Whats the differance between iodized and non-iodized salt or sea salt?

Question

Pretty much self explanatory.

Answer 1

There have been two main sources for salt: sea water and rock salt. Rock salt occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite minerals that result from the drying up of enclosed lakes, playas, and seas. Salt beds may be up to 350 m thick and underlie broad areas. In the United States and Canada extensive underground beds extend from the Appalachian basin of western New York through parts of Ontario and under much of the Michigan basin. Other deposits are in Ohio, Kansas, New Mexico, Nova Scotia, and Saskatchewan. In the United Kingdom underground beds are found in Cheshire and around Droitwich. In germany along the austrian border the city of Salzburg "the city of salt" is known from its salt mines.

Salt is extracted from underground beds either by mining or by solution mining using water or brine, in solution mining the salt reaches the surface as brine, which is then turned into salt crystals by evaporation.

table salt mixed with a minute amount of sodium iodide or iodate, is used to help reduce the chance of iodine deficiency in humans. Iodine deficiency commonly leads to thyroid gland problems, specifically endemic goiter. Endemic goiter is a disease characterized by a swelling of the thyroid gland, usually resulting in a bulbous protrusion on the neck. While only tiny quantities of iodine are required in a diet to prevent goiter, the United States Food and Drug Administration recommends (21 CFR 101.9 (c)(8)(iv)) 150 microgrammes of iodine per day for both men and women, and there are many places around the world where natural levels of iodine in the soil are low and the iodine is not taken up by vegetables.

Today, iodized salt is more common in the United States, Australia and New Zealand than in Britain.



Common Table Salt

Stripped of all its natural elements through industrial processing. The result is Sodium Chloride only. The unnatural crystals are isolated from each other and dead. In order for the body to metabolize these crystals, it must sacrifice tremendous amounts of its own precious energy reserves. This results in a damaging loss and zero gain. The salt deposits in our bodies look similar to the ones in this photo, isolated and dead.

Sea Salt

A great percentage of sea salt today is processed. With the ocean becoming increasingly polluted, this salt is far from ideal. It is composed of irregular and isolated crystalline structures, disconnected from the natural elements surrounding them. Consequently the vital minerals, however many it may contain, cannot be absorbed by the body unless the body expends tremendous energy to vitalize them. The net gain is small with an even greater loss of energy.

Original Himalayan Crystal Salt

The balanced crystalline structure reveals the fine branching with no shadows or rough edges. The crystal is not isolated from the inherent mineral elements (84) but is connected to them in a harmonious state. This tells us that the energy content, in the form of minerals, is balanced and can be easily metabolized by the body. This crystal is full of life. When taken into the body, it will have a vital energetic effect on the body. The result is a net gain for the body and zero energy loss.


It was a bit long but at least you will know about the 3 different ones and obviously Crystal Salt in the most perfect form is also known as 'Halite'.(Himalayan Salt), the diamond of salt is the most beneficial for the body.

Answer 2

I read where regular salt is 98% sodium and 2% fillers to keep it pourable. Sea salt is 75% sodium, 25% other vitamins and minerals (including iodine) that our bodies require. The composition of sea salt is the same as what our bodies contain, so it does not have the bad reactions that regular table salt can have on us. I use seal salt because it has a saltier taste and I can use less of it. The 'red salt' of the Hawaiian Island is very good. But you also have sea salt from other places as well, which have their own tastes. It amazes me that science takes all the additional nutrients out of table salt and then charges more to add a couple of those nutrients back into the salt, when it's cheaper just to leave them in originally. As for iodine, I take an iodine supplement to make sure I'm getting enough.

Answer 3

Naturally produced salt (produced from sea water or mined from ancient seabeds) usually has very little natural iodine in it. The small amount of iodine we need in our diet (about 100 micrograms a day, or 1/10th of a milligram) comes from the vegetables we eat--the vegetables take up iodine from the soil. Across much of the world, there is enough iodine in the soil. But in certain areas, such as around the Great Lakes, the Midwest, and in Switzerland, and in other areas, there isn't enough iodine in the soil, and people become ill from the lack of it.

This tiny amount of iodine is necessary for the body's production of thyroid hormones. Without iodine, the thyroid cannot make hormones, and the organ swells, which is a disease called goiter--your neck can actually more than double in size. Goiter has other symptoms too, including exhaustion and weakness, and if it happens in childhood, it can cause mental retardation. So getting that tiny amount of iodine is important.

In the U.S., during WWI, it was learned that many American men were malnourished, unhealthy and unable to fight, and for many of those men, the problem was goiter/iodine deficiency. As a consequence, various plans were instituted to improve nutrition. One of these programs was adding iodine to salt. It wasn't a popular idea at first, but by the end of 1924, iodized salt was available nationally. These days, some nutritionists are concerned that the use of "gourmet" sea salts and rock salts will reduce people's consumption of iodine, and perhaps increase the incidence of goiter.

Answer 4

All table salt comes from the sea or an ancient sea bed. Sea salt is this in it's pure form, it has other stuff in it like minerals.
Other salt is processed. Iodized salt refers to salt that has iodine added to it. This is done because if you do not get enough iodine in your diet you'll get goiters in the neck.

Answer 5

One has iodine, the other doesn't, and sea salt is a larger flake.

Answer 6

Iodine.

Answer 7

One has added beneficial iodine and one does not.