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Why stop at adding fluoride? I think we should be adding small amounts of lithium to public water. The public mental health benefits could be enormous. Throw
by lupusreal 2y ago
Why stop at adding fluoride? I think we should be adding small amounts of lithium to public water. The public mental health benefits could be enormous.
Throw in some iodine too for good measure.
- rootusrootus 2y agoWhile we're at it, add microdosing semaglutide.
- trashface 2y agoMight as well add Adderall. Boost that GDP!
- unsupp0rted 2y ago[flagged]
- outworlder 2y ago> Throw in some iodine too for good measure. Iodine is added to salt, so no need.
- mrguyorama 2y agoThough not Kosher salt, or most "premium" salts, or any of that Himalayan salt. Be careful that on your quest for the most gourmet salt you don't prevent your children from getting enough iodine!
- advisedwang 2y agoThe US does already provide iodine supplementation, just via table salt and not water (I suspect because it's a more convenient way to deliver such supplementation)
- SoftTalker 2y agoI almost never use table salt, but most prepared/processed food is loaded with salt. Is that salt typically iodized?
- cryptonector 2y agoWhy not? Salt is an essential nutrient.
- advisedwang 2y agoYes, but most people get far more than is needed. In fact we often are eating enough to be pushing us towards hypertension.
- lupusreal 2y agoIf you eat "too much" salt you get thirsty, drink more water, piss out the salt and restore balance. The myth of salt being unhealthy was funded by snack food companies who knew that if they scared people away from adding salt to their normal meals they would still crave salt and likely turn to snack foods to satisfy that craving. Adding salt to your home cooked meals and abstaining from junk food is the healthy choice.
- cryptonector 2y agoSalt is essential to neurological well-being. As you say, as long as your kidneys are healthy, you can have much more salt in your diet than is currently recommended. (Obviously not too much at once, as that can kill you.)
- advisedwang 2y agoThe physiology is not that simple, and there is experimental evidence showing a relationship between salt consumption and hypertension. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6770596/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6770596/
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- throwaway59148 2y agoSome of us who eat Japanese food (which is often very high in iodine, mostly from seaweeds like kombu) appreciate that we aren't forced to overdose even further!