If salt is no longer a supplier of iodide, but there is no longer outbreaks of iodine deficiency like goitre, how are we all getting enough iodide in our diets?
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Everyone seems to exclusively buy “sea salt” which is not iodized. I’m an oddball and still buy the classic iodized Morton salt. Many people do not get the iodide they need.
In South Carolina there’s a TV station called WIS — it stands for “Wonderful Iodine State!” which apparently was the state’s nickname in the 1930s. They used it to market their fruits and vegetables as being high in iodine.
So that’s where we can get iodine from — fruits and veggies, especially those grown in certain areas.
Alas, the nickname ended when some damn Yankees started putting iodine in salt. 😉
I actually have a book called “The iodine crisis” basically it goes on about how MANY people aren’t getting anywhere near enough iodine and that there is tons of chemicals were exposed to like bromine that completely prevent us from absorbing iodine. I’ve recently started doing the high dose iodine protocol after reading the book and I feel so much better its not even funny. 30mg daily and skip two days a week. I strongly recommend people read the book, extremely informative.
Easiest way to see what is iodine? Go on a low iodine diet and realize just how much you can’t eat. When I was having thyroid cancer issues and needed to starve my body of iodine I had to be on a low iodine diet for two weeks. It was way more restrictive and brutal than any diet I’ve ever done before.
Most salt is iodized. It might not be in the table salt you use but everything you eat has salt added. Most Americans get way too much salt. There’s also iodine inherently in food we eat. Most people with iodine deficiencies live in relatively poor countries nowhere near the ocean. If you live anywhere near the ocean, all your food naturally has iodine in it. California is the agricultural capital of America and chances are a significant amount of food you eat comes from there. Long story short: lots of stuff has iodine.
When I was going in for a thyroid scan I had to be on a low-iodine diet. Do you have any idea how hard it is to *avoid* iodine?
If you eat any packaged or restaurant food then you are getting salt from that in addition to whatever salt you buy for your home cooking. At least some of that salt is likely to be iodized because iodized salt is subsidized and thus usually cheaper than other kinds.
Fun fact: Australians used to get their iodine from the iodine used to clean milking equipment. The change in chemicals used in dairies reduced our iodine intake and saw a rise in iodine deficiency.
My question about iodine is why there’s conspiracies around it being unhealthy for you. I see conspiracy theorists talking about how “The government is poisoning us with iodine and fluoride”.
Part of it will be the global supply chain. Deficiency to the point of physical abnormality was historically very localised to areas with soil nutrient deficiency. Nowadays it’s highly unlikely you are only buying local produce.
Now, consider that the problem is broader than just extreme cases. Reality is that iodine deficiency _is_ re-emerging. In Australia, Tasmania hits the news over it every few years. We might not be seeing goitres, but the problem persists at a level.
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