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I (while not living in Switzerland) am one of those people. I don't want to eat salt with iodine. I don't like the taste. Too metallic, like in baking powder with aluminum.
The article mentions iodine is apparently not changing the taste of salt in blind tasting. Do you have information to the contrary?
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Unclear but Germany is monitoring iodine intake and insufficiency is on the rise. https://www.klartext-nahrungsergaenzung.de/wissen/lebensmitt...
Iodized salt use is decreasing in the US as well. I take a lot of supplements and vitamins and I rarely see iodine as an ingredient so I have placed iodized salt next to my sea salt as I know I do not get enough iodine rich foods in my diet. It's easy to forget about and while I may take things like St Johns and Turmeric daily, I can live without them, iodine not so much.
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You hate sand, huh.
Most common one used here is Sodium Ferrocyanide : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_ferrocyanide Also used as a coating in welding among other things. And like other commentor said, a nephew of cyanide. Now Im sure most of us will be fine, but I prefer not to eat that a few times a day. If you think that makes me foolish, be my guest. It's also not needed, there are plenty of other sources of Iodine, and sea salt…
Cyanide is so toxic because it has a high affinity for iron ions, so it deactivates iron-containing enzymes that are crucial for respiration. But in ferrocyanide it is _already_ combined with iron.
Ferrocyanide compounds like Prussian blue are even sometimes used as an antidotes for heavy metal poisoning.
https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/way-to-g...
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But it's not the case that "T3 is the active form" as you'll read in the literature, it's that the removed iodine is the active or useful thing. Supplementation with T3 yields a rapid correction in bradycardia and hypothermia caused by hypothyroidism. We treat with T4 because it has a longer physiological halflife and thus yields more consistent serum levels; but the evidence is incredibly clear that it's T3 which is…
How does the T3 produce the result? Is it possible that conversion to T2 - liberation of iodine - is what does it? I have not head of this condition so I'll do some reading. Also, does simple iodine supplementation help?
https://www.thyroidmanager.org/chapter/cellular-action-of-th...
T3 hormone binds to thyroid hormone receptors in the cell's nucleus, which regulates gene expression. These TH receptors are present all over the place; thyroid hormone has wide ranging effects on the body.
I take Lugol's iodine almost everyday (with Selenium). It dramatically upgraded my life. The first week could be wild (fever is expected) but people should know how this cheap supplement can help them.
https://www.mpi.govt.nz/food-safety-home/nutrients-added-foo...
Goitre and cretinism was present in French Alps too.
For many, the meaning has been lost, and it became a generic term to designate an idiot. Despite having heard and even used the expression many times, I think the popular character "Captain Haddock" and his expletives from the "Tintin" comics made it popular. Yet, I only came to the true meaning very recently.
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The article mentions iodine is apparently not changing the taste of salt in blind tasting. Do you have information to the contrary?
I don't. Personally I can taste the metallic taste. But then again, so can I after using baking powder. Maybe I'm more sensitive to it?