What's the difference between iodized table salt and regular table salt?!
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Normal table salt is Sodium chloride, whereas iodized table salt is a mix of Sodium Chloride and Sodium Iodide. It is a source of Iodine in your diet, which is needed for thyroid function. If you don't have enough iodine in your diet, then it can contribute to obesity and possibly cause swelling of the thyroid, known as goiters. Also, in the event of a nuclear disaster, iodine salts can prevent getting radiation sickness due to your body absorbing and storing radioactive iodine isotopes in your body.
Four inorganic compounds are used as iodide sources, depending on the producer: potassium iodate, potassium iodide, sodium iodate, and sodium iodide. Any of these compounds supplies the body with its iodine required for the biosynthesis of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) hormones by the thyroid gland. Animals also benefit from iodine supplements, and the hydrogen iodide derivative of ethylenediamine is the main supplement to livestock feed.
Edible salt can be iodised by spraying it with a potassium iodate solution. 60 ml of potassium iodate, costing about USD$1.15 (in 2006), are required to iodise a ton of salt. Salt is an effective vehicle for distributing iodine to the public because it does not spoil and is consumed by everyone in the population in fairly predictable amounts
Iodised salt is table salt mixed with a minute amount of various iodine-containing salts. The ingestion of iodide prevents iodine deficiency.
Iodized salt is iodized. Table salt isn't.
iodized salt has iodine in it. table salt does not.