As long as it takes to dissolve and mix. I usually lightly stir in the salt with a wooden spoon while the water is still warm. A pinch—about 1/16 tsp—of pure, mineral-rich, non-iodized salt is enough to remineralize a gallon of distilled water.

Sea salt isn’t recommended anymore—modern oceans are full of pollution, microplastics, and radiation.

The scalar-enhanced ancient seabed salts Dr. Gabriel Cousens uses are a completely different category. They’re a blend of multiple mineral-rich ancient seabed and sea salts from places like the Andes, Hawaii, the Himalayas, and Utah—free of additives, chemicals, preservatives, excipients, stabilizers, conditioners, explosives, rocks, shells, microplastics, and other contaminants.

They’re ancient Earth salts. Expensive? Yes… but at 1/16 tsp per gallon they last forever.

If you want a more affordable option, then a high-quality Himalayan pink rock salt works for remineralizing distilled water. I’m not endorsing any particular company, but salts in the range of Pure Indian Foods, Himalayan Secrets, or SaltWorks generally meet the standards at different price points.

What matters is that it’s mined from ancient underground seabeds, free of additives and anti-caking agents, and ideally lab-tested for purity and heavy metals.

At 1/16 tsp per gallon you’re adding trace minerals, not a big sodium load, and you’re staying away from the contamination issues that come with modern sea salt.