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I made the switch to coarse Kosher salt. (Original Post) Kaleva Nov 2017 OP
I see you're from Michigan. You do know that you need iodized salt in the Great Lakes region shraby Nov 2017 #1
Goiters from a lack of iodine are very rare in the US The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #3
There are many sources of iodine besides salt as you say Kaleva Nov 2017 #4
But you have to eat them Nac Mac Feegle Nov 2017 #7
No genteel kosher salt? Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #2
I like it rough and coarse. Kaleva Nov 2017 #5
Animal! Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2017 #6

shraby

(21,946 posts)
1. I see you're from Michigan. You do know that you need iodized salt in the Great Lakes region
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 05:19 PM
Nov 2017

don't you?
Otherwise goiters tend to form.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
3. Goiters from a lack of iodine are very rare in the US
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 07:06 PM
Nov 2017

because iodized salt is in everything. Unless the OP is going to use only kosher salt in their own cooking and won't be buying and eating any other food that already contains salt, they won't get a goiter. I've been using kosher salt in cooking for ages (you get more salty bang for your buck) with no side effects.

Kaleva

(36,312 posts)
4. There are many sources of iodine besides salt as you say
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 07:42 PM
Nov 2017

Yogurt, eggs, fish, tuna, milk, grain products and so on.

Nac Mac Feegle

(971 posts)
7. But you have to eat them
Sat Nov 4, 2017, 05:53 PM
Nov 2017

I've run across a couple of people in the last few years that had goiters, and my recommendation of Iodized salt was theraputic.

Someone that puts themselves on a reduced salt diet, and gets a bit overboard without knowing they need iodine, can get themselves in trouble.

A lot of the 'common knowledge' about the harmful effects of salt are based on dated information that didn't take in to account some important factors. The "salt is bad" idea has been so ingrained that a lot of bad info is taken as gospel.

A normal person can have a reasonable amount of salt in their diet, as long as they drink enough water.

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