On 9/27/2016 11:36 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:19:05 -0600, graham wrote:
>
>> On 9/27/2016 9:26 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, there likely is some iodine in sea salt, along with traces of other
>>> elements. Iodized table salt has a lot more. You can taste it.
>>>
>> The iodine is added for thyroid health reasons.
>> Yet people protest adding fluoride to the water supply.
>
> I'm sure Sheldon finds goiters sexy. They're like boobs on the neck;
> The bigger the better.
>
> Iodine-fortified salt is a leftover from the old days and should be
> abolished as it's no longer necessary unless you only eat locally
> grown foods in Colorado, and such.
>
> The salt I buy doesn't include iodine. And has the statement, "This
> salt does not contain iodine, a necessary nutrient". The blue
> cardboard cans of Morton say that but I think they still have both
> Iodized and non-iodized.
>
> -sw
>
As margarine was used by poorer people in the UK in the early part of
the last century, Vitamin D was added as rickets was a real problem in
the cities dominated by heavy industries.
Now, I suppose, it should be added to more things as it seems that it
might help prevent MS.