Of all the things you might consider adding to a glass of water, salt probably isn’t top of the list. Unlike electrolytes , colostrum or collagen supplements , salt is, well, salt . But are we missing a trick? According to TikTok, yes.

Content touting the benefits of adding salt (specifically Celtic) to water, or showing how best to take it (either mixed in or under the tongue and swished), are racking up hundreds of thousands of views on the platform right now. To sort fact from fiction, we enlisted nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner Farzanah Nasser , and nutritionist and hormonal expert Hannah Alderson .

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What is Celtic salt?

“Celtic salt is an unrefined sea salt from the coast

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