Malaysia : Why the salt is premixed with iodine ?

 


 How wise are the experts in the Ministry of Health in Malaysia ? 

Why take the trouble to premix the salt with iodine when the people can take the natural food which are rich in iodine. Those lack of iodine are those people like to take fast food but not natural food like vegetables.

The government in Malaysia should list the food rich in iodine to the school text books. Discourage the school children to take fast food. Of course, one particular race likes fast food very much. We do not want to pin point the colour, you can stand outside the fast food center and count the number. 

 https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2020/09/25/moh-bans-salt-without-iodine-from-sept-30/

Since 2020, the cost of salt has gone up because it is added with iodine. It should be discourage to take salt, no sugar, less salt. Now, the wrong concept comes in that salt is enriched with iodine. 

Read the below information and watch the videos.

Malaysia should encourage cultivation of seaweeds but not adding iodine in the salt which all consumers have no choice to buy salt without iodine at a lower price.

Here are a few examples of foods that are rich in iodine:

  • Seaweed: 1 sheet dried contains 11–1,989% of the RDI
  • Cod: 3 ounces (85 grams) contains 66% of the RDI
  • Yogurt: 1 cup (245 grams) contains 50% of the RDI
  • Milk: 1 cup (237 ml) contains 37% of the RDI
  • Shrimp: 3 ounces (85 grams) contains 23% of the RDI
  • Macaroni: 1 cup (200 grams) boiled contains 18% of the RDI
  • Egg: 1 large egg contains 16% of the RDI
  • Canned tuna: 3 ounces (85 grams) contains 11% of the RDI
  • Dried prunes: 5 prunes contain 9% of the RDI

 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/iodized-salt#iodine-rich-foods

Seaweed farming

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed_farming

 

Iodine

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine

 

7 Surprising Health Benefits of Eating Seaweed

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/benefits-of-seaweed#gut-health

 








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