The word “salt” can conjure up all sorts of emotions. People seem to be passionate about their salt. Either they never use it, are afraid of it, feel above it or they love salt and can’t get enough. Because of all the bad press it gets, people can’t be blamed for being afraid of salt, but let’s not throw the baby out with the salt water.

Humans are made up of minerals (salt) and water. Salt is essential to our well-being and it enhances the taste of our food. The trick is using the right kind of salt. Salts like French Grey and Fleur de Sel are used widely by professional chefs and have been gathered from the same pond in France for the last 1,000 years. Pink Himalayan comes from the Primordial Sea and has 87 minerals and trace minerals needed by humans.

Black Lava and Red Alaea salts are both Hawaiian salts that help with digestion and iron deficiencies. Cypress Lemon flakes, which take two years to form, are great tasting and crunchy. There are also many smoked salts. The important thing is to find salt that is 100 percent natural, without anti-caking additives, sugar and iodine.

Cloud Nine Flotation is now offering 16 different International Gourmet Chef Salts both online, at FloatTucson.com/store, and onsite, at 2118 S. Avenida Planeta, in Tucson. All salts at Cloud Nine Flotation are vegan and kosher certified. For more information, call 520-668-4017 or email [email protected].

Cloud Nine Flotation Center - 2118 S Avenida Planeta, Tucson, AZ

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A Salt Tasting will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., March 12, at ArtSeeds Boutique, 3025 N. Campbell, #161, Tucson. Call for reservations.