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Salt has its uses: It flavors food, keeps us from dying of a sodium deficiency (rare but real), and, well, that's about it. And that's true whether the salt is white or pink.
鹽有其用途：給食物調味，保護我們不必因缺碘而亡（雖罕見，但確有其事），嗯，差不多就是這樣了。無論白鹽還是粉鹽，用途都是如此。
Oh but pink salt comes from the Himalayas. That sure sounds exotic, but it's not like it's better just because it comes from somewhere far away. Look, if you think salt lamps are pretty, feel free to enjoy that. If you enjoy the crunchy vibe of meditating inside a room full of salt (and suspending disbelief enough to pretend it is a cave), then go ahead and book a meditation session at one of the artificial salt caves across the US that are lined with pink salt shipped in from other parts of the world. Weird, but you do you.
哦，但粉紅鹽來自喜馬拉雅山。聽起來是不是很吸引人？但不要因為粉紅鹽源自異國他鄉而覺得它更高一等。瞧瞧，如果您覺得鹽燈好看，那就盡情享受。如果您喜歡在一個充滿鹽的房間中冥想，享受那種鬆脆的氛圍（摒棄一切雜念，假裝自己身處洞穴），那就去做吧，在美國的人造鹽洞中報名參加冥想課（這些粉紅鹽是從其它地方運過來的）。雖然很怪，但這就是你呀。
Salt is sodium chloride. We need both sodium and chloride in our bodies, although it's possible to get too much (people with high blood pressure are often told to reduce the sodium levels in their diet).
鹽是氯化鈉。人們需要鈉和氯，儘管有可能會攝入過多（高血壓患者經常被告知需要降低飲食中的鈉含量）。
Salt can have other minerals present in trace amounts. Pink salt gets its color from iron. There's not enough of the iron, or anything else, to significantly change the taste or the health effects of the salt. But iron is good for you! Yes, and you can get it from beef, chicken, lentils, spinach, and other things not imported from the Himalayas.
鹽也含有少量的其它礦物質。粉紅鹽因為鐵元素才呈現粉色。但鐵或其它元素的含量還不足以改變鹽本身的味道和健康效果。但鐵元素對人體是有益的！是的，你可以從牛肉、雞肉、扁豆、菠菜和其它非喜馬拉雅山進口的食物中獲得鐵元素。
But Himalayan salt has 84 minerals! Yeah, but it's still 98 percent sodium chloride. You know what else has 84 minerals? All the other food you eat. Table salt is bad for your heart! This is a slightly complex issue, but pink salt and regular salt are both salt. If table salt is bad for you, then pink salt is too. Himalayan salt is antibacterial and antifungal! In the sense that nothing will live inside a jar of salt, sure.
但喜馬拉雅鹽含有84種礦物質！是的，但98%的成分都是氯化鈉。你知道還有什麼東西含有84種礦物質嗎？你吃的所有其它食物。精製鹽對你的心臟有害！這是一個稍微複雜的問題，但粉紅鹽和普通鹽都是鹽。如果精製鹽不利於身體健康，那粉紅鹽也有存在危害。喜馬拉雅鹽具有抗菌和抗真菌效果！因為，任何細菌都無法在鹽罐中存活。
In conclusion, pink salt is salt. Enjoy it if you think it's pretty.
總之，粉紅鹽也是鹽。如果你覺得好看，就盡情享用吧！