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Re:The Difference Between European and American Butter by WillPostForFood on Saturday April 29, 2023 @01:52PM (#35755308)
Iodized salt was responding to a regional deficiency that was discovered 100+ years ago. The data that the decision was based on is completely obsolete.
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Re:The Difference Between European and American Butter by 082349872349872 on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:54PM (#35755891)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodised_salt#In_public_health_... > Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Re:The Difference Between European and American Butter by pkd on Saturday April 29, 2023 @02:57PM (#35755920)
It is not a problem that can be fixed "forever". Iodised salt solved it, so moving away to non-iodised salts can make it resurface. One should evaluate their own personal iodine intake - if you are not getting it from salt then you should be getting it from somewhere else.
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