From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Thu Apr 04 2002 - 12:57:20 MST
> (Amara Graps <amara@amara.com>):
> check your Iodine.
>
> I had thought that iodine deficiency was mostly a thing of a past,
> but a discussion with an endocrinologist today taught me something
> different. If you don't use iodized salt (the regular table salt in
> Germany is not iodized), and if you don't live near the sea, and if
> you don't take iodine supplements (in your multivitamin/mineral),
> then you are likely low on iodine. I also learned that water
> supplies in this country have iodine added to fight this deficiency.
> Southern Germany has much less iodine added to the water than
> Northern Germany, which might explain why I've seen more than a few
> older people here with enormous goiters.
>
> Some medical information regarding iodine, intake levels for
> good health, etc:
>
> http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section1/chapter4/4c.htm
Normal table salt in the United States is iodized, though
"kosher" salt is growing popular among cooks. Those of us
in California who eat local seafood now and then shouldn't
have to worry either. But those inland folks who use kosher
salt (and those living in Germany, like you) may have to
pay a bit more attention.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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