All of these children were
given iodized salt at the beginning of the trial and then at the 5th month.
Not exact matches
Our
salt is not
iodized and is minimally processed,
giving the same sort of flavor and consistency as sea
salt.
But, based on the fact that most eating a whole foods diet (little to no processed, prepared, or restaurant foods) ingest far less
salt than realized, (and far less than what the boatload of
salt most Americans ingest in the processed foods), you'll likely want to include
salt to be in the optimal bell curve, and based on the autoimmune associations, I'd choose sea or Himalayan
salt (and consider the need for some of that added to be
iodized given the borderline deficiency for women of child - bearing age).
The plus side is that you can evade
iodized table
salt without
giving up the health advantages of iodine.
On a positive note, you can now eliminate
iodized table
salt without
giving up the health benefits of iodine.
Maybe you even sneak some
iodized salt into your diet, but occasional use is insufficient, especially since the canister of
iodized salt only contains iodine for around 4 weeks,
given iodine's volatile nature.
Iodine deficiency is common and increasing in prevalence,
given the widespread avoidance of
iodized salt.