ʻO ka paʻakai kekahi o nā mea nui i ka kuke ʻana. Inā ʻaʻole ia, ʻaʻohe ʻono a hoihoi ʻole ka hapa nui o nā kīʻaha. Eia naʻe .. ʻokoʻa ka paʻakai o ka paʻakai. ʻO ka ʻulaʻula a me ka ʻeleʻele Himalayan, kosher, kai, Celtic, paʻakai papaʻa he mau hiʻohiʻona wale nō ia o nā mea he nui. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa lākou i ka ʻono a me ke ʻano, akā loaʻa pū kekahi ʻano mineral ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka paʻakai he mineral crystalline i haku ʻia me nā mea sodium (Na) a me chlorine (Cl). Pono ka sodium a me ka chlorine no ke ola o nā holoholona a me nā kānaka. Lawe ʻia ka hapa nui o nā paʻakai o ka honua mai loko mai o nā lua paʻakai, a i ʻole ma ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ke kai a me nā wai mineral ʻē aʻe. ʻO ke kumu e pili ai ka nui o ka paʻakai me nā hopena olakino maikaʻi ʻole ma muli o ka hiki o ka paʻakai ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke koko. E like me nā mea ʻē aʻe, maikaʻi ka paʻakai ma ke ʻano kūpono. ʻO ka paʻakai papa maʻamau, hiki ke loaʻa ma kahi kokoke i nā hale a pau. Ma keʻano he kūlana,ʻo ia paʻakai e hana i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka hana. Ma muli o ka ʻeha loa, ua wehe ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mea haumia a me nā mea i loko. He 97% ka paʻakai paʻakai ʻai. Hoʻohui pinepine ʻia ka iodine i ia paʻakai. E like me ka paʻakai papa, ʻaneʻane pau loa ka paʻakai kai i ka sodium chloride. Eia nō naʻe, ma muli o kahi e hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai a pehea e hana ʻia ai, loaʻa i ka paʻakai kai nā micronutrients e like me ka potassium, ka hao a me ka zinc i nā pae like ʻole.
ʻO ka ʻeleʻele o ka paʻakai, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻike ʻana o nā mea haumia a me nā mea i loko. Pono e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ma muli o ka haumia o nā kai o ka honua, hiki ke loaʻa i ka paʻakai kai nā metala kaumaha, e like me ke kēpau. ʻO kēia ʻano paʻakai maʻamau ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka paʻakai papaʻaina maʻamau. ʻImi ʻia ka paʻakai Himalayan ma Pakistan, ma ka lua o Khewra, ka lua paʻakai nui loa ma ka honua. Loaʻa pinepine ia i nā ʻāpana o ka hao hao, e hāʻawi iā ia i kahi kala ʻulaʻula. Loaʻa i ka paʻakai ʻulaʻula kekahi calcium, hao, potassium a me ka magnesium. He emi iki ka paʻakai Himalayan ma mua o ka paʻakai maʻamau. Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia ka paʻakai Kosher no nā hana hoʻomana Iudaio. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ma ke ʻano o nā paʻakai paʻakai. Inā hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka paʻakai kosher i ka meaʻai, a laila hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia ka ʻokoʻa o ka ʻono i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka paʻakai papaʻaina. He ʻano paʻakai i kaulana mua ʻia ma Farani. He hinahina ka paʻakai Celtic a loaʻa kekahi wai, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa loa. Loaʻa iā ia nā minerala, a ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka sodium ma mua o ka paʻakai papa.