What Is Himalayan Salt? Salt is born of the purest of parents the sun and the sea Pythagoras 580 BC 500 BC) Himalayan Crystal Salt originated from the evaporation of the primeval sea by the sun’s energy, at a time when pollution did not exist and planet Earth was a pristine ecosystem. Throughout hundreds of millions of years of intense heat and pressure from shifting tectonic plates the Himalayan Mountains were formed and the salt became crystallized. This pink salt from the Himalayan Mountains, which is over 250 million years old, is as pure as the ancient primal oceans and contains all the minerals and trace elements essential to human life. The elements trapped within the pink Himalayan salt are small enough to be able to be absorbed by human cells. Himalayan salt supplies us with a truly ancient ocean of energy and regenerates our body on all levels. Discover the health giving properties locked into this ancient crystal salt.