Do we still need iodized salt? (wtf even is it?)

[@PriorityFire]

I'm just a fan of iodized salt because I can get a big container for 50 cents at Aldi, way cheaper than the "regular" salt. good enough for me :)

[@lilsyrupshawty]

my names not adam i can't afford all this fancy salt nonsense

[@BeingBelligerent]

Same!

[@itsthevoiceman]

@@lilsyrupshawty - kosher salt is still pretty inexpensive considering how much you get in a box, for the price.

[@100k1-f3j]

Aldi is ass

[@Baltimore_Hood_Vines_2014]

@@100k1-f3j You have just angered the entire country of Germany.

[@AFmedic]

I'm 70 and lived by Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. I still remember every Friday morning the Teacher would get a large container from her supply closet and give each student a "Goiter Pill" to chew. It tasted like Chocolate Chalk. This lasted until the 3rd grade when iodize salt became more prevalent in our area.

[@sherrybirchall8677]

Im 68 and I remember that too.

[@thekingoffailure9967]

Imagine if teachers still have vital supplements to their students. Today people would claim that was poison distributed by Joe Biden's alien mind control department

[@AFmedic]

​@@thekingoffailure9967 And the liberals wouldn't be blaming "Saint Biden who can do no wrong", they would be blaming the conservatives (Trump in particular) btw - I am neither Democrat or Republican - both parties are crooked in their own way.

[@kingprone7846]

interesting

[@DefianceOrDishonor]

@@AFmedic Buddies comment got deleted lol... Can't have conversations on KZbin anymore.

[@WeekendUpdate7]

I love how diverse his content is. One video he is showing us cooking techniques and recipes, then in another video, such as this, he's a journalist.

[@Madge104]

On monday its food science, on thursday its cooking class :D And sometimes we get a teaser on monday about what he's cooking on thursday

[@chemclimber]

As I remember he was a journalisum lecturer before KZbin blew up 🤔

[@doctaflo]

yep, that’s like his whole schtick!

[@A_Box]

@@chemclimber thought he was a musician

[@kameron1060]

he was a teacher, after all, it's his passion!

[@Norm475]

I am 80 years old and when I was in grade school they would give us iodine tablets, they tasted pretty good. They would also hand out dried fruit periodically. The teacher would ask you to put a piece of paper on your desk and she would come around with a large cardboard box of dried fruit and scoop out a handful and put it on the paper.

[@Orange_Swirl]

That's actually crazy. Grade school has changed so much since then, it seems like you experienced something from another dimension.

[@lulucool45]

ngl maybe kids these days would appreciate starting off the school day with a dried fruit snack

[@shadowsoulless6227]

​@@lulucool45dried real fruit is way better than Welch's fruit snacks. We need to go back to feeding kids actual food. I know dried fruit isn't as healthy as fresh fruit but if you're going to give the kids a fruit snack it should at least be actual fruit..... Not a bunch of sugar and horse bones with chemicals in it to taste like real fruit

[@SpookyVictor]

I have an enlarged thyroid and I realized my household didn't use iodized salt and I didn't eat enough fish. Most of my family is lactose intolerant so we skimp out on dairy too. I started eating seaweed and more dairy and I can feel it shrink by a large amount. It used to be a slight lump, but now it feels virtually gone. This video really shed light on that health problem for me. I'm not sure if it's the direct cause, but it for sure helped. Thanks for all you do!

[@periculumesse1525]

I supplement with Iodine. Iodized salt is very small amount of Iodine.

[@seigeengine]

In the USA iodized salt contains enough iodine that 3g of salt provides all the iodine the government recommends you get each day. That's about half a tsp of salt. In contrast, the FDA recommends you consume no more than 6~ grams of salt per day, whereas the average American actually consumes nearly 9 grams of salt per day.

[@thinge4me]

Considering that he's recording on the beach, the audio is surprisingly clear.

[@matsgilon7075]

maybe he has a mic under his shirt

[@aragusea]

@@matsgilon7075 yep

[@ej_tech]

A deadcat may have also been used. Even when I did a video outdoors with medium winds, the deadcat made sure that wind noise is under control.

[@aragusea]

@@ej_tech Nope, just a lav under my shirt. Had my back to the wind, so my body served as a wind break. Only downside was my hair kept blowing forward.

[@clxwncrxwn]

Adam Ragusea LoL your style of hair looks good on you, it looks dreamy! no homo. Love your videos! I’ve tried a few recipes and I tried looking for veal in my area, even phoning butchers direct to see if they had anything no luck so far. But I did buy a meat weight thingy, and a wooden board to pound it on. just no veal!! Anyways have a good day!

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

I find that using cheap iodized salt makes much more sense when cooking in a pot, as the salt will dissolve anyway, so the flaky texture of "nice" salt is irrelevant in that context.

[@smievil]

maybe fast dissolving speed is somewhat bad though, haven't thought much about salt before someone pointed out that us chefs tend to recommend kosher salt which is coarser and requires a larger amount.

[@stevenclark5173]

@@smievil Chefs like flaky salts because they can control the quantity they put in better better my pinching it in their fingers. The salt will all dissolve either way in any aqueous solution within seconds so the speed doesn't matter.

[@k0zzu21]

It's not only the texture, but there's a difference in taste. Sea salts and other unpurified salts have plenty of other minerals that alter the taste. I think you could compare it to straight alcohol and whiskey.

[@anthonygarcia5375]

@@k0zzu21 of course there's different in taste if your getting different types of salt

[@Sonita888]

I am a chef. I salt to taste and when I am cooking in large cuantities, I either grab salt with my entire hand, or a spoon. Being a food snob is bullshit. Where I went to school, they also taught us to use iodized salt, because of this.

[@rahulr1305]

KZbin chefs shitting on Iodised salt has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. Thanks for doing this. I learnt this stuff in middle school, I think, but the way iodised salt has been demonized on KZbin...it's a lesson worth refreshing.

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Health experts agree. Do not shit on your salt.

[@crowdemon_archives]

I don't even know people were bitching about iodine

[@Vendzor]

That's because most iodized table salt is highly refined, way too easy to oversalt with, and difficult to control in your fingers.

[@taiwandxt6493]

This is why cooking and food becoming an art is somewhat bad, nowadays it's less about nourishing yourself and more about looking and tasting impressive.

[@Vendzor]

@@taiwandxt6493 That's a luxury man, I absolutely cherish it. Lasagna sure beats unsalted mammoth testicles!

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

Goiter used to be a problem in Thailand, especially in the North and the Northeast. There are two types of table salt from different sources in Thailand. One is from the sea, and another from the underground sources. As the Northern and the Northeastern regions are far from seas, they used to rely on underground salt, which haven't been iodated yet back then. Goiter problems are now almost unknown thanks to promotions of adding iodine to underground salt and better transportations. Better transportations mean that both sea salt and other sauces made from sea salt/iodated salt including the most popular fish sauce can be distributed more widespread nationwide.

[@KentoLeoDragon]

My mom was a nurse and always bought the iodized Morton's salt. She told us it was a good idea so it's been my life long habit to buy the iodized salt. Thanks mom!

[@d-fan]

"some of that gets absorbed across the cows' skin" Wait, so farmers literally iodize the cow, NOT the milk??

[@JanusXX]

You use it to treat wounds and to sanitize the cow's tits before milking. In high concentration solutions it kills most of the microorganisms. You can also use to treat your wound if you don't mind staining your skin red.

[@PabstBrownRibbon]

Iodine sanitizers are very common in dairy industry

[@hape3862]

Cows need Iodine as well. And the udders are sanitized before every milking. Iodine is the most natural and highly compatible sanitizer you can imagine (because we need it anyways and possible overdoses get excreted easily). Only disadvantage: It is (solved in alcohol) a rusty red fluid that is quite difficult to wash off. All the rusty red skin you see on patients after surgery has been sanitized with Iodine.

[@kosmicken]

I don't think anyone who responded got the joke. Must not be old-school A-Rag fans.

[@criswilson1140]

@@hape3862 That post surgical red stain is hibicleanse not iodine, but at one time, yes it was iodine.

[@HallsteinI]

I'm from the northernmost part of Scandinavia and grew up being taught about the importance of iodized salt. We learned about it in school, from our parents and from infomercials on the TV. Everyone in my family buys iodized salt to this day. I wish they would have spent the same effort teaching us about vitamin D.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Same, I have to take vitamin D every day because I'm deficient.

[@connorleonard4047]

Fish

[@maximgun3833]

How 'sunny' is it up there?

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

@@maximgun3833 It's just above Arctic Line, dude.

[@PandaXs1]

just go out and get some sun how hard can it be lolololol

[@kjell2991]

Questioned this a few days ago, here comes the vid. Thanks Adam

[@AdityaPatnaik76]

What you don't know is he can hear your thoughts

[@Banditxam4]

@@AdityaPatnaik76 that's pretty Gey

[@aragusea]

I see your MIND

[@ofsabir]

@@aragusea I didn't know KZbin had such a feature...

[@squippites7356]

Adam Ragusea hi

[@purplealice]

I discovered a brand of table salt that was "iodized" to federal standards by adding seaweed flakes. I use it as my general table salt, and I enjoy the flavor of the seaweed, and also I like the fact that I'm getting all sorts of other micronutrients from the seaweed. It jazzes up buttered popcorn very nicely. THe company - Maine Sea Vegetables - also sells various types of edible seaweed, whole or in flakes. My dad grew up in Maine, and he liked to snack on dulse, which the seaweed company sells in bulk. I've read that if you deep-fry dulse leaves they taste like bacon, but I haven't done that yet.

[@DizzyEyes94]

That probably has a fair note of umami from the seaweed right? I really wanna try that

[@TheAnantaSesa]

I would think pan frying would work too. I never tried it either but heard the same thing.

[@Shinkajo]

That sounds terribly expensive.

[@ShaferHart]

@@Shinkajo it's salt how expensive can it really be

[@Shinkajo]

@@ShaferHart the seaweed, not the salt

[@jeanvignes]

Thank you! I was a vegan for almost seven years, an avid user of "fancy" salts with no added iodine for maybe 10-12 years, I'm allergic to most fish, and I really hate seaweed. I did develop a small (!) goiter and low thyroid disease. My doctors think it is largely auto-immune (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) but who knows if having low iodine for all those years made it worse? I switched back to using iodized salt and, in addition to my thyroid medication, I'm taking a daily supplement which includes 150 mcg of iodine. I strongly recommend that other people take this seriously. Having a lump in your neck, pressing on your trachea even a little bit, is no fun. Neither is being freezing cold all the time (a big red flag for low thyroid).

[@katatat2030]

I have hashimotos too and here's my uneducated thoughts. The lack of iodine in your diet could have been a problem in the earlier stages of the disease, when your body was still able to produce enough thyroid hormone despite being attacked by your body's own antibodies. That's the stage I've been at for years. But as it progressed, and your thyroid became less functional, it wouldnt have mattered how much iodine you ate. And now you're taking hormone anyway, so I wonder if iodine is necessary. Would be cool to see what research exists. I think you developing hashimotos was a coincidence but maybe the lack of iodine could have made it a lot worse in the beginning. Take that with a grain of salt cuz it's just my thoughts

[@lordkell1986]

@@katatat2030 "Grain of salt" - ironic ...or should that be ionic? :'D

[@jlee902]

Are you still vegan? I just went vegan (well, honestly I'm 90% plant-based but I do cheat a little and use animal products for clothing), and are there any ideas of what I should not do?

[@emma70707]

@@jlee902 , The Vegan Society has a minimal vitamin for vegans that would be a good place to start. I end up taking a vegan multivitamin along with D3+K2 (multi only has a little D3), iron, and iodine drops because I'm a grad student and don't always have time to keep my diet as diverse as it should be. Some vegans have annual or semiannual blood work, but aside from the fat soluble vitamins, it's usually fine to get too much (you'll pee out excess water soluble ones) so I default in that direction.

[@KlodFather]

Iodine supplements whether from Iodized Salt or through another source is necessary to keep your thyroid from latching onto radioactive Iodine which is naturally present. This is why radiation kits have iodine tablets in them. In a disaster you do not want to pick up a shite load of radioactive stuff in your thyroid. Its an easy ticket to a pine box and the cemetery.

[@Peasant_of_Pontus]

Finally a cooking youtuber who doesn't repeat the nonsense about iodine in the salt making food taste bitter and """chemical""".

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

The problem is if you think it will make it taste like that... it will taste like that. And it's actually quite difficult to break that association once you;ve made it.

[@aganos1324]

@@TheAkashicTraveller Yeah, the placebo effect is nasty.

[@TheCourtneyadventures]

@@aganos1324 my mom is convinced about that with organic vs gmo fruits and veg... Tried to explain placebo effect but she doesn't believe me 🤦

[@DigitalMoonlight]

@@TheCourtneyadventures No need to explain, have her participate in a blind test. Present her with four pieces of the same fruit, three of which are from an organic fruit and one non-organic and tell her one of the four is non-organic and have her try and guess.

[@EduardoGarrido2188]

@@TheAkashicTraveller I've tasted ~pure KCl rocks (sylvite, bitter and "chemical") and now I´m convinced salt "low" on sodium which has some NaCl replaced by KCl tastes awful, maybe if I didn't I wouldn't be able to taste any difference

[@doomsday1268]

I’m thinking of the people at the beach thinking: “why is there a crazy man holding salt?

[@Basomic]

"Umm excuse me, sir? The ocean already has plenty of salt. You don't need to bring your own."

[@BullyMaguire69]

@@Basomic new video incoming: "why i season the ocean, NOT my fish" lol

[@Basomic]

@@BullyMaguire69 I better see some heterogeneity in that seasoning

[@flying_horse]

at this point I just think all americans walk around with a camera talking to the void , and everyone around them is ok with it

[@doomsday1268]

flying horse: probably.

[@matthewhardesty6872]

One of my literal first thoughts when everyone started pushing flake sea salt "but what about the iodine???" Good vid

[@jessicaramirez1955]

dumb me used a fancy salter for a whole year and noticed my neck starting to get lumpy :(

[@FenceThis]

I'll look to get my iodine another way than from salt. I'm one of those who can actually taste AND smell iodine and find the taste of iodized salt just abominable. If I'd have to ingest a few pills now and then, no sweat, just keep it out of cooking.

[@patatabellaskskthereturn4295]

@@FenceThis are you some kind of alien with super sense or some shit? Cause it litteraly impossible you can smell iodine or neither taste ir so I can safely say you trolling or just a liar

[@FenceThis]

Patatabellasksk the return I can safely say that you're the troll, and yes I and many others can easily detect, thats taste and smell iodine and some of us simply detest the taste, plus a lot of us also are hypersensitive to iodine based contrast agents ! The fact that you and your family or friends are not among them doesn't mean that there's anything abnormal or extremely extraordinary about that !

[@patatabellaskskthereturn4295]

@@FenceThis mhm iodine in iodinez salt it 2 forms potassium iodine and a small amount of sodium iodine which both have chemically no smell and neither taste(the only taste you could find if you consume a big amount of the chemical directly in their powder form which is impossible considering there small amount of them in the salt) the only taste you could find is the additives they add to the salt to prevent the sodium iodine from clumping which have extremely minimal taste unless you have super sense you you don't have so I can 100% say you are saying some bs here. So stop lying and have a good day

[@1stGruhn]

It would be interesting to see how much iodine gets into pasta when using iodized salt to season your pasta water. I follow my mom's use: always use the cheap salt to season your pasta water since you pour so much of it out. That cheap salt for me is always the $1 a cannister iodized salt.

[@poochyenarulez]

I do the same thing and wondered it too

[@robinlillian9471]

1. Sushi is very popular right now. It has marine fish (like salmon), seafood, and kelp. 2. Physicians are telling patients NOT to salt their food. They have forgotten about iodine. 3. Bromine, which is used in most bread, blocks iodine receptors. 4. There is a lot of undiagnosed hypothyroidism right now, and it is no coincidence that it correlates with lower iodine consumption & bromine in bread. The deficiency just might not be quite bad enough to make your neck swell.

[@pkmn7777777]

this man really made up a seafood-oriented video so he could get a tax-benefit for a vacation to the beach. a king.

[@ksdfjsadjkflksjf]

Tax -evasion- optimization 101

[@DanieleGiorgino]

One of the perks of being a KZbinr is setting up a business for the tax write offs.

[@MadisonFalcoFoods]

@@DanieleGiorgino a lot of people just pop out kids for tax write offs lol

[@javi447]

Thank you Serbian nationalist who assassinated archduke Franz Ferdinand for the swollen thyroid glands documentation

[@banovobrdorepubliika1353]

Hahhaah ima nas I ovde

[@day.brakeF1]

Thank you German national socialist who took a vacation in poland and allowed us to get the follow up research

[@Coolbillion]

Thank you German emperor Wilhelm II for blindly issuing your support to Austria, which played a huge role in starting the Great War

[@mbedj1974]

@@day.brakeF1 I think it was an Austrian

[@user-pi8pd9wc5y]

@@mbedj1974 Didn't he identify himself as German though?

[@hxx3815]

Why I iodize my pregnant woman, NOT my salt Edit: Thank you guys for 2k likes. Papa loves you😘(with 🧦 on of course)

[@MaravisionESCChannel]

oh my god

[@renegade7370]

he will always and forever be haunted by that until the day he dies

[@mfaizsyahmi]

@@renegade7370 "Why I embalm my coffin, not myself"

[@usmaniqbal9207]

u play fortnite lmao

[@hxx3815]

@@usmaniqbal9207 nah bruh I just have been too lazy to change it haven't played since season 6 when it was actually good. By the way are you Muslim?

[@denys7796]

As a doctor, I was very impressed by the quality of medical information in this video.

[@Hi_Im_Akward]

I do still use iodized salt when cooking. It's mostly in situations where the salt granules don't matter like boiling pasta and seasoning the water, or in soups or sauces. I use th flaky large granules for things where it matters. However, it is entirely possible I am not getting enough iodine. I do take multi vitamins but I don't cook often and have cut out dairy for the most part. Very interesting stuff and I find this really interesting but also somewhat frustrating. Things like chronic fatigue and depression get written off by medical professionals. I've had depression for years and I am medication resistant to it. I suspect that my depression and a large number of cases of depression are linked to other diseases or disorders that arent even psychological, yet when a person reports depression, the immediate solution is to start antidepressants, not to look into other possible sources of the cause. I feel that the epidemic of depression is more of a symptom of a larger issue than it is the issue itself.

[@ritwikgupta1558]

As someone who had his thyroid disturbed (I had hypo-thyroid), you DONT WANT THAT. You feel so exhausted all the time, its literally a nightmare

[@ThatBrubakerFellow]

I'm on levothyroxine now. How did you get rid of it?

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

I have it :(

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

@@ThatBrubakerFellow same

[@ritwikgupta1558]

@@ThatBrubakerFellow I used various homeopathic medicine. I know many people are speculative of the same, and it may only be placebo, but it worked great for me, so I'm happy. I used calcarea iodata 3x if it helps

[@gerryjtierney]

@@ritwikgupta1558 Idiot

[@Jorgen223]

just use iodized salt for cooking pasta or soup, structure doesn't matter when its dissolved -__-

[@RonJohn63]

But most of the iodized salty water goes down the drain.

[@lwilton]

I keep a shaker of iodized table salt on the stove where I can use it for seasoning anything I cook. Takes less than the fancy salts (because it is denser), costs less, is healthier, and you can't tell which was used (if you didn't use a flavored salt). Fancy salts are usually in the cupboard for final seasoning during plating.

[@bsteven885]

@@RonJohn63, wouldn't most of the salt absorb into the pasta? But anyway, one can always use the pasta water to thicken the sauce like Italians do, OR just cook a pot of rice since it would use up all the water.

[@MrCrashDavi]

+

[@webaccess11]

regular iodised salt in Australia contains plastic. Just dissolve a teaspoon of salt in a glass bowl, and you’ll see it.

[@Haedox]

the shots of you on the beach talking about salt is making my entire week 👍

[@Jetttttt]

Haedox !

[@Z50nemesis]

never espected to see you here

[@tykep1009]

I was surprised by this because I had never seen iodized salt before. In Japan, on the contrary, too much iodine can be more of a problem (we eat a lot of fish and seaweed), but we don't hear much about iodine deficiency.

[@OneironauticalOne]

Stuff like this makes me well up with tears of happiness and gratitude for the people that develop and implement these public health solutions.

[@rigil6500]

Most informative "cooking channel" on KZbin

[@user84074]

Me, watching this as a Midwesterner with trouble swallowing, a chronic cough, low energy, and weight gain: 👁️👄👁️

[@Fridelain]

Update?

[@myabraham74]

Hey Adam, In my biology class, we just happened to talk about the causes and effects of Iodine deficiency, and thanks to your video I used the points you made in class and it went well! I mentioned goiters and no one new what that meant! Lol anyways thanks for making this video

[@Mrbfgray]

My step mom was familiar with goiters in her youth and she scoffed at the ignorant ppl who were so afflicted and also shunned iodized salt, mid USA.

[@LEARSIKCIGAM]

I can taste the difference , no for me

[@Mrbfgray]

@@LEARSIKCIGAM You should do a blind test with same size/shape grains, one iodized the other not. I'd guess you fail that, lol.

[@someguy2135]

I am vegan, and I love nori sheets for my seaweed snacks. Some vegans use dulse seasoning. I use Furikake seasoning from Trader Joe's. Most people eat nori sheets by eating sushi. Kelp is one type of edible seaweed which has so much iodine that you could easily overdose. One brand of vegan friendly broth uses kelp, but probably in small amounts.

[@crowdemon_archives]

Kelp is pretty cool in soups, ye

[@someguy2135]

@@crowdemon_archives Tasty? No doubt, but don't eat too much!

[@anthonysamuelordonezson3394]

There was me, in my grandma's room talking about why the salt had iodine, the day was cold, the day was grey and she was still with us, I remember thanks to you, it was long ago, thank you.

[@edge21str]

3:50 "You can't taste iodine in salt" **several cooking youtubers are typing**

[@jeanvignes]

The only way to know for sure is a "double-blind study" where neither the person doling out the salt nor the people tasting it know if it is iodized or not. The results are in: you can't taste it. People just like that burst of salty taste that they get with the larger crystals of kosher salt, flaky salt, or "flower" salt (Fleur de Sel) on the surface of the food.

[@barryallen5507]

@@jeanvignes I find that large flakes are depressingly inadequate when it comes to the immediate-dispersion-of-flavor department. McDonald's will always have the best salt that is quickly obtainable anywhere that their restaurants exist, it tastes the best because it is ground so finely that it all dissolves almost instantaneously upon contact with your tongue.

[@FenceThis]

Yes I can taste iodine - maybe you can't. I friggin' hate the taste !

[@williandossantos7740]

@@FenceThis this means that you've been brainwashed by food hipsters

[@FenceThis]

willian dos santos it simply means that another kind of food hipsters have been brainwashing you

[@nufonewhodis]

My wife and I love fine sea salt. It took me years to find an iodinized version and I finally found that the Hain brand makes one, so if you're looking for iodinized fine sea salt, I hope this helps you.

[@Kamamura2]

You should always prefer classic mined rock salt to sea salt. The reason is microplastics - current seas are full of them, while the old deposits are from the times seas and oceans were still clear.

[@sampound]

When Adam isn’t in Macon:

[@bungkatbacksom1414]

Wat did u say? U know wat I’m talking about.

[@cynicalkiwi9366]

Magone

[@Seethi_C]

Using that sponsor money to take some trips

[@RamenNoodle1985]

Looks a lot like Plymouth, MA I thought

[@ToastedHamburgerBun]

*_visible confusion_*

[@Lithilic]

Oh man, I assumed the salt in processed food was iodized since I thought it was a cheap source to use.

[@puggirl415]

I think that’s a good assumption. Wish it was addressed in the vid. Y the doctor.

[@alexanderstone9463]

Apparently according to the sources I’ve seen, it doesn’t. My best guess as to the reason why is because processed food manufacturers just buy salt in bulk directly from the producers before it’s been iodized.

[@bananasandbass]

For the Dutch viewers: Iodised salt means Gejodeerd zout. You won’t find “iodine” on Dutch labelling.

[@Arickthesquirrel]

I actually really like these types of videos! Cooking and learning about what our bodies actually need! Great work Adam!

[@reble_uwu3405]

Aren’t squirrels on a fruit and NUT based diet? Adam should make a video on iodine rich fruits and NUTS. I’m not a kid I swear

[@Labored]

I love how Adam knows that his audience wont be as interested in this video as they would be for a cooking video, but he does them anyway to make what he enjoys making. I can always respect that in a content creator.

[@notsaeed]

I read the title as: “ Do we need to idolize salt?”

[@vixvaporub]

Yes

[@zestymay6026]

Yes

[@maxliu7576]

no one needs to answer that

[@dominik7840]

Yes we do

[@arirahikkala]

After watching the video, I kinda want to say yes. Because I knew it says "iodized" on my table salt box, but I absolutely didn't know how much better the salt manufacturers made the world when they started putting iodine in their product.

[@geniuspharmacist]

I've never felt the difference in taste between cheap salt and expensive salt. We use regular table salt for most applications. Glad to hear it's helping our thyroid function.

[@qwormuli77]

I don't think that there even is a remotely credibly tests where people could taste the difference. Detecting iodine from the salt just reeks of placebo.

[@seigeengine]

There are basically four benefits to fancy salts. 1. Coarser salts are easy to control since they're less dense, and more gritty, so it's hard to add more than you intend to, and you have to add a physically larger amount to add the same actual amount of salt. 2. Fancy salts often look interesting, having larger crystals, or being colored, which may make the food looks better, which influences you perception of it. 3. Coarser salts have more texture, so are good for finishing food before you serve it, where it can provide interest to the eater... personally, I don't really like this effect, but to each their own. 4. Knowing you're using a fancier product may just make you feel subjectively like your food should taste better, so it will to you, lol.

[@mehedi61]

Goiter was a huge issue in Bangladesh till 2000. I have few relatives who had goiter. The government took some initiative along with WHO volunteers and NGOs. There was a massive campaign and now there is almost no sign of goiter patient. Thanks to Iodized Salt.

[@xd_guy894]

You have quickly became one my favorite quality content creators on KZbin. I never thought baking and cooking could be so interesting!

[@BlankRev]

Something oddly off charactet about adam pointing and saying "that way"

[@AxxLAfriku]

ATTENTION BROTHER!!! I have two very very hot and big KZbinr girlfriends who I show off (I smell like 100 de*d orangutans oh nooo)! Thank you for you attention, dear dude kid br

[@gunjeetsingh90]

switzerland is on the ..RIGHT

[@jorixonian]

@@gunjeetsingh90 more like canada is on the right since he pointed to his left when talking about S. America cold america on the right

[@GlennMartinAKAMrBadAxe]

@@gunjeetsingh90 copy that, Switzerland is on the right!

[@vwertix1662]

@candy Hes a nutjob thats been around on youtube for ages, you see him around occasionally.

[@hamishmcphie4050]

Adams sponsorship breaks are so smooth I didnt realise until 10s in 😂

[@lostinthought5621]

Really great coverage in your video! For personal medical reasons, I’m glad there are options for iodized and non-iodized salt, though as you elaborated on, the majority of the population should be using iodized salt unless otherwise directed by their doctor. I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism just as I was entering puberty. The standard of care is to prescribe thyroid suppressing drugs, but these would have stunted my growth. Our family doctor instead directed me to have a low iodine diet by using non-iodized salt and by limiting my intake of saltwater fish and shellfish. It brought my hormone levels to normal ranges and brought my symptoms under control. As an adult, I still cook with non-iodized salt and my hormone levels are perfectly normal, not even on the high end of normal. And I’m 5’10” while my parents are 5’9” and 5’0” so I think I did alright growing. TL;DR for folks like me with hyperthyroidism I’m glad there are options at the grocery store, but most people should consume iodized salt.

[@mathewritchie]

The first time I became aware of the dangers of iodine deficiency it was mentioned that goiters had made a come back in Tasmania after the local dairy processor stoped using iodaphor to sanatize their pipes and bottles/cartons.the tiny amount left on the interiors was enough to stop the prroblem for decades.

[@bluewren65]

Those farmers should have been providing salt licks for his cattle as well.

[@justinforlini5293]

Imagine how many “anti-iodine” groups we’d have if this would be a mordern day problem. People would claim it was another way for the government to “control its citizens”😂😂

[@user-rl4tg2mr9n]

its the microchips they put IN the iodised salt. The iodine is a distraction!!11!!!!1 duhhhhh smh my head ppl r sooooo sutpid

[@DanieleGiorgino]

Anti-fluoride loons have been around since we started adding it to the water supply.

[@envispojke]

@@DanieleGiorgino thats different I feel like, I have not looked in to that issue but fluorides can be very harmful to the environment. Everything from ski waxes to teflon and water proof fabric coating contains different fluorides (one is PFOS) that are very harmful to the environment and especially ground water. Again I'm not making any claims on the thing you're talking about but I can understand how you could be skeptical of that. I guess it's all about the levels of it, if you have too much Fluor in the water I'd imagine it would be bad for humans and the environment.

[@AnxiousTrap]

Oh my god.. right?

[@Blitterbug]

@@envispojke Well yes, it's toxic, like most things. So the levels are tightly controlled. Why are we even talking about it?

[@joshngarcia]

"One of the worst parts of my job making videos is having to spend so many hours contemplating my own dumb face" - Adam, the most relatable man on Earth.

[@adamzeng6343]

Hey Adam you should do a video about artificial sweeteners and their effects on human health.

[@pino_de_vogel]

He cant because reality is noone really knows what the long term effects are of something that does not excist long. Fact is we have more and more weird diseases and the most logical reason is that what we put in our mouth.

[@petenielsen6683]

@@pino_de_vogel Saccarrin has been around since the 1960s and is still legal in the US even though in super concentrated amounts not found on the market it is a cancer causing agent. The reason it is still legal is that it would require flling a typical backyard swimming pool with the stuff and eating it all to cause cancer. But most of the others have only been around since the 1980s or even more recently. So information about them is constantly changing.

[@pino_de_vogel]

@@petenielsen6683 doesnt mean that eating stuff like that isnt potentially lethal in the long run. look at all the weird western diseases we have past 50 years. MS, ALS, more cancer type then ever. i prefer to eat natural ingredients and not potentially poison myself. 1960's isnt that long ago. all those people that started eating that crap then had kids and they had kids and meanwhile we have a weak ass generation and more intollerances then ever.

[@grantadamson3478]

Everyone needs to be aware of this. I am, but only because I'm in the older gen. My kids and most of their gen have no idea of the importance of Iodine.

[@sandramarcantelli4958]

OMG Thank you! I am an insufferable foodie and I like to cook with kosher salt but I cook for my grown son who has asked me to use iodized salt because he does not eat fish or seafood. I'm glad I watched your video all the way to the end and now I know I can get a product that we will both be happy with. I'm going to look on Amazon right now.

[@TheMimiSard]

For quite a while I kept a container of cooking salt that I used in everything. Then my doctor got concerned about my thyroid, so I used up my cooking salt on some corned beef and invested in iodised salt, even finding one brand that sells iodised cooking salt. I also got more fish and white bread into my diet as well, and my thyroid got back to normal. Right now I have a container of pink cooking salt that I bought during the height of the panic buying phase, because it was one of the few packets of salt on the shelf at the time. I am careful though splitting my salt usage between the pink and the iodised so I am not going without.

[@TheMimiSard]

FYI, I used up the pink salt and replaced it with more iodised cooking salt!

[@NoName-ik2du]

I really like hearing stories about a straightforward health change program that worked phenomenally across the board when implemented. Seems like doing something similar and requiring fast food joints to use iodized salt would go a long way right now. As far as at home, I've always thought fancy salts were kind of stupid. Salt is salt to me. Guess not; guess my cheapo salt has actually been _better_ all along.

[@0Clewi0]

Another classic is fortified flour

[@lognacho]

Adam, can I suggest a video on tap water? I know it may sound weird but an explanation of yours about for example why tap water on the ocean regions may have more calcium and how it may or not be relevant sound interesting to me

[@merrittanimation7721]

And the subject of water fluoridation and other additives and if it affects the taste of tap water.

[@aragusea]

@Khaffit Many EU countries use chlorine, most notably France.

[@walterbrunswick]

@@aphenioxPDWtechnology just drink the beer, not the water 😂

[@MustardSaves]

Thank you for this video! This makes me feel so much better about the FOMO of not being able to afford the "fancier" salts 😇 I cook with regular iodize salt in everyday cooking and the only reason I keep "plain" salt on hand is for making things like kimchi and saurkraut.

[@martinlyhagen6166]

There is another factor as well - in countries consuming a lot of cabbage goitre is more common because cabbage contains glucosinulate. A substance stimulating the developing of goitre.

[@Magnulus76]

Good, informative video... and so important right now with the move towards foodie culture and people eating out at restaurants! This is the kind of content that KZbin needs. There's too much focus on foodies or fad diets, and not enough emphasis on real science-based nutritional information. Yes, we still need iodized salt. Low thyroid function isn't something to play around with.

[@taiwandxt6493]

It also shows the delicate balance that our diets need to be. Eating not enough causes these issues, but eating too much can cause a multitude of other issues.

[@__gavin__]

Just days ago I was trying to research this exact issue and found myself thinking "man, I wish Adam had made a video on this". So thank you!

[@petervansan1054]

I'll take things that did not happen for 500, alex!

[@__gavin__]

@@petervansan1054 No seriously I was. Not that I really feel the need to prove it to a random stranger on the internet, but here are some screenshot of my internet history i.imgur.com/go6fHMo.png

[@an4r4k34]

Adam:*makes informative and interesting food science/food history/recipe video* Me:*scrolls to the middle to see what crazy sponsor he got this time*

[@TheRedneckGamer1979]

Fun cooking tip, if making quick pickled vegies (with vinegar) do not used iodized salt, use kosher salt or use pickling salt. Part of the reaction causes the iodine to seperate and turn your stuff blue and has a distinct flavor. If I remember correct the same is true for Lactofermentation but I am not 100% sure on that part.

[@offsuit27]

I'm a little late to this particular party but I use iodized salt in water for boiling vegetables or pasta where it doesn't matter what texture it is. I also make it taste just shy of ocean water cause that's the only way any of the salt is going to get absorbed into the actual food. That's how we do it at the restaurant I cook at too, if you think that's crazy

[@lenorelestrange]

Iodine morton salt is literally at walmart for $2, js, it's all I use. That and go get those seaweed strip snacks, you can find them in packs of 3 at most 3rd party dollar stores.

[@MrSwanley]

I learned a lot from this - I had a vague notion that iodine had something to do with stopping table salt from clumping. It's very refreshing to watch a foodie channel making rational, evidence based statements about ingredients: I fully expected iodized salt to be trashed in this video.

[@dianadeejarvis7074]

If you check the label on the salt container, you'll find that iodine is not the only additive. One of the other additives is what keeps the salt from clumping.

[@drumbum7999]

Adam "why I iodize my cutting board and not my salt" Ragusea

[@cinderbones]

dead joke mate

[@IamthNight]

You're answering questions I've had in my life I never knew I needed answered. Thanks.

[@allens4974]

Thanks for the video as this is a topic many are oblivious to. I have worked as a food safety coordinator and also in healthcare running dietary facilities. So I have some background experience in this. Another sign of iodine deficiency is hair loss. Many people who move from areas with rich iodine in their diets (such as Japan) to places with poor amounts have sudden hair loss, a symptom of potential thyroid problems. Iodized salts are great but they are not all created equal. I have seen studies where salts were tested and some containers have high levels of iodine while others have virtually no iodine in them. Many times this comes from the same batch as mixing may not always be as thorough as it should be. Also, dairy is not always the good source as it once was for iodine. Other sanitation chemicals are being used more and more frequently by dairy farms, removing the iodine benefit from drinking dairy. One way that you can test to see if you may be iodine deficient, place a drop of iodine on your skin. If it disappears within 24 hours, you may want to consult with your doctor about getting a proper test.

[@Nagria2112]

fun fact: my country stores potassiumiodide tablets in all schools in case of nuclear fallout. it prevents pancreas cancer when you are in a fallout zone. -austria

[@kg22247]

Haha, ich habs bei der ersten Zeile gewusst.

[@mischief2688]

Not pancreas cancer, thyroid cancer

[@mizonator]

It prevents Thyroid cancer because the thyroid will actively take up radioactive iodine, so taking iodine tablets will cause the thyroid to take up the non radioactive iodine.

[@sillysad3198]

@@mischief2688 and ONLY IF, ONLY IF! you risk exposure to radioactive IODINE! it does not help against other radioactive agents

[@itsthevoiceman]

I've been Binging a lot of cooking videos recently, and this idea had come up as a concern a few times these past few weeks. Kosher salt is often the choice for many KZbin food personalities, and maybe it's something worth spreading somehow.

[@henrybruun1229]

People on the beach wondering why there’s a man holding a container of salt talking into a camera

[@michael_g3726]

Do people actually care? Real question cause I don’t want to know what anyone is doing.

[@ziutasow2244]

No one actually cares.

[@smievil]

why i iodized salt the ocean and buys ocean salt instead of kosher salt

[@petenielsen6683]

@@smievil Kosher just means Jews who adhere closest to older practices can eat it without violating their consciences.

[@kristoffer9400]

What a lovely video. I was really worried that this would be an iodine smear video when I first watched it, just because how often American cooks recommend Kosher Salt. In fact I was always a little put off by that trend, glad to see informed content on the matter, as there is so much misinformation in America, which often can lead to people excluding otherwise essential nutrients or sources of nutrients from their diets in a misinformed effort to be healthy.

[@MultiFreak107]

The goiter belt used to be balanced out by hookworms. Due to the recently increased prevalence of hookworms, there is active work done to improve lead exposure, which occurrence mirrors the areas low in iodine in the USA.

[@Josh_Fredman]

Good on you Adam for calling out the obsession by celebrity chefs with using fancy salts. It smacks of elitism but in the case of iodine deficiency also packs dose of karma, making it reminiscent of the bygone use of pewter dishes among the rich, who then proceeded to get lead poisoning. Plenty of Americans are eschewing meat and/or dairy for fad diets, and, in so doing, are causing harm to themselves and possibly their children. Good old-fashioned iodized table salt fixes the problem entirely, without even having to think about it. Or go with the iodized fancy salts you mentioned at the end. I got a Morton's iodized sea salt a couple years ago just to see what the sea salt fuss was all about. My verdict? Hard on the teeth.

[@krisinsaigon]

i live in vietnam, it's interesting to me that it's on the list of iodine deficient countries according to that map, because I have to make an effort here to find salt that isn't iodized, it's fairly standard here. I wonder if the reason it's listed as iodine deficient is because the vietnamese traditionally use fish sauce to salt their food, or soy sauce, instead of table salt. or maybe it's wrong data on the map. normally i associate the food here with being healthy. they also eat a lot of fish and seafood which should contain iodine as well

[@rusdanibudiwicaksono1879]

It's probably outdated data I think.

[@KD-ou2np]

Maybe iodine deficiency is high in populations where people can't afford to eat in your country?

[@LiaCooper]

as always, love these educational videos! very interesting. also the fact that a lot of us are eating foods that arent from our regional area will contribute positively or negatively to how much passive iodine we're ingesting. ironically a while back i ran out of my fancy kosher salt and i went back to using my lame old iodized table salt for cooking because i had a bunch of it lying around and it seemed silly not to use it up xD

[@dus10dnd]

One of the issues with iodine deficiency is that we don't even really know what a good iodine level is. The recommended daily consumption that is cited is just a level high enough for you not to have a goiter, based on what they saw after WWI. Not having a health problem is great, but being healthy is different than that.

[@tenaciouspoetry]

Learned this in nutrition class, and among other things that many people get wrong, or purposely choose to be ignorant on.

[@all_sham]

"...fluoridation" Adam never ceases to amaze me with his transitions.

[@lwilton]

It's really the same subject. You could say the same thing about polio vaccinations. All things modern people deplore and loathe and think are mind control, because they have no idea what the original problems looked like since they have mostly been cured. Of course, their new ideas of "healthy living", avoiding these "dangerous things", will let their grandchildren rediscover these wonders in a few decades.

[@fclp67]

"my stress goes straight to my teeth" dude my chocolate bar really felt that

[@ZCV7853]

The real reason for iodized salt was to get more eligible young men into soldier uniforms. Clear case presented here.

[@MymilanitalyBlogspot]

I appreciate it when you introduce your sponsorships as you do in this and other videos.

[@rebeccakeller4666]

bought iodized salt yesterday! now I know what and why and that i'ts important. Thank you!!

[@elliez.3561]

Was literally just wondering this morning if this would be today's video.

[@bigh9248]

“Dumb face” Adam? I think you’re a handsome feller myself

[@Ralpha1961]

I am so glad you did this piece on iodine. I have been warning people of the mainstream media culture that to exclude meat, salt and milk from their diet as being dangerous. Why are they doing this when the older generation were taught the importance of iodine? Doctors, news magazine nor professionals gave a red flag or warning when the fad started by the media as healthy eating..

[@thano8499]

For some reason, people think they're individually smarter than centuries of science. It's depressing.

[@dianaburn2474]

The answer is scientific/authoritative distrust. It often has roots in perfectly valid things, such as older instances of scientific exploitation, or the presence of multiple competing theories being presented to the public - who, as laypeople, cannot interrogate these theories, which makes science look "less valid" as a result. There are a lot of contributing factors, but I always try to remind people that it is rooted in SOME sense. The problem is that such people go overboard with it. (which is a much longer discussion that I am too tired for right now!)

[@crowdemon_archives]

@@dianaburn2474 yea, it's like a pendulum that swings too far to one side or the other, when you could just... Not do that. Idk why people have the tendency to be extreme in either direction because it just limits everything.

[@taiwandxt6493]

The mainstream media culture isn't necessarily to exclude meat, salt, and milk from our diet, but to just cut a lot of it down because we eat too much of it. Eating too much salt has it's fair share of problems like not eating enough. It just goes to show the delicate balance that our diets need to be.

[@WillFindlay]

Thanks for the great explanation. You can also "do you" by getting thyroid cancer, then getting your thyroid removed, and then taking synthroid every day, thus making iodine unnecessary for your thyroid, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[@davidgromer3525]

We take a daily mineral supplement tablet, which includes seaweed among its ingredients. This lets us enjoy Himalayan sea salt for everyday use. We do use very cheap iodized salt for cooking pasta, potatoes, etc.

[@dingx9455]

OK fine Adam, I'll buy some fancy iodized salts, sheesh...

[@obohp]

YES I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FROM MY FAVORITE PERSON

[@tomaskalinka5679]

Heh, in my country it is really hard to find non-iodized salt, maybe even illegal to sell that salt for eating...

[@eicdesigner]

I already passed this along to a friend who is having iodine deficiency problems today. Thanks for posting this!

[@johnn3542]

I use some "fancy" salts, but still keep the iodized table salt. Use the fancy stuff on meat, use the "cheap" table salt when you want it dissolved. Or at the table last minute on simple meal.

[@lydiaweinberger7660]

PLEASE please check with your doctor before incorporating iodine supplements. Recently began seeing an endocrinologist and the first question she asked me was to make sure I wasn't taking extra iodine, because she had seen so many people suspicious about their thyroid end up giving themselves iodine poisoning and killing their thyroid/giving themselves hypothyroidism.

[@BESTDICKINCHINA]

YOU'RE A SWEETHEART.

[@bucc5207]

Wait, an entire country's IQ can drop a couple of points from iodine deficiency? You might be onto something there Adam!

[@DaveTexas]

Interesting. I’ve actually wondered if I was doing myself a disservice by only using kosher salt. I haven’t bought a container of iodized salt since the 20th Century. I guess I get enough iodine from other sources, as my thyroid checks out OK whenever I see my endocrinologist. My endocrinologist actually told me to eat more salt - not for the iodine m but because I tend to have low sodium levels in my blood. Maybe I should add some iodized salt to my diet.

[@MsZephyra]

Just watched his videos on cast iron vs other pans and why he likes Hershey's, and now this iodine issue - all things I've been wondering about or discussing with others recently. Great content - subbed! (I did my own research on the iodine issue and as he mentioned, seaweed is an excellent source of iodine and, as vegans will point out, the fish get it from eating algae, etc., so you can just go straight to the source!)

[@prabinpaudel5572]

I am from nepal and love how we have above the required amount of iodine consumption. We had iodized salt advertizement from government when we were kids