Do Epsom Salt Baths Do Anything?
You come home from an intense workout, muscles aching, and lower yourself into a warm epsom salt bath from some sweet relief. But are all those extra minerals really helping soothe your pain?...
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If you’ve ever felt achy after a long run or had a stubborn, ingrown toenail, you might have read online about the wonders of epsom salt. Sprinkle some into a bath, take a long soak, and voila! You’re on your way to feeling better. Besides softening your skin and relieving pain, some people even claim that epsom salt can somehow “raise your mineral levels” or “draw toxins from your body”. Whatever that means. But like most things on the internet, it’s probably too good to be true. Epsom salt is a form of magnesium sulfate, a compound made of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen. It was named “epsom” after a small town in Surrey, England, which is just southwest of London. In the 1600s, it became a popular spa town because some of its natural s...
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If you’ve ever felt achy after a long run or had a stubborn, ingrown toenail, you might have read online about the wonders of epsom salt. Sprinkle some into a bath, take a long soak, and voila! You’re on your way to feeling better. Besides softening your skin and relieving pain, some people even claim that epsom salt can somehow “raise your mineral levels” or “draw toxins from your body”. Whatever that means. But like most things on the internet, it’s probably too good to be true. Epsom salt is a form of magnesium sulfate, a compound made of magnesium, sulfur, and oxygen. It was named “epsom” after a small town in Surrey, England, which is just southwest of London. In the 1600s, it became a popular spa town because some of its natural s...
