Ask EWG: Should I use iodized salt?

[pissoffuhoser]

Its Iodide not Iodine

[logicaljoe1]

When overdose of potassium iodide, you will experience metallic taste, stomach ache, weakness, heat irregularity, lack of appetite, coordination problem, and depression. That is what is found in Iodized Salt. Do we need to medicate our foods?

[logicaljoe1]

Sea weed and Sea Food got iodine in them. Your body needs the iodine from these sources. The Iodide atoms from brine well and oil drilling wells absorb the mysterious field from the earth which is Poisonous. Sea salt got good Potassium Iodide because the fresh air and sunlight change the atoms to be friendly to human. It does not have enough Iodide to make up the RDA. Seaweed and Seafood concentrate the iodine in their system. Eating seafood and seaweed is the way to get iodine.

[marge729]

Foolish chemophobes. Iodine is chemically manufactured? Everything is a chemical! Even "all-natural" brown sugar is created in big and scary looking factories.

Iodized salt was not created to cover up for "toxic chemical problems." The government isn't always out to get you! Iodine deficiency is the main preventable cause of mental retardation in the world. Yes, I know some of you have given up iodized salt without ill effects, but that may be because you eat out enough, or eat enough seafood.

[strid3r34]

Let's fix a toxic chemical problem by telling people to injest toxic levels of another chemical. The iodine in iodized salt is CHEMICALLY MANUFACTURED. It's even been linked to AIDS. Hooray!

Please don't buy into this lady, she's full of crap. Buy real sea salt.

[infernostr]

@strid3r34 You are absolutely right. Get sea salt.

[veninsa]

Most states, our water supply is flouridated as are many of our daily hygene products. Does flouride prevent the proper absorption of iodine?

[marge729]

@veninsa No there is no known connection between absorption of iodine and fluoride.

[coolgeorgiaboy]

This woman doesn't know what she is talking about, people in the USA who eat normal diets do not need iodized salt, I have not use iodized salt in almost 20 years. Please do some real research lady

[shan00r]

This Girl Think That, Sitting In Front Of Some Book Shelves Makes her An Specialist...........

......Fear Is An age Old Technique used to control Humans..........

[yvell]

Buy sea salt of the best brand (not all sea salt are the same). I always buy salt with Iodine.

[savannah505]

This girl knows nothing about salt. Himalayan salt is the richest salt in the world. Salt bought in the store (like morton) is stripped by cyanide to bleach it white, chemicals are added, one of these chemicals is an antiabsorbent of moisture. This is to keep it from clumping in your container, it is also why you get so thirsty from eating salty food. This does not happen with himalayan salt or sea salt that is not processed. Iodine is a natural element in unprocessed salt.

[datzfast]

have you ever seen a salt mine, its white as snow, not that stuff like sea salt.

[savannah505]

@datzfast Well I guess you don't know much about salt do you? I've been selling himalayan salt for over 2 years. It took away my heart palpatations in 2 weeks after switching to it and 3 people I know off of high blood pressure meds. No, most salt mines are not snow white, do some research before you speak, of course having Obama as your picture shows your not too educated, if you believe his bullshit.

[datzfast]

@savannah505 i so glad the placebo effect worked well for you. that tells me your subject to almost any brainwashing you encounter, fool.

[savannah505]

@datzfast Wow!! You so smart, love your sentence structure, shows your education. Look at the back of any container of salt that says iodine added or iodized salt, it will show 0 nutrition value, himalayan salt has 84 mineral and trace elements. Why 0 on the other? It was washed in cyanide to bleach it white. Try learning something for a change before you open your foolish mouth.

[datzfast]

@savannah505 you were fooled all the eighty four minerals and trace elements are forund in the food you put the salt on fool its called life look it up sometime. im sitll laughting my ass off.

[stardreamer2468]

If you read about Himalayan crystal salt, you will never eat table salt again. It's actually a poison to the body.

[sfx3d2002]

There is an old saying if you cant eat it dont put it on your skin. For the iodized salt test it out, use plant or living sea fish if one die out or unhealthy then dont use it. Try two type iodized salt vs sea salt. Maybe I should test it out.

[slumsattack]

AWESOME VID TY!!!

[slumsattack]

I LOVE HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUME THE GOVERNMENT DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF FLOURIDE, FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ASPARTAMINE ETC. WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO GET RID SOMETHING THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED INSTILLED? one of the ways of doing it is by manipulating people/society into demanding for it themselves!!! wake up

[datzfast]

fructose is a sugar that is found in all fruits. it is a natural substance and is metabolised as efficiently as glucose.

[Wisdom601]

I don't know. I'm going to research this personally. everyone else should do the same before continuing to consume iodized salt .

[grides33]

right eennkkii i like my sea salt

(my plants like it too)

i wonder if i can just add a couple of drops of iodine to my diet???

[datzfast]

in blind tests, tastes cannot tell the difference, the other elements in sea salt are also found in the food that is salted.

thats why you cannot taste the difference

[efisgpr]

hahahahHAHAHA she is WRONG! sea salt has so many beneficial nutrients. she even admits that iodine deficiency is rare. come onnnnnnnn. she's wrong. read up. she's no good. never go to her for advice! they can also put bleach in your salt---and do. and it's totally legal to EXCLUDE it from the label. sea salt is very healthy, just like it's been forever!

[Kenzofeis]

Some people got a illness called (in my language) Struma from lack of iodine, where it looks like the eyes are about to pop out and stuff... I think that was the reason to iodize the salt. But too much of it (now that many people use a lot of salt on junk food etc.) may be bad.. pure ocean salt should be good.

[Kenzofeis]

Some people must stay away from iodine tho, I don't remember but I think it is related to thyroid malfunction, or the bodycells poor responce to the uhmmm (forgot the name) metabolism stuff the gland makes.. so, either it's good for you, and in rare cases not good for u.

[eennkkii]

Sea salt contains iodine naturally but loses most of it in processing! Why would you want to put in your body COOKED salt with no natural trace elements which also puts a burden on your kidneys not to mention other organs? Yes MORTON's salt is cooked! Always use Sea salt which contains natural trace elements or Himalayan rock salt and add natural iodine like NORI Flakes (seaweed) to help with Kelation! Morton also use dextrose which is added to stabilize the iodine compound in the salt!

[TheGiantRobot]

Yeah, I use sea salt, too. A lot of salt mines are near other mines, so sea salt is probably much cleaner.

[Kenzofeis]

I guess that depends a bit on where that sea water is obtained :P