Reducing table salt can have some health benefits, but, cutting iodized salt can mean shorting yourself on an important nutrient - iodine. Our bodies are unable to make this mineral, yet it’s key for ...

Iodine appears to have made Americans smarter, the Daily Mail reports. While the addition of iodine to salt originally was intended to eliminate goiters caused by iodine deficiencies, it appears to ...

SAN ANTONIO – Reducing table salt can have some health benefits but it could also leave you short on iodine and flavor. Consumer Reports tested salt substitutes to see which comes closest in taste to ...

A new working study published at the National Bureau of Economic Research concludes the iodization of salt in the United States in the early 1900s raised the I.Q. scores of some populations by as much ...

Simple goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland) is one of the few diseases which might be conquered by Act of Congress. Prevalent in a wide “goiter belt” running from western New York through the ...

In the early 20th century, iodine deficiency was ravaging much of the northern United States. The region was widely known as the “goiter belt,” for the goiters - heavily swollen thyroid glands - that ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Reducing table salt can have some health benefits, but, cutting iodized salt can mean shorting yourself on an important nutrient —Iodine. Our bodies are unable to make this mineral, ...

As I put away some seasonal decorations, I opened a cabinet filled with my collection of salt and pepper shakers. Some of my shakers are antiques, while others are fairly new. Some of my shakers never ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PIA) — Adding iodized salt in everyday meals is the simplest, cheapest, and most effective way to prevent iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs). Iodized salt contains ...

Reducing table salt can have some health benefits, but, cutting iodized salt can mean shorting yourself on an important nutrient - iodine. Our bodies are unable to make this mineral, yet it's key for ...