WintersTablet t1_irezg50 wrote
Reply to comment by SaltedGreenMilk1987 in TIL A 2017 study found that the introduction of iodized salt in 1924 raised the IQ for the one-quarter of the population most deficient in iodine. by kstinfo
All salts have natural iodine, but not enough for the recommended daily allowance. The right amount is added in the factories.
For the most part, natural iodine is found in food, mainly seafoods, but it's also in plants that grow in places that weren't ablated by glaciers. These areas were known as the goiter belt.
And all the different salts, even the most expensive stuff, are functionally the same. One may taste better to you over the other due to taste bud differences formed by the foods you eat, or size of crystals, or other small things. But, in general, salt is salt.
DrEnter t1_irf11i3 wrote
Kosher salt and most “gourmet” salts are NOT iodized. You can get some decent iodized sea salts or course grind salts, but you have to look for them. They will always say iodized on the label.
WintersTablet t1_irf2g2k wrote
True that those don't have added iodine. I guess I didn't elaborate enough when I said it's added in the factories.
Although all salt has a trace amount of iodine naturally, it's not enough for RDA. So the labeled iodized salt has iodine added in the factory.
Also, I might add... Iodine is a poison, yes. The amount of table salt needed to consume would kill you long before any I'll effects of iodine were felt.
opiate_lifer t1_irfrdgy wrote
Everything is a poison, only the dose matters.
ShasOFish t1_irgiq9i wrote
It’s like bananas. If you eat a sufficient number of them, the cumulative radiation would kill you. The necessary number of bananas would kill you first though.
WintersTablet t1_irhlvuy wrote
Fun fact, original bananas are extinct due to blight. The ones we have today are remakes, but don't taste the same. If you want to taste what an old one tasted like, try a banana laughy taffy.
Next-Oven4964 t1_irkry9h wrote
They aren't exactly extinct. You can still buy a Gros Michel banana that laffy taffy was based on. It's just gonna cost you somewhere in the ballpark of 15-26$ a pound lol
WintersTablet t1_irll9v7 wrote
Ahh. I wasn't aware of this. Thank you
DrEnter t1_irf8hq7 wrote
Not sure who you were responding too…
WintersTablet t1_irfb2sp wrote
LOL. My self-criticism mostly.
UsyPlays t1_irf1uj7 wrote
With family in Pakistan I never realised that pink rock salt was seen as fancy in most of the world, we just have it with fruit most of the time
WintersTablet t1_irf2jjs wrote
Yeah, the markup on price is insane.
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