if i ate iodized salt would i get a lot of iodine?

Question

say if i drank a cup of water with a tablespoon of iodized salt, twice day. and if 1/4 of a teaspoon gives 60% of daily amount of iodine, would i get a lot of iodine?
is there a downside to this?

Answer 1

The amount you get in iodized salt is generally enough when used for normal consumption.

Yes, there can be too much iodine (like anything good, too much of it can be bad). Symptoms are: Abdominal pain, Coughing, Delirium, Diarrhea, Fever, Metallic taste in mouth, Mouth and throat pain, No urine output, Seizures, Shock, Shortness of breath, Stupor, Thirst and/or Vomiting.

Effects of too much iodine:

Excessive iodine can trigger autoimmune thyroid disease and hypothyroidism. According to animal studies, high iodine intake can initiate and worsen infiltration of the thyroid by lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are white blood cells that accumulate due to chronic injury or irritation. In addition, large amounts of iodine block the thyroid's ability to make hormone.

Answer 2

You would have to eat a LOT of salt for it to have any adverse effect on your body. A daily amount of iodine is pretty darn small.

What I wonder is - where did people get iodine before someone thought to put it in salt? If it's so important to our health, then why isn't there enough of it occurring naturally without having to give us another source?

Hmmmm . . .

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Just use iodized salt in regular use, like cooking.... that will be enough to get what you need in your diet.

Iodized Salt was first developed to prevent goiter. Today it's not that big of a problem.

Answer 5

Perhaps. Most foods already have enough salt in them, where as you don't have to take an extra serving of salt.

Overdosing on salt may give you high blood pressure

Iodine in salt keeps us in the modern world from getting goiters.

Answer 6

you could also eat seaweed, seaweed gives you iodine. Just go down to the seaside and scoop some up. MMM MMM good eatin'

Answer 7

Do not use iodized table salt. It is very bad for you. Some say the process that salt goes through is poisoning to the body. For salt as seasoning, only use "REAL Salt" Or Natural salt. It comes from salt mines and is sold pure with no processes or chemicals added. It is actually good for you.

If you want to add iodine to your diet, I looked this up on Yahoo Search:
Superior Free-Iodide Supplement
Iosol Iodine has been in widespread use as a dietary iodine supplement since 1945. Upon consumption, it rapidly forms free iodide, the exact form of iodine needed to make thyroid hormone as well as the type used by other cells in the body to support healthy mineral balance and electrical function of cells.*

The Quality Difference
Salts of iodine, such as potassium or sodium iodide or those found in kelp, are difficult for the body to use and may even irritate the thyroid gland. We strongly suggest individuals avoid these forms of iodine for supplementation, which is why we don't put these low quality forms of iodine in our Thyroid Helper™ or any of our products.*

Compounds found in water, such as fluoride, chlorine, and perchlorate compete with iodine, and may be taken up by the thyroid instead of iodine. Problems with chemicals affecting the thyroid gland have been known about for decades. A recent Russian study showed that general environmental pollution (of which the US has plenty in every metropolitan area) significantly aggravates iodine lack (meaning pollution displaces iodine in the human body).*

Furthermore, there is now widespread perchlorate pollution of the water supply in agricultural regions that grow a majority of the US food supply. Perchlorate is a rocket fuel ignition compound, dumped into our water supply by the military when they recharge their munitions. Perchlorate binds more tightly to the thyroid gland than iodine.*

High quality iodine supplementation to support healthy metabolism is now more important than ever before.*

Helps Thyroid Hormone Formation*
Iodine is essential in the formation of thyroid hormone, which is composed of four molecules of iodine and one molecule of the amino acid tyrosine. Scientific evidence clearly shows that a lack of iodine can cause changes to the thyroid gland directly leading to poor function of metabolism and immunity. Iodine deficiency promotes free radical damage in the thyroid gland, directly stressing the health of the gland.*

Helps Warm Up Low Body Temperature*
We find that when a person has enough iodine they tend to warm up. Thyroid hormone governs the resting metabolic rate, like a car idling at a stop sign. When cells make energy, they make 65% energy (ATP) and 35% heat as a byproduct of metabolic activity. When a person is cold there is no way thyroid hormone function is normal, it is just not technically possible. Normal body temperature equals a normal resting metabolic rate. Iosol iodine, in our 20 years experience, is one of the best nutrients to support normal body temperature.*

Pregnancy and Brain Development*
Since 2001, there have been numerous studies showing the importance of iodine during pregnancy, not only to help the mother's thyroid work better, but specifically for the cognitive and neurologic development of the child.*

Supports Sexual Health*
We have known for many years that free iodine is in high concentration in the ovaries and breast tissue, acting as a protective buffer to estrogen. Adequate tissue iodine helps guide estrogen into friendly pathways that support proper function of female sex hormones.*

The rate that any hormone is formed is governed by thyroid hormone. Thus, nutrients like Thyroid Helper™ and Iosol Iodine contribute to the formation of testosterone. In women this supports healthy sex drive. In men, testosterone is vital to function.*

Answer 8

Probably and high blood pressure too

Answer 9

it doesnt work that way