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Just out of curiosity, were you on a low-salt diet, or anything similar? I thought that regular table salt had enough iodine added to make supplementation unnec
by webnrrd2k 12y ago
Just out of curiosity, were you on a low-salt diet, or anything similar? I thought that regular table salt had enough iodine added to make supplementation unnecessary. But my ignorance of these things is quite vast, so I could easily be wrong.
- phkahler 12y agoIodized salt had enough iodine to prevent goiter (enlarged thyroid gland). There are many other tissues that require iodine, and there are indications that somewhere around 1-5mg is more optimal than the 150mcg (0.15mg) that is officially recommended. For FBD treatment and other things, people go as high as 50mg per day. So no, salt doesn't really do it. Kelp is the only actual food that has significant amounts AFICT.