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Show Federal Agriculture , Department Urges Use Of 'Iodized' Salt " WASHINGTON. Many people think of iodine as a brown liquid in the medicine chest rather than something that has to do with food or a food essential. Yet the body needs small but steady quantities o- the stuff for normal growth and development. The simplest, most practical and least expensive way to make sure that all people, especially young and growing children, get the iodine io-dine they need is to use iodized salt. This is why the U.S. department of agriculture is co-operating with the U.S. public health service and physicians, nutritionists and other groups concerned with national na-tional health in a campaign for general use of iodized salt. Home-makers Home-makers are urged to look for the word "iodized" when buying salt at a grocery to make sure they are getting this small but important bit of health protection for their families. Since only one part Iodine in 10,-000 10,-000 parts salt in needed, iodized salt is no more expensive than salt without this nutrient. It seems that the major salt porducers are willing will-ing to comply with the demand for it, so let's not overlook the chance. As a little review, iodine is essential es-sential for a healthy, thyroid gland, which in turn affects general well-being well-being of the body as well as growth. Iodine "hunger" is the cause of much fatigue among adolescents, the physicians say. Also, physicians physi-cians have found that giving iodine to mothers has reduced miscarriages miscar-riages and aided mothers in having hav-ing enough milk for their infants. The use of iodized salt in areas where goiter was prevalent has proved a most effective means of preventing this disease. Now iodine is naturally present in the salt from the ocean and in many local salt deposits in the earth but, as with many refined foods, this iodine is lost in refining. refin-ing. Returning iodine to salt is similar to enriching flour to make up for the vitamins and minerals removed from the grain in milling. |
