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Where I live, "regular" salt contains iodine for health reasons. Wikipedia says: > Iodised salt (also spelled iodized salt) is table salt mixed with a minute a
by nathan_long 9y ago
Where I live, "regular" salt contains iodine for health reasons. Wikipedia says:
> Iodised salt (also spelled iodized salt) is table salt mixed with a minute amount of various salts of the element iodine. The ingestion of iodine prevents iodine deficiency. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects about two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities. Deficiency also causes thyroid gland problems, including "endemic goitre." In many countries, iodine deficiency is a major public health problem that can be cheaply addressed by purposely adding small amounts of iodine to the sodium chloride salt.
So I specifically don't want "sea salt". I'd rather not have such lovely, "natural" conditions as goiters.
- simulate 9y agoYou can get iodine from sources other than iodised salt. Vitamin D is often combined with iodine in supplements, for example.
- Mikeb85 9y agoSea salt does contain some natural iodine as well as other minerals. Seafood is also rich in iodine. Iodine deficiency is rife in areas of the world with no access to seafood (or sea salt). Sea salt is better than mined salt, so adding iodine to mined salt is necessary.
- saalweachter 9y agoIncidentally Morton sells iodized sea salt; it comes in the same cannisters as the rest and looks like regular salt but with the chunkier grain size, if you want to feel fancy but stay goitre-free.
- jessaustin 9y agoIt's better to use non-iodized salt when baking bread, since iodine is said to inhibit yeast growth.