No Proof Salt Lamps Have Health Benefits

Himalayan salt has a distinctive pinkish orange hue. This color comes from impurities in the salt, which is your run-of-the-mill sodium chloride. For centuries, it’s been mined in the Punjab region of Pakistan and is often sold as chunks. These chunks are often used to make salt lamps. People make quite a few claims about the effects of these chunks of salt.

A study published in 2005 said that negative ions and bright lights may help with seasonal affective disorder (SAD). For reasons Misbar doesn’t understand, some new age people started connecting salt lamps to negative ions. Many claimed that they had numerous health benefits. Perhaps the claims are derived from “crystal healing” – a belief that crystals provide health benefits.