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[Trillian]

You can just use iodised table salt in cooking to take care of the iodine too. I would check with your doctor about an acutal iodine deficiency.

[jja]

I wonder though if you get enough iodine just from a bit of table salt - I looked on our "Saxa" brand iodised salt and you'd have to eat (from memory) 6 grams to get the recommended iodine dose for a pregnant woman which is a lot of salt. Maybe different brands of iodised salt have different amounts. Pregnant women need a lot more iodine than usual because of significantly increased iodine loss via the kidneys due to pregnancy changes.

According to the ABC link below, "at least 50 per cent of pregnant women in Australia have inadequate iodine intakes, putting their babies at risk of IDD." Maybe thats a bit high, and the actual risk from mild iodine deficient might be all of 1 or 2 IQ points according to the second link which isn't much, but still... why take the chance...

There's been studies in australia showing that there has been an increase of slight to moderate iodine deficiency in some areas. This is due to a fall in the use of iodized salt and there used to be more iodine in milk because the solution they used to clean milk vats or something had iodine in it, wheras most don't any more.

If you have or have had thyroid problems you should check it out with your doctor first though...

Check out the ABC site in relation to links

You can just use iodised table salt in cooking to take care of the iodine too. I would check with your doctor about an acutal iodine deficiency.