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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by gumby on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:30AM (#36444611)
Table salt is just sea salt (the stuff mined from underground just comes from an ocean that dried up a few million years ago) and is full of other compounds beyond NaCl.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by AstralStorm on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:51AM (#36444749)
None of which is sodium or potassium ferrocyanide, the chief anticaking agent. Otherwise it wouldn't crystallize.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by teh_klev on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:54AM (#36444773)
Sure, but anti-caking agents are an adulteration of the original product you mined out of the ground.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by tashoecraft on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:10AM (#36445744)
Table salt often contains iodine which will alter the flavor.

The reason to grind your own salt is to get it at the right size.

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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by BirAdam on Friday June 23, 2023 @08:39AM (#36446039)
You need iodine.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by datavirtue on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:05AM (#36446293)
From salt? Don't I get iodine from my food?
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by Scoundreller on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:04AM (#36446965)
Usually not enough elemental iodine unless you eat a lot of sea life.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by ambicapter on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:36AM (#36447360)
I just bought salt and the ingredient list (sadly) is: sea salt, tricalcium phosphate (free-flowing agent), dextrose, potassium iodide.
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Re:Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body by autoexec on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:51PM (#36450798)
Why the hell are they adding corn sugar to salt?

EDIT: I looked it up. It's supposed to stabilize the iodide. The reason they use corn sugar is that it's cheap. Thankfully there are brands that don't include additives in their salt. I'll have to keep an eye out for them. I already get plenty of iodide in my diet.

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