If you take away iodized table salt from your diet, can you become iodine deficient?

Answer 1

There is soooo much salt in everything...sodas, anything canned from veggies to fruit, chips, snack foods...it's nearly impossible.

Answer 2

Possibly. Especially if you don't eat seafood.
Iodine is found in seafood, iodised salt and some vegetables. It is important for essential hormone development in the human body. If you don’t have enough iodine in your diet, it can lead to an enlarged thyroid gland (goitre) or other iodine deficiency disorders. Iodine deficiency is the world’s leading cause of mental retardation in children.Your body doesn't need or contain very much iodine. You might have 20 to 25 milligrams of iodine in your entire body right now. However, in some parts of the world the soil contains no iodine, so the plants contain no iodine and therefore iodine deficiency is a problem. In the U.S., one part of the country that lacks iodine is the Great Lakes region. So companies started adding iodine to salt in the 1920's to eliminate goiter and thyroid problems.

Answer 3

Iodine is necessary for a healthy thyroid gland, however, it's unlikely that just eliminating the iodine found in iodized salt would greatly affect your overall iodine intake.

Answer 4

yes unless you get iodine from some other source.

Answer 5

Where do you live that you need salt tablets???
But NO
I read that wrong
Sorry

Answer 6

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Yes, silly.

Omigod, no way!







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