Iodised salt is ordinary table salt mixed with a tiny amount of iodine salts, so that it prevents disease of the thyroid gland. Only minuscule quantities of iodine are required in the diet to prevent this disease, but there are many places around the world such as high mountains where natural levels of iodine in soil are very low.
Iodised salt is a very cheap and effective way of distributing the necessary iodine.
The former Soviet Union would have iodised the salt wherever necessary, but since its collapse, this enrichment has probably declined.
Iodizedsalt came on the market in Cleveland in 1925 (Ref. 2) and Ohio families were encouraged by many health and educational agencies to begin the regular use of iodizedsalt (Ref. 9).
Also, many adults with hyperthyroidism who used iodizedsalt had other conditions that seemed more important in the etiology of hyperthyroidism than the use of iodizedsalt such as pregnancy, severe throat infection, and severe nerve strain or shock which is often seen as a forerunner of this disease (Ref. 3).
Iodizedsalt for the prophylaxis of endemic goiter.
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