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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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Post by MawKKe »

blueflow wrote: post #27
jrootabega wrote: post #13

> Iodine is a critical micronutrient in the human diet — that is, something our bodies can’t synthesize For this I am thankful. If your body DOES start synthesizing iodine, you and those around you probably don't have much longer left to live.

Explanation: Iodine is a molecular element, it consists out of only one type of atom. Atoms being synthesized implies some nuclear reaction or decay going on, both would cause radiation.

I mean, it's possible that at some point evolution produced such nuclear reactored individual, but who got "naturally selected" rather quickly for obvious reasons

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

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Post by blargpls »

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...

I think you made a typo. Your source says it's 70-80%.

> So liegt der Anteil von jodiertem und fluoridiertem Salz in Haushaltsgebinden seit Jahren zwischen 70 und 80 %

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

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Post by ed312 »

sitkack wrote: post #18
burnte wrote: post #2

Public health generally works!

> Iodine deficiency today is the leading cause of preventable mental retardation in the world. It’s estimated that nearly one-third of the world’s population has a diet with too little iodine in it, and the problem isn’t limited to developing countries — perhaps one-fifth of those cases are in Europe (pdf), where iodized salt is still not the norm. https://web.archive.org/web/20200820212020/https://www.who.i... > The…

This was both a new topic to me and a remarkably succinct (and well-cited) comment. Did you happen to do this research independently or do you reference a more comprehensive source?

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

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Post by tguvot »

need to cook food for dog due to medical reasons, and one of ingredients is iodized salt. so i had a quick look at this topic. so, as far as i remember:

- different brands have different amount of iodine

- iodine dissipates from opened salt container, with speed of dissipation been dependant on temperature and humidity

- if you cook with iodized salt, most of it iodine disappears (depends on brand. some retain more )

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

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Post by fch42 »

burnished wrote: post #42
xattt wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The kidneys? A pair of calutrons.

Uhm, yes, is this where the line for the beta test starts?

You don't want either alpha or beta in your kidneys, not even for a test. The radiation could cause cancer.

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

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Post by cmiller1 »

guspillk wrote: post #36

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I looked up this Brownstein protocol and the first result is the FTC taking action against the guy for making false medical claims by making up a crazy vitamin protocol and falsely advertising it as a way to prevent or cure coronavirus.

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

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Post by xiande04 »

ycombinatrix wrote: post #63
hiroshi3110 wrote: post #58

In Japan, iodized salt is banned as a food additive. because we can take it from see weeds like kombu.

Why would that be a reason to ban iodized salt?

Even without iodized salt, Japan is one of the highest consumers of iodine worldwide. [1]

But I agree. Even though iodized salt is pointless in Japan, so is the law banning it (assuming OP is correct, and it is in fact banned).

[1]: https://anaturalhealingcenter.com/documents/Thorne/articles/...

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

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Post by gilleain »

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #37
cubefox wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, from Wikipedia: > An essential nutrient is a nutrient required for normal physiological function that cannot be synthesized in the body (...) The nutrients considered essential for humans comprise nine amino acids, two fatty acids, thirteen vitamins, fifteen minerals and choline. While some of these can be synthesized by other animals, this is not the case of minerals like iodine. I believe only organic compoun…

Our bodies can synthesize several inorganic compounds, and other organisms can synthesize even more. There are biological sources of $H_{2}O$, $NH_{4}^{+}$, $NO$, $HCO_{3}^{−}$, $HPO_{4}^{2−}$, and (traditionally considered inorganic despite having carbon) $CO_{2}$. Iodine is an element, not a compound, and can only be synthesized through nuclear processes, not chemical ones.

I feel your use of TeX (or whatever that notation is precisely ...) is far too clear.

Possibly use InChI instead, so instead of "$HPO_{4}^{2−}$", use "InChI=1S/H3O4P/c1-5(2,3)4/h(H3,1,2,3,4)/p-2". Or, more concisely, just use the key, which is "NBIIXXVUZAFLBC-UHFFFAOYSA-L". :)

(from : https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=43474)

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