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This is a great question. As far as practical applications are concerned, I have been using for years pink himalayan sea salt (high in haloarchaea) in my fermentation jars of cabbage (sauerkraut, kimchi) and other vegetables. It has extraordinary properties in the fermentation process. A great overview of this question can be found in: Exploring the diversity of extremely halophilic archaea in food-grade salts Henriet et al., International Journal of Food Microbiology. 2014. 191: 36-44 Exploring the diversity of extremely halophilic archaea in food-grade salts - MicrobialFoods.org My interest has continued for years and is now part of the storyline in my eBook novel, StarFish: The Evolution of People at Work where the main character Jax teaches a co-worker how to add fermented foods into his diet to restore gut health. starfishevolution . Again, thank you for the question. Here is a great video on the differences in salts.

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