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That the iodide was added for dietary considerations is evident from The free flowing-ness of the salt is due to sodium silicoaluminate. -- In article <1990Oct7.225131.26...@nntp-server.caltech.edu> h...@deimos.caltech.edu writes: Morton (of Morton-Thiokol fame) also makes non-iodized salt. And
>In article <1990Oct6.204509.17...@ariel.unm.edu>, bev...@gauss.unm.edu (Mathemagician) writes...
>>The makers of salt at some point came to the realization on their
>>own or were coerced (I don't know which) that hypothyroidism is
>>a problem.
>Actually, if I recall correctly from Margaret Visser's (sp.?) marvelous
>book "Much depends on dinner", iodine in salt is put in to cut down on
>absorption of moisture, so the salt cellars don't clog. That's why
>whichever brand of salt it is - Morton's? - has as its slogan
>"Iodized salt. When it rains, it pours"
the phrase is simply "When it rains, it pours." Our container of
Morton salt has that slogan on it and it does not contain iodide.
the packaging: "This salt contains iodine. A necessary nutrient."
On their popcorn salt, which does not contain iodide, it says "This
salt does not supply iodide. A necessary nutrient."
Brian Evans |"Momma told me to never kiss a girl on the first
bevans at gauss.unm.edu | date...But that's OK...I don't kiss girls."