These days, you can find dozens of different varieties of salt in almost every grocery store and dozens more in specialty shops. Aleksandr Zubkov via Getty Images Not so long ago, if you asked most ...

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 ...

Are you one of those who have replaced normal iodised salt with ‘healthier’ options like himalayan pink salt aka sendha namak ...

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 ...

Without knowing your location or diet, my answer is a qualified “yes.” We obtain iodine from food grown in soils that contain it, but large areas of the world’s soils lack sufficient iodine. So, ...

When most people consider the adverse health effects of geologic processes, they likely think of things such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Yet far more subtle geologic factors can have devastating ...

Fatick, Senegal — Marie Diouf, 35, is on her cellphone speaking swiftly in Wolof, a lyrical Senegalese language, as salt flies past her. Dressed in a red boubou, a long traditional robe, Diouf cuts a ...

Michael Latour, chef and owner of Latour restaurant in Ridgewood, doesn’t use iodized salt. Neither does Jamie Knott, chef and owner of the Saddle River Inn. Ditto Adam Weiss, who until recently was ...

Iodized salt removes harmful toxins from your blood and restores the pH level in your body. It also helps fight harmful bacteria and prevents diseases ...

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 ...