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Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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connicpu wrote: post #76
dkarl wrote: post #29

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When my wife's doctor recommended more iodine in her diet, I was surprised how hard it was to find iodized flaky salt. I only found one brand I could order, and it was extremely expensive and didn't have a great texture for cooking with. I keep iodized table salt around and sometimes use it for salting soup, stock, or pasta water, but 99% of the time I reach for plain old Morton kosher salt.

It might just be easier and cheaper to take iodine supplements. Humans need about 150mcg/day, just make sure not to overdose on it. Vitamin companies love selling you huge doses you don't need, but if you know what dosage you're looking for you can usually find appropriate ones.

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Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by eorthling »

lukan wrote: post #81
ycombinatrix wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps a polite way to say "harem"

That would be wishful thinking. I think he just meant, close female beings.

Why assume this is a man? Sounded like a woman talking about her friends to me.

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by zwieback »

pentacent_hq wrote: post #34
zwieback wrote: post #12

I grew up in Germany where iodized salt and flouridated water aren't the norm. Now I have bad teeth and can't wrap my head around the latest changes in the C++ language...

That’s not true. Iodized salt is the norm in Germany. I couldn't find data more recent than 2018 but according to this paper, "iodized and fluoridated salt has a market share of 80-90% among salt sold to private households": https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/items/fcd6e613-49a9-414b-a4...

Good to know, must have gone up since I moved away in '92

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by 6SixTy »

PKop wrote: post #17
shortrounddev2 wrote: post #10

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Fluoridated water too

Nope. Trivial benefit while marginally lowering IQ. Fluoride Exposure and Children’s IQ Scores A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [0] [0] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/...

You linked a study saying that under 1.5mg/L, fluoride is safe. EPA maximum is 4.0, but secondary standard is 2.0. Current recommendations from the Dept. of Health and Human Services are at 0.7mg/L.

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by cogman10 »

hilux wrote: post #48

Iodine is also found in seafood and dairy and eggs, which may have been less common in the American diet a century ago, especially among the poor, but are widespread today. Americans no longer need iodized salt. (Not sure about vegans.)

It's definitely in seafood. Dairy and eggs depend on what the cows and chickens have been fed. In regions with low soil iodine content, you can expect the eggs and milk to also be low in iodine.

Vegetables and grains also have a significant amount of iodine in that sort of soil (it's where the cows and chickens get it).

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by speed_spread »

joseph_b wrote: post #78

I wonder if I got my share of iodine growing up, or maybe too much, while playing with nitrogen triiodide?

Considering a clear distinction between "slowly growing up" and "quickly expanding in all directions", that you managed to grow up at all proves that you didn't have too much.

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by _yb2s »

guspillk wrote: post #36

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You are taking a pharmacological dose of iodine to treat an illness, rather than a nutritional dose. In some people that can “force” thyroid production and treat hypothyroidism without requiring thyroid hormone- but isn’t a good idea for most people to just try randomly.

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by _yb2s »

ufo wrote: post #84
guspillk wrote: post #36

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Absolutely not!! A single drop of Lugol's iodine has dozens of times the deily recommended amount of iodine, and such levels have been documented to cause harm to the thyroid. Including inducing hypothyroidism. To quote the American Thyroid Association ( https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4267409/ ) > We recommend against the use of dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, or other over-the-counter products either…

It’s not widely used in mainstream medicine, but carefully tuned pharmacologic doses of iodine can successfully treat hypothyroidism for some people- such as the person you are replying to. It’s an “alternative medicine” thing but the biological mechanism and effect are real and understood. It should not be confused with regular dietary needs for someone that isn’t intentionally trying out a non mainstream medical intervention to treat a medical condition.

A sudden rapid increase in iodine intake causes a temporary transient hypothyroidism, but over sustained time periods steady high doses increase thyroid hormone production.

Doctors aren't likely to use this method because it is poorly studied, and the well studied standard of care is to directly supplement thyroid hormones. However, if someone doesn't have access to medical care, or doesn't respond well to that- this could be a solution.

Re: Adding iodine to salt played a role in cognitive improvements: research (2013)

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Post by _yb2s »

eorthling wrote: post #92
lukan wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would be wishful thinking. I think he just meant, close female beings.

Why assume this is a man? Sounded like a woman talking about her friends to me.

Why assume only men can have harems?
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