Ask EWG: Should I use iodized salt?

It may sound like a strange ingredient, but iodized salt actually helps protect your thyroid from chemicals such as perchlorate. So stick with the iodized salt, especially if you're a pregnant mother. EWG's Dr. Anila Jacob explains.

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[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

[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.

[pissoffuhoser]

Its Iodide not Iodine

[marge729]

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

[infernostr]

@strid3r34 You are absolutely right. Get sea salt.

[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.

[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.

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