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awhq t1_ire5ju0 wrote

I've never seen anything but iodized salt until I moved to rural North Carolina. Here, the grocery stores have more non-iodized salt than iodized. I assume it's because people here pickle and can more than other places I've lived but, given how under educated a lot people here are, I wonder if people choose non-iodized for regular use because they don't know to choose iodized.

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youngmindoldbody t1_irecou8 wrote

There are folks who jump on every "it must be bad for you" bandwagon.

There is a iodine bandwagon. Wife's friend was on it for years. Had to use special pink Pakistan salt or something. She got sick, turned out to be due to lack of iodine. Her husband is kind of a nut also.

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NeedlessUnification t1_ireb6f7 wrote

From the revisionist history podcast, places near salt water tended to not be iodine insufficient, which is where the dr got the idea to add it to salt.

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Amorougen t1_iredy81 wrote

Supposedly, people from iodine insufficient midwest ate potato peeling (as in baked potatoes) to provide iodine and prevent goiter. Iodized salt made that unnecessary.

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Gastronomicus t1_irera57 wrote

> onder if people choose non-iodized for regular use because they don't know to choose iodized.

For many it's because iodised salt has a more bitter and distasteful flavour than regular sea salt.

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awhq t1_irerj2f wrote

I've never used enough salt to notice. I'm probably one of the few people my doctor told me to eat more salt.

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