisms.
And we're putting it in our kitchen counter tops with a light bulb shoved up it, or grinding it up to put it on food.
@@MizuSky And state on the box that it will expire in 1 year
@@HAWXLEADER 😂😂😂😂😂
I don't understand what you mean. The oldest multicellular fossils in Newfoundland are about the same age as the salt. (And there are much older recent findings in Gabon.)
The Bible would disagree with your statement….
But how much can you trust a book based on the stories of drugged out men who spoke with serpents
keep it up!
Wonderful and interesting video. I hope the miners get a pay raise.
That nutritionist came out of nowhere.
She just finished telling young children that there is no Santa either.
Don’t they always?
So the rich mine owners asks the government to pass a law that will vastly increase their profits and yet, the workers are still exploited. It's a disgrace.
that's capitalism for ya!
sounds like quite literally every big business nowadays...
you sound indian
Literally every business
@@whatthehellzgoingon what's your alternative?
Those workers must feel GREAT! working with all those positive ions all day (!)
Chemical formulation for North American salt is NaCl . Asian salt is NaCl with an added Hb(Health benefit) electron.
I am a pakistani and have visited the khewra mines and also tasted the black salt there,
we have many rocks of pin salt in our home and we first grind it and then use it.
it' very rich in taste and it doesn't make your mouth bitter and you can lick it more.it's yum.
Me: but is it sustainable?
8:15
Me: Ah, never mind
You got me there🤣
I want to know what happen when there is no more.
@@Bombichote1 use the lamps...
It's not that good for environment but same, never mind
I would say of the stated 6.+ billion tons left to mine, we will have enough for a few generations. 1 metric ton for each of the human race.
If u buy a Himalayan salt art piece, be careful cuz I live in a coastal desert (it is pretty dry here except when it gets sorta humid during summer, but not too bad) but a few pieces I had bought, ended up melting and getting salt everywhere and ruining an antique box I had sitting next to it (due to the slight humidity and sunlight). So I sold the rest of the pieces I had. So if u do get Himalayan salt art pieces, just be careful where u put them and what u put next to them, and make sure u watch the area carefully so it doesn't ruin ur furniture and items by it..
照明として使えるの良い。インテリアには最適
“After double drill it goes through a washing process”
LMAO 1 guy with a hose washing the rocks one by one.
He explains why they do it manually.
Because of the different sizes.
@@pingpong3200 you right! just caught that 🙂
Its called manually washing 😂
5:06 I love the way the worker is wearing hygienic disposable gloves when handling the rocks meant for table salt, while his partner walks over them in his shoes.
Thats why come countries just dont improve
I believe that cleanliness and hygiene in India is not a priority...
Camera 📷 is motivational factor lol
I was thinking the same thing when I saw that.
it doesn't make sense wtf 😂
I am amazed how they use this unrecoverable resource for decorations rather than preserve it for generations to come to benefit from it as well 🤷♀️
Sodium chloride is really abundant given the right processes. You don't really have to preserve it, like you don't have to preserve oxygen.
Its quite sad to me how clean and bright the workers safety helmets are. I think it shows how infrequently they’re actually worn and likely were only used because of the cameras being around. I can only imagine what its like to be a worker there as i would guess they have very little workers rights.
"Himalayan Salt doesn't actually come from the Himalayas"
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just like HOT DOGS are not made by dogs and baby oil is not made by babies ... so HIMALIYAN salt is originally "Khewra Salt"
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Northern Pakistan all mountains are Himalayas........
Khewra salt mines are in foothills of himalaya near 9th highest mountain in the world nanga parbat (Pakistan) which is part of western himalaya go search on google u will find it
@@arshaddilmuhammad2188 khewra salt mine is in punjab not in North pakistan
“Made into lamps, statues, and of course table salt” pauses video and slowly looks over to my Himalayan salt lamp...
Lmaaoooo
Lick it
Now I want a himalayan salt lamb as well lol.
I have kept a salt lamp in my stable. My horse licks it everyday...😁
@@smoizahmed lol cool
Greeting
They need to upgrade the tech both at the mine and factory floor, it will double or triple the output.
2:11 they had this man at gun point to force him to say this LMAO
Now we’re being fooled by “Himalayan” branding
Basically you just know by this that it’s pink stone salt. All that matters anyway.
I mean the himalayas are in Pakistan they start from the capital city
@@michaelloedel750 Well it's the same geological element that made the hills of Potohar from past into modern Himalayas. Look at map.
These hills will one day become Himalayas as well.
It's just the salt from the actual Himalayas has been eroded away over eons by rain etc.
your name say's it all
@Truth Teller haha, you don't get what I said bro, you can see such brand like Sherpa pink, saltworks, himalania, they using icy himalayan mountain picture, that's make people believe it's from snowy place of Himalayan mountains. Better shut up before being offensive to others comment! You should learn more
Farmers should decorate their tractors like that.
Health and Safety in for example the UK would probably not allow it
In Pakistan People love to do that's Decorating Tractors abd buses
If you are travelling to Lahore from Attock or Islamabad by Motorway, there is a patch where salt mine is converted to a road. A driver is supposed to keep the speed low or it could result in break failures. They use cameras and estimate time when a vehicle should be out of the salt range. If early, you are fined.
Imagine aliens seeing this video.
"They eat.... pink rocks?"
The Pakistani guy was basically speaking 80% English I was so confused...
@Jareer Abdullah
The Newfoundlanders were a colony of England
and sometimes I can't understand them..
Stay where you are and I'll come where you're at
Try and understand that when the Newfoundlander
is half cut and is speaking fast...
@Jareer Abdullah are you from Pakistan??
@Jareer Abdullah i want to know if you use the salt 🤔
@Jareer Abdullah i think it cure sinus problem by inhaling it. I heard miners of pink salt have low health problems.
English is the official language along with Urdu so people have atleast basic understanding of English words. Hence it is the third largest English speaking country as well.