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Although iodized
salt is a principal source of
dietary iodine, suggesting that reduced
salt intake could lead to iodine deficiency, the
salt in most processed foods in the United States is not iodized «[2]
Although both scientists and lay people alike may frequently identify a single
dietary element as the cause of chronic disease (eg, saturated fat causes heart disease and
salt causes high blood pressure), evidence gleaned over the past 3 decades now indicates that virtually all so - called diseases of civilization have multifactorial
dietary elements that underlie their etiology, along with other environmental agents and genetic susceptibility.