Are table salt and sea salt really all that different? Table salt is refined, fine-textured and often fortified with iodine ...

However, if you look closer at your table salt container, you'll notice it probably says something like "iodized salt." While ...

Cardiologists caution against excessive use of gourmet salts. Himalayan pink salt and sea salt are under scrutiny. These ...

Himalayan rock salt and sea salt might be contributing to an iodine deficiency problem, a health issue largely erased in the 1950s when the critical mineral was added to table salt. Researchers ...

But while all these salts contain sodium, only one—table salt—has been fortified with iodine, an essential nutrient. The practice of iodizing salt began in the 1920s as a way to address ...

Kosher salt is made solely from sodium chloride and doesn’t usually contain additives or iodine. It’s less dense than table salt, and often used in cooking because the larger grains are easy ...

Table salt is one major source of iodine in Canada. In 1949, the government made it a mandatory additive. While Canadians can also get their iodine in by eating seafood (seawater is an abundant ...

Simple goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland) is one of the few diseases which might be conquered by Act of Congress. Prevalent in a wide "goiter belt" running from western New York ...

Iodized salt can leave a slight aftertaste ... have the tendency to over salt something," Roszkowski adds. Table salt (as well as fine sea salt) tends to dissolve quickly, making it good for ...

But about a decade ago, I started buying coarse kosher salt instead of the fine, uniform, iodized table salt I’d grown up with. I do not remember why.