The curse of the goitre in Switzerland

Post by ufo » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 10:32 PM UTC

chasil wrote: post #156

analog31 wrote: post #121

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They probably get plenty of iodine from packaged food since it doesn't all come from the same region any more.

One interesting use of iodine supplementation is during nuclear accidents, where it is given to flood the thyroid and prevent unstable iodine isotopes from being taken up. "Iodine-131 (usually as iodide) is a component of nuclear fallout, and is particularly dangerous owing to the thyroid gland's propensity to concentrate ingested iodine and retain it for periods longer than this isotope's radiological half-life of e…

Post by ufo » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 10:42 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #3

Faaak wrote: post #2

A really pleasant to read story. It's funny because I live in Switzerland and some of my friends debate the "ioded salt", and prefer to consume "natural salt" without the additives. Funny how history can repeat itself. I'm always impressed with all these doctors that would question the approach, try new protocols, and end up by finding a cure

How come that the disease wasn't widespread earlier?

Post by CogitoCogito » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 10:53 PM UTC

meepmorp wrote: post #175

mosburger wrote: post #96

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FWIW, that was addressed in the article: > Whatever chefs might claim, this fact is well established: in 1995, Unicef, concerned about the sensitivity of children to odd flavours, commissioned a study in which rice was prepared with salt iodised at ten times the maximum recommended concentration. In double-blind taste tests, the iodine was undetectable.

I'm just repeating what people have told me.

Post by ch4s3 » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 10:59 PM UTC

caymanjim wrote: post #154

tonfa wrote: post #119

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But microplastic in sea salt is a real thing (and might be a bit worrying, personally I now always go for mountain salt, deposited pre-anthropocene era)

What an absurd thing to fixate on. There are a million other things you consume that are going to have more microplastics in them.

Post by op00to » Wed, Dec 27, 2023, 11:11 PM UTC

MichaelZuo wrote: post #129

kergonath wrote: post #98

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You pretty much cannot have too much iodine. It is a good idea to use iodised salt in general. [edit] fair enough, I need to qualify that. You pretty much cannot get too much iodine with something that looks like a normal diet, and in any case iodised salt is not what push iodine levels over the top. And in a normal diets, iodine deficiency is much, much more likely than iodine overload.

> You pretty much cannot have too much iodine. Based on what reasoning?