Is Iodized Salt, Sea Salt, Fish, Kelp, or other Iodine Sources Effective?
From the Salt Institue: “U.S. salt producers use potassium iodate at a level of 0.006% to 0.01% KI03.” According to MortonÆ Salt: “Each 1/4 teaspoon serving of MortonÆ Iodized Salt (1.5 gram weight) contains 130 MICROGRAMS of Potassium iodate.” Thus, to achieve an intake of 130 MILLIGRAMS of Potassium Iodate would require ingesting 250 teaspoons or over 5 cups of iodized salt per day! Don’t even think about it! (Morton Lite SaltÆ Mixture comes in lower yet, at only 90 MICROGRAMS of Potassium Iodate per 1/4 teaspoon!) Sea Salt is an even worse ‘option’. Iodine per kilogram of sea salt is about 3 mg. You’d be looking at over 33 kilograms of Sea Salt a day! Hardly an option! A 6-ounce portion of ocean fish only contains about 500 MICROGRAMS of iodine. Well, you can do the math here! More fish per day than most eat in a year! Kelp Tablets…hardly. SolgarÆ Kelp Tablets, for example, contain only 225 MICROGRAMS of iodine! (Fortunately, it is also available in a 1000 tablet bottle, unfortuna
