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There are plenty of other sources for iodine.
by ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y ago
There are plenty of other sources for iodine.
- strokirk 2y agoWhich?
- helpfulContrib 2y ago[dead]
- cogman10 2y agoPrimarily seafood. You can get it from a lot of other places, but they are unreliable. Plants grown in iodine rich soil will have iodine, but good luck identifying that. I use iodized salt because I don't love the alternatives.
- carlmr 2y agoSeaweed has plenty of iodine
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y agohttps://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iodine-HealthProfessional/#h3 https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iodine-HealthProfessional/...
- f1shy 2y agoNot really, at least not everywhere. If you live away of sea, you will bot be inclined to eat seafood, also will be expensive. There are many cultures in which the diet does not have enough iodine.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y agoSure, if you live in a country with submodern infrastructure, doesn't produce enriched wheat, or cannot afford to buy an iodine supplement, you are probably right. However 1 cup of milk has more iodine than 1/4 teaspoon of iodized salt, 1 egg has half as much, and two slices of enriched wheat bread has three times as much. Also, a typical kelp supplement has way more than the RDV, in a single pill.
- f1shy 2y ago> Sure, if you live in a country with submodern infrastructure That describes a whole lot of world population.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y agoYet, not a whole lot of the hacker news user population.