Due to severe dissemination of the information that Iodine is good for us- the sale of Iodized salt is on fire in India. In fact, the salt being iodized is now being taken for granted in an average Indian household.
In fact, the government has prohibited marketing of non-iodized salt. Though one could see that the manufacturers of non-iodized salt are facing loss, one also observes that iodized salt is costlier.
But are we really taking iodized salt in our diet?
The manufacturers of iodized salt do not mix iodine in salt but they use a derivative of iodine , an iodate which lasts only for three months. Sounds okay? Well it isn't. The whole process of making the salt iodized followed by its packing, distribution and reaching the consumer may itself take three months or more which in many cases destroys the iodine content of the salt. Did you notice the rampant existence of hypothyroidism in Indians, specially in Indian women? Though other lifestyle and health factors definitely play a role but am iodine deficiency cannot be ruled out.
Further steps which do so are:
1. Salt is added to the vegetables or pulses during cooking instead of being used as table salt.
2. The storage of the unpacked salt in open containers.
Finally the iodine content is destroyed, leaving only the ordinary iodine less salt to be consumed which is still passed off as 'iodized salt.'
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