{"id":8910,"date":"2017-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-osteoarthritis-what-is-epsom-salt\/"},"modified":"2017-04-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:00:00","slug":"condition-osteoarthritis-what-is-epsom-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-osteoarthritis-what-is-epsom-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Epsom Salt and Should You Be Bathing In It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Epsom salt was first discovered in the 17th century in England, and for hundreds of years it's been dissolved in baths to ease aches and pains. In other words, it's nothing new. But over the past couple of years, Epsom salt baths have enjoyed a resurgence, with high-end spas offering float sessions<\/a> inside sensory deprivation tanks and celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Hannah Bronfman revealing they swear by their therapeutic effects.<\/p>\n First of all, it's not the stuff you sprinkle on your food, and it's also not the same thing as bath crystals. Epsom salt is crystallized magnesium sulfate, and you can buy a bag for a few bucks at most drugstores and on Amazon<\/a>. But although the home remedy has been around for generations, there isn't much proof it actually works. "When you really look at the research and the studies that are out there, there isn’t anything overwhelming saying that it’s really effective,” says Bret C. Jacobs, DO,
 Clinical Assistant Professor 
of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at
 NYU Langone Medical Center. “But at the same time, there’s also nothing to really refute it.”<\/p>\n <\/span> So, what is Epsom salt? <\/strong> <\/h3>\n