Why is iodine put into table salt?

Answer 1

Iodine is often used in table salt to fight iodine deficiency.

Iodine deficiency causes a variety of conditions including goiter, mental retardation, increased risk of Breast cancer among others.

Answer 2

Iodine is usually put into table salt; it is not a natural part of it. The government to decided to put iodine into table salt because table salt is something many people consume, and there people weren't getting enough iodine.

Answer 3

To prevent a disease known as goiter, which is an enlargement of the thyroid. Iodine is essential to proper functioning of the thyroid, which controls metabolism. Iodine is not commonly found in foods; by adding it to salt, most people get the required amount.

Answer 4

People who do not get enough Iodine in their diet will develop a disease galled "goitre" because the Thyroid Gland requires Iodine to make a hormone called "Thyroxine".

Governments therefore require Iodine to be added to table salt to prevent this disease in areas where the human diet would otherwise be deficient in Iodine.

Answer 5

Many people do not get iodine in their normal diet, and it's needed for proper thyroid function, so it's added.

Answer 6

Iodine is added to table salt in most of the western world, and helps combat thyroid problems such as goiters.

Answer 7

Iodine is added to salt to prevent iodine deficiencies. These deficiencies were common and often led to thyroid problems prior to the invention of iodized salt.

Answer 8

Iodine was introduced into salt to prevent a medical condition known as Goiter.