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WintersTablet t1_irf2g2k wrote

Reply to comment by DrEnter in TIL A 2017 study found that the introduction of iodized salt in 1924 raised the IQ for the one-quarter of the population most deficient in iodine. by kstinfo

True that those don't have added iodine. I guess I didn't elaborate enough when I said it's added in the factories.

Although all salt has a trace amount of iodine naturally, it's not enough for RDA. So the labeled iodized salt has iodine added in the factory.

Also, I might add... Iodine is a poison, yes. The amount of table salt needed to consume would kill you long before any I'll effects of iodine were felt.

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ShasOFish t1_irgiq9i wrote

It’s like bananas. If you eat a sufficient number of them, the cumulative radiation would kill you. The necessary number of bananas would kill you first though.

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WintersTablet t1_irhlvuy wrote

Fun fact, original bananas are extinct due to blight. The ones we have today are remakes, but don't taste the same. If you want to taste what an old one tasted like, try a banana laughy taffy.

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Next-Oven4964 t1_irkry9h wrote

They aren't exactly extinct. You can still buy a Gros Michel banana that laffy taffy was based on. It's just gonna cost you somewhere in the ballpark of 15-26$ a pound lol

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