Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
by fhood on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:01AM
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Your question has been answered explicitly twice. Perhaps you are actually asking something else?
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Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
by mitchtbaum on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:09AM
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Yes. How can we help improve nutrient availability, generally?
From what I pointed out below, this salt processing seems to have underappreciated trade offs. But most importantly, the overarching picture of nutrient availability, not just for iodine, seems to have a bigger challenge at hand worth solving than simply using salt as a vehicle for one - which spirulina would help with in terms of protein and mercury / biotoxin removal, for example.
Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
by buttcoinslol on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:13AM
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You fortify staple foods with nutrients. Such as SALT, bread, milk, etc.
The point is that you don't go looking for a new thing for people to consume to get them the nutrients they need, you fortify what they already eat.
Re:In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (2006)
by Turing_Machine on Thursday December 21, 2017 @09:45PM
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Spirulina is not a good source of iodine anyway. Unlike kelp, which grows in iodine-rich ocean waters (and which is a decent source of iodine), spirulina is generally grown in alkaline inland lakes (read: iodine-depleted).