Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Re: (Rick

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Re: [fast5] Re: (Rick - muscles, protein) and Karen

I buy natural sea salt that is iodized... perhaps you can look for
that?

On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 7:55 pm, Heather Twist wrote:
> I went to "natural salt" too and had issues. We still do like the "sea
> salt"
> but what I did was to make some furikake seasoning, which is what
> they use in Japan. It has salt in it, but mainly it's salty ground
> seaweed,
> seseme seeds, bonito flakes, and anything else you want to toss in.
> Sounds weird, but it tastes *great*. Way better than plain ol' salt.
> You can buy one in an Asian market, then use the shaker to store
> your own version..
>
> Most diets in the world are iodine deficient, and it does cause
> a slew of problems. In the past, people traded for dried seaweed
> and dried fish, which prevented goiter. But you can get problems
> way before it gets to the goiter stage.
>
> However, the reason I originally started avoiding iodine was
> because of dermatitis herpetiformis. Iodine triggers itching,
> if you have that, because it stimulates the latent IgA antibodies
> somehow.
> So if you start eating seaweed and get itchy skin, you might
> have a gluten problem.
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:37 AM, RickS <rstewart@iaff.org> wrote:
>> Karen, as you know, I'm no doctor so take this with a grain of salt
>> and an air of urban legend. :) But...
>>
>> 1) Have you had your thyroid checked? Make sure you're getting enough
>> iodine. I switched to sea salt a couple of years ago and ever since, I
>> just haven't felt "in the zone". Two weeks ago, I went back to iodized
>> salt and have been eating an algae or seaweed sheet every day and the
>> difference is striking! Time will tell if it's the iodine increase,
>> placebo, or coincidence, but I would get your Dr to check your thyroid
>> the next time you go in. And if you use sea salt, make sure it's
>> iodized.
>>
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