Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts

Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by eitland on Monday January 22, 2018 @12:16AM (#16202104)

Adding iodine has generally been a huge success.

Wikipedia: "Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects about two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities."

Wikipedia also lists sources for this claim.

Edit: if anybodys doctor told them to be careful with iodine then they should listen to their doctor instead of listening to random strangers on the internet. I'm just pointing out that there is good reasons why we started adding iodine to salt.

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Re:Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resist... by DoreenMichele on Monday January 22, 2018 @12:47AM (#16202188)

I am not talking about the general case. I am talking about two things: 1. The impact on me in specific, and I personally do not tolerate iodine well and 2. The impact on people with CF, who are told by their doctors to consume a high salt diet and there is zero commentary on the quality of the salt or the additives in it.

As far as I know, there are no studies on how consuming those additives in high quantities impacts this population with a genetic disorder that causes them to misprocess a number of different things.

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