[duckman]

Needed for thyroid gland to avoid goiter.

[meowmeow]

Once upon a time, the government had iodine added to salt to help segments of the population that had high rates of goiter (mainly Appalachia I think).

Fast forward to today when some bureaucrat addressing the complaints of kids on the tastelessness of government approved "healthy" school lunches and the suggestion that maybe...they just needed some salt, said (and I quote): YOU CAN'T GIVE SALT TO CHILDREN!

I wonder how long it will take for goiters to be commonly seen again? Iodine is found in other sources but I wonder how many of those are actually on the school menus (seaweed, baked potatoes with the skin, tuna packed in oil...).

I digress - the pink salt from Costco is wonderful and looks pretty in my grinder.

[driftdiver]

Sure, but there are other & better ways to get iodine. Food for example

Baked Potato
Cheese
Cows milk
Eggs
Frozen Yogurt
Ice Cream
Iodine-containing multivitamins
Saltwater fish
Seaweed (including kelp, dulce, nori)
Shellfish
Soy milk
Soy sauce
Turkey Breast
Navy beans
Yogurt