rodentraiser
Head Chef
I'm a huge fan of kosher salt, but I like having iodized salt as well. Does anyone know if they make a large flake salt with iodine in it?
I use kosher salt at the stove and iodized salt at the dinner table.
I do have a thyroid problem. Since I was a teenager. The doctor put me on Iodine pills and told me NOT to us table salt with iodine in it.
My sister also had a thyroid problem She too was on medication and was given the same advice. Only she didn't listen. She used iodized salt all the time. She developed a goiter and as a result she would have thyroid storms. She would want to scrub the cement sidewalks, build a new house for her friends, etc. It took a couple of storms before she would accept the message. Once she got rid of the iodine table salt, her goiter decrease to normal size.
Check with your doctor first before you start messing with the iodine salt. For those that live on the coast, they get as a rule more sea fish from the salted catch, than those that live in the Midwest. Iodine is a chemical. A strong chemical and does have an effect on your thyroid, specially if you don't need it.
Addie, a goiter is caused by not getting enough iodine, not by getting too much.
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\If you use a daily multi vitamin you're provided with 100% of the iodine required.
Sorry. I should have said that most often, goiter is caused by a deficiency of iodine. There are causes unrelated to iodine.Actually it is not completely correct. My wife had a goiter (recently removed) and her iodine levels are completely normal. As the matter of fact her doctor insisted that it had nothing to do with iodine when she asked him.
Check the label. Not all of them contain iodine.I've been on thyroid meds for many years. A few years ago I started using Kosher salt exclusively in my cooking and began thinking about the lack of iodine also.
If you use a daily multi vitamin you're provided with 100% of the iodine required.
Self treating with iodine can be dangerous.
I watch TV shows about cooking. I notice the sea salt they use looks like flakes rather than granules.
Is this the result of scraping the salt that remains behind after its dried?
Also. I have not seen this flake salt in any store. I have not looked hard though. Always an afterthought.
I would imagine its expensive as well?
Thanks.
Check the label. Not all of them contain iodine.
Roll_Bones, flake salt is available in most grocery stores.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flake_salt
Actually raw sea salt has many different sized grains. We have salt we harvested ourselves from natural salt ponds in the Bahamas, and some of the crystals are as big as 1/4" cubes.
Thanks GG. I will keep an eye out for it. Is there anything special about it?
I use coarse Kosher salt and table salt. I tried the pink salt and it was just salt.
I like the kosher salt to finish a plate. Gives it a nice little crunch and enhances the flavor of the food.